VAL DI FIEMME (Italy), January 4, Sergey Fuchs. The head of the Russian Cross-Country Skiing Federation (FLGR) Elena Vyalbe said that after Natalya Nepryaeva's victory in the overall standings of the multi-day Tour de Ski race, she had tears in her eyes, because the Russians had been going to this success for 12 years. standings «Tour de Ski». The final, sixth stage of the race was held on Tuesday in Val di Fiemme (Italy) — a 10 km freestyle mass start. Nepryaeva took fourth place in the race, which allowed her to maintain the lead in the overall standings. The Tour de Ski has been running since the 2006/07 season. Nepryaeva became the first Russian skier to win the race. Previously, she twice became the second according to its results. «Now I have tears in my eyes. We have been going to this for almost 12 years. The mountain is a difficult story, here you can lose even 400 meters away. The whole race was very stressful. Natalya is a great fellow, a fighter. , now this, I think, will give her even more strength and confidence, too. Now I will just write to her that I am proud of her and believe in her, «said Vyalbe.
