VAL DI FIEMME (Italy), 4 Jan. Russian skier Natalya Nepryaeva won the overall standings of the Tour de Ski multi-day race. In the final 10 km freestyle mass start in Val di Fiemme, Italy, she finished fourth, and this allowed her to maintain the overall lead Ebba Andersson (+46.7) of Sweden took second place in the multi-day standings, Heidi Veng (+1.07.7) from Norway took third. Another Russian woman, Tatyana Sorina, was sixth, Anastasia Rygalina — 25th, Ekaterina Smirnova — 28th, Lilia Vasilyeva — 33rd, Khristina Matsokina — 40th. Thus, Nepryaeva became the first Russian woman to win the prestigious ski race. Prior to that, she twice took second place. «Tour de Ski», uniting three stages of the World Cup, has been held since December 28 in Switzerland, Germany and Italy.
