Johannes Høsflot Klæbo historic — wins his fifth overall Tour de Ski

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo historic – wins his fifth overall Tour de Ski

No one could threaten the Norwegian giant. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo has taken his fifth overall victory in the Tour de Ski — a milestone that now makes him the event's most successful athlete.

Before the decisive final stage Klæbo held a lead of 1 minute 23 seconds over Lars Heggen in the overall standings. With the climb up Alpe Cermis ahead, it would take a major effort from anyone to push the Norwegian off the top.

Even though Klæbo placed 12th on the climb, it was more than enough: he won the overall by 30 seconds ahead of Mattis Stenhagen, who was the fastest on the final stage. In doing so Klæbo passed Dario Cologna, Therese Johaug and Justyna Kowalczyk on the list of most Tour de Ski overall wins.

“I was pretty sure my time before the stage would be enough. I felt I had good control, then it was really just about not doing anything stupid,” Klæbo told SVT Sport.

Stage result highlights

Second on the climb was France’s Jules Lapierre and third was Norwegian Emil Iversen.

Swedish riders

Best Swede was William Poromaa, who finished 17th on the stage.

“It was probably a bit nastier this year. It hurts — I was worse today. But I felt I wanted to get to the finish,” Poromaa said; he had injured a rib earlier in the week and was uncertain before today’s stage.

Edvin Anger had a chance to chase the podium but struggled on the climb and crossed the line in 36th. That meant Anger dropped in the overall standings from sixth to twelfth.

“Very tough. I was comfortable up until the climb but then it got heavy,” he said. “I’m not happy with the total placing. I wanted much more.”

All Swedish overall placings

12) Edvin Anger

19) Truls Gisselman

23) William Poromaa

29) Gustaf Berglund

32) Eric Rosjö

35) Johan Ekberg

40) Alvar Myhlback

51) Jonas Eriksson

53) Anton Grahn

Quotes and aftermath

Klæbo: “It means a lot, it’s huge.”

Poromaa: “It hurts — I was worse today, but I wanted to get to the finish.”

Anger: “It was very tough… I wanted more.”

Results summary

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won the Tour de Ski overall. Mattis Stenhagen finished second overall and was fastest on the final climb. Jules Lapierre and Emil Iversen were among the top finishers on the final stage.

Context

The Tour de Ski is part of the FIS Cross‑Country World Cup series and finishes with the famous final climb up Alpe Cermis in Val di Fiemme, Italy. Klæbo’s fifth overall title sets a new record for the event.