VAL DI FIEMME (ITALY), Jan 3 Russian skier Natalia Nepryaeva leads the overall Tour de Ski race before the last stage. On Monday, Nepryaeva won the 10 km mass start in the classic style at the penultimate stage in Val di Fiemme, Italy. In the overall standings, Nepryaeva is ahead of the second Swede Ebba Andersson by 1 minute 12 seconds. The third place is taken by the representative of Finland Kerttu Niskanen (+1.19). Tatyana Sorina is 7th (+1.42), Lilia Vasilieva is 21st (+5.21), Anastasia Rygalina is 36th (+6.43), Ekaterina Smirnova is 37- th (+6.45), Khristina Matsokina — 40th (+7.41), Yana Kirpichenko — 44th (+8.21). «Tour de Ski», uniting three stages of the World Cup, started on December 28. In total, six races will take place within the framework of the stage race. The final start — a 10 km freestyle mass start — will take place on January 4, also in Val di Fiemme. The Russians have never won a stage race; in 2021, the American Jessica Diggins won.
