MOSCOW, January 3, Alexander Sergeev. Senior coach of the Russian national ski team Yuri Borodavko said that the men's mass start at the Tour de Ski stage could have been more successful for the Russian team. On Monday, the Norwegian Johannes Klebo won the race, the second place was taken by Finn Iivo Niskanen. Russian Alexei Chervotkin became the third. «Not a bad performance of our guys. We missed the snatch a bit, did not participate in the bonus seconds section. After that, Niskanen and Klebo immediately continued, and our guys were already in the region of 15 seconds. This is a gap that needed to be eliminated. If if our guys all went together, the fight would not be for the third place, but for the second. We could stand higher, «said Borodavko.
