From left: Andrew Musgrave (Great Britain), Ivan Yakimushkin (Russia), Andrei Larkov (Russia), Francesco De Fabiani (Italy) and Jonas Dobler (Germany) in the men's classic mass start in cross-country skiing of the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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From left: Ari Luusua (Finland), Didrik Tonseth (Norway), Lucas Biglia (Germany) and Dietmar Nockler (Italy) in the men's classic mass start in cross-country skiing of the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Val di Fiemme, Italy. Yury Borodavko, Head Coach of the Russian National Cross Country Skiing National Team, takes part in the multi-day World Cup Tour de Ski cross country ski race.

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Sergey Ustyugov of Russia, front, during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Sergey Ustyugov of Russia, foreground, during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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From right: Andrei Larkov of Russia and Alexei Poltoranin of Kazakhstan during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Val di Fiemme, Italy. From right: Russia's Sergei Ustyugov and Norway's Martin Johnsrud Sundby take part in the men's classic-style mass start event during the multi-day World Cup Tour de Ski cross country ski race.

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Alex Harvey of Canada during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Alexander Bolshunov of Russia, foreground, during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Andrei Larkov of Russia, near left, during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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From left: Gleb Retivukh and Stanislav Volzhentsev of Russia during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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From left: Denis Spitsov and Andrei Melnichenko of Russia during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Sergey Ustyugov of Russia during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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From left in the foreground: Russia's Alexei Chervotkin, Sergey Ustyugov of Russia and Emil Iversen of Norway during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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From left in the foreground: Russia's Alexei Chervotkin, Sergey Ustyugov of Russia and Emil Iversen of Norway during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Yury Borodavko, a coach of the Russian national cross-country skiing team, at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Sergey Ustyugov of Russia during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Stanislav Volzhentsev of Russia during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Alexei Chervotkin of Russia during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Andrei Melnichenko of Russia during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Athletes during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Sergei Ustyugov of Russia after finishing in the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Andrei Larkov of Russia, second placer in the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Alexander Bolshunov of Russia after the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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From right: Sergei Ustyugov and Alexei Chervotkin of Russia during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Alexei Poltoranin of Kazakhstan, right, during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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From right: Alexei Vitsenko of Russia and Thomas Wick of Germany during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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From right: Sergei Ustyugov and Alexander Bolshunov of Russia during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Alexander Bolshunov of Russia, at left in the foreground, after finishing in the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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From left in the foreground: Denis Spitsov and Andrei Melnichenko of Russia during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Alexei Chervotkin of Russia, right, during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Sergei Ustyugov of Russia after finishing in the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Alexander Bolshunov of Russia after finishing in the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Alexei Poltoranin of Kazakhstan, first place winner in the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Val di Fiemme, Italy. Russia's Alexander Bolshunov after finishing in the men's classic-style mass start event during the multi-day World Cup Tour de Ski cross country ski race.

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Winners of the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy. From left: Andrei Larkov of Russia, second place; Alexei Poltoranin of Kazakhstan, first place, Alex Harvey of Canada, third place.

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Dario Cologna of Switzerland, fourth place winner in the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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From left: Dario Cologna of Switzerland and Alex Harvey of Canada after finishing in the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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From left: Dario Cologna of Switzerland and Alex Harvey of Canada after finishing in the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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From left: Dario Cologna of Switzerland and Andrei Larkov of Russia after finishing in the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Andrei Larkov of Russia after finishing in the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Andrei Larkov of Russia after finishing in the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Andrei Larkov of Russia after finishing in the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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From left: Alex Harvey of Canada, Alexei Poltoranin of Kazakhstan and Andrei Larkov of Russia finish in the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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From left: Alexei Poltoranin of Kazakhstan and Andrei Larkov of Russia after finishing in the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Andrei Larkov of Russia, front, during the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

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Winners of the men's mass start classic event at the World Cup Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Italy. From left: Andrei Larkov of Russia, second place; Alexei Poltoranin of Kazakhstan, first place, Alex Harvey of Canada, third place.

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