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00:00Finish location of Mora for the Vasta Loppet.
00:03That's of course a couple of weekends away,
00:04but we've got some important business to attend to here.
00:07The individual time trial, the ITT,
00:10more important pro tour competition points on the line here.
00:15Very exciting Criterium 61 race that took place on Saturday
00:19and more to come here.
00:20Brian McCree once again alongside you in the commentary box
00:23alongside Ski Classics pro tour legend, Magni Smiddle.
00:27Magni, good morning to you again here.
00:29It's a winter wonderland here.
00:32Yeah, Louise, she's a very strong athlete
00:34and she loves this kind of distances.
00:38She has a background from traditional skiing,
00:40so she's used to racing shorter races such as this one.
00:44And she performed very well during the La Vendosta ITT earlier,
00:49ITT earlier this season.
00:52She was only 12 seconds behind Alnés on the fourth place,
00:55so she was number five on that race.
00:58She also performed very well here last year on this particular race.
01:03Then she was also number five.
01:04So she's a top five candidate
01:06and I know that she's hungry for a good result today.
01:09Background, because of course this weekend is when we've come to Scandinavia
01:13for the first time in season 16.
01:15Next athlete getting underway here, meanwhile, after Lindström
01:19is Noeline Morin from BSV Ibex,
01:23the Swiss team as well.
01:26We've got French and Swiss skiers.
01:28It's funny, if you think about it, back to the pro team present,
01:31with respect to Katia, it's not now with Anakin not competing here, Magni, as well.
01:36Astrid Andersen-Mex, Norwegian, here from the...
01:41They're probably the best educated, aren't they, ski team here?
01:44NT...
01:46But they're the ski team, the technology university, aren't they?
01:49Andersen is...
01:51Oh, she's going to turn 20.
01:56HEAVY BREATHING
02:20Well, when it's your first time doing long-distance skiing,
02:25for my own sake, I was top five in every race, which is incredible,
02:29but what I have understood now in the past two seasons
02:35is that it takes time to develop your double-pulling.
02:38It's not like you can only do some few races
02:41and then you are one of the best double-pullers out there.
02:46This is... Yeah, it's a simple technique, but...
02:49We've got Hedda Bongman, been with a few times here
02:53through her time trial.
02:55The Swede from the Iddi system.
02:58They have a fun ski team.
03:00Hanna Lodin here is 15 seconds or so behind.
03:04Actually, Jenny Larsson there,
03:06they've adjusted the timings there through the first split.
03:09We thought it was 0.1, but actually they put her...
03:12She's actually in the timings there.
03:14I think that split is leading now on that there as well.
03:18That makes sense.
03:19Just wanted to get your points again.
03:21A little bit more developed thought here as well.
03:24With that recovery, you're saying just breaking it down a bit more.
03:28Because I think viewers would go...
03:30You can look at the number of hours
03:32from the end of a very, very tough race.
03:34Bongman here is through here.
03:37This is the climb point, so we're going to get a climb time.
03:40Get your thoughts on it.
03:41Bongman we've been following in a lot of detail
03:44where she's going to slot in, not just in the live timings
03:47where she's been doing very, very well,
03:49but in terms of what she's been doing with the climb segment here.
03:52Interesting second and second at the moment,
03:55so continuing to impress.
03:56Now needs to keep that going for the final few kilometers.
04:00Yeah, it is. Absolutely.
04:04So, yeah.
04:05No, it will be very interesting in the end
04:07to see which girl is the best one.
04:10But I think I'm looking most very excited about it.
04:12Through here to finish here, Magni.
04:14You've been talking about it quite a bit.
04:15Another one.
04:16Oh, there you are.
04:17They're tired.
04:18Just remember it's the backup.
04:19Lindstrom with the lead.
04:21Bongman is there.
04:22Hiddenstrom as well.
04:23She's going to be ahead of those two.
04:25But here we are around that bend as well.
04:28Lindstrom's time is holding up really well here.
04:31Overall, with these later starts.
04:34There's another one here.
04:37She's not going to manage to overhaul her here.
04:39But Wermelstine-Nilsson placed overall second,
04:42but in timings with those behind her.
04:44That's almost 15 seconds back there.
04:47Wermelstine-Nilsson off Louise Lindstrom.
04:51Let's see what Blitzen and Almas and Lavasson
04:54can do in relation to that.
04:56Still out on the course.
05:00Yeah.
05:01Wermelstine-Nilsson 20.2 back here.
05:03Oh, no.
05:04She's just got the other side of that.
05:06Oh, that's tight.
05:08That's tight there.
05:09I thought she was going to be ahead of Schiena there.
05:12But it's just faded there in the final few metres,
05:16I think, around that bend, as you suggested.
05:18And that's probably Costa, that position overall,
05:21I'd say there.
05:22Every place matters.
05:23That lunge for the line kept her in yellow.
05:26You know, when we look at the end of the winter,
05:29I think this yellow bib is going to be,
05:31we've got the Grand Classics events coming as well.
05:33There's a lot to think about.
05:34You've got the Birken coming up after that.
05:36Those tough races as well following in Norway
05:39to finish the winter.
05:40There's a lot more to come in this epic tussle
05:43it's turned into between Anniken and Emilia here.
05:46This is just another instalment of it.
05:48And you can see she's gone the other side, gone red here.
05:51Absolutely.
05:52But this is another strong performance.
05:55It is.
05:57For sure.
05:58Through to the line.
05:59She's going to be better than Jenny Larsson here.
06:01And she finishes up there second there behind Emilia Fletten.
06:05Anniken-Jurje Alniss there of Team ENCON.
06:0716.1 seconds.
06:09Yeah.
06:12So she's lost 10 seconds from the climb point
06:15and to the finish.
06:17We'll confirm that for you.
06:18Third place, another strong result.
06:19Another podium as well for Jenny Larsson
06:21of the Lager 157 Ski Team
06:23backing up her second placing from the Criterium 6-1.
06:26And Louise Lindstrom of Team Mexios
06:28in fourth position there.
06:31Earlier, Guy McCrea alongside Ski Classics
06:33pro-tour legend Magni Smeros here
06:36taking you through the action
06:38live in its entirety.
06:40Not as well to the live center app.
06:43SC Play comprehensive coverage.
06:46Remember Ski or Die as well.
06:48If you want to know our documentary series
06:50around the pro teams.
06:52Another episode, set of episodes
06:54being put together by Magnus Bust
06:56and his team there.
06:58Magni, you've been involved with that one actually,
07:00the Ski or Die.
07:01Did an extended piece, didn't you?
07:02Because there was a lot of coverage on that.
07:04A lot to get in.
07:05A lot to get in is from the sprint
07:07to the climb at Topstugan.
07:09And that's why we're showing you those
07:11multiple live timing developments as well.
07:13The live center, the place to go
07:15to be constantly kept up to date
07:17with that.
07:19Next to go here is
07:21Zach Holmstrom here.
07:23One of the fans here from
07:25Edox.
07:29Here is Nex leaving us.
07:31And another one coming up, we saw him earlier,
07:33the start area now coming through
07:35to the sprint checkpoint at Falling Sprint
07:37and is Bruno Dettman
07:39of the Exciter Ski Team.
07:41Trail having set the fastest
07:43sprint checkpoint timing
07:45very recently and Dettman
07:47there about 18 seconds behind it.
07:51Fabien Moen is still
07:53at the moment we've got
07:55with Moen
07:57some 10 minutes or so, 12 minutes
07:59till he starts.
08:01Over there.
08:05Just behind there.
08:070.6 seconds.
08:11Wow.
08:13That's close.
08:17And now we rejoin
08:19here right at the finish.
08:21Jan Trail
08:23now sets the new
08:25clubhouse lead.
08:27Sounded to speak there.
08:31Ah.
08:35It's been a tough race.
08:39Elias Andersson putting together a good race here
08:41for Newlands. He was good through the sprint
08:43and another good performance there in that middle section.
08:45Royer here to the finish.
08:47Meanwhile, takes over
08:49from Trail as expected.
08:51But he's shaking his head a little.
08:53Dettman, yeah, the top three.
08:55Isn't.
08:57Is he shaking his head?
08:59He doesn't seem satisfied.
09:03That's interesting.
09:05It seems a very, very good performance
09:07overall from him.
09:13But he's clearly not happy about something.
09:15With the
09:17team, with his teammates
09:19for Moen,
09:21with your team
09:23as well, they would be doing, analysing
09:25the data, what he needs to do.
09:27They will.
09:29And it's still six minutes until he starts,
09:31so he has time.
09:33Shelley, yeah.
09:35Now is ahead of Royer
09:37there in the end by just under four seconds.
09:43New lead up for Engbom.
09:51And there we go, the points then.
09:53Moen, the maximum 15. There you go.
09:55That's eight points fans on Pearson.
09:57Those four points, look at it there.
09:59The stretch, they're now at 39
10:01rather than 35.
10:03There's still a long way to go, but that's a good
10:05morning's work there for
10:07Birbian Moen there of Team Exodus.