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Norway's Petter Northug must have rested well on his new bus as he stormed to victory today in the first stage of the Tour de Ski. Northug stopped the clock in a time of 8:28.7 min, a full 6 seconds ahead of second place finisher Marcus Hellner of Sweden. In third was Russia's Alexander Legkov +7.2 second back of Northug. The three-time Tour champ Dario Cologna was just off the podium in fourth position +10.1 secs back from the lead.

Petter Northug Jr. repeated the prologue win from last year
9th stage victory for Petter Northug Jr.
Petter Northug was 7th at the 1.7 km intermediate point 4 seconds behind Ilia Chernousov RUS
Marcus Hellner came to second place from 14th spot at the intermediate point
First podium in the Tour de Ski Prologue for Alexander Legkov RUS
Two Czech skiers in top 10
6.500 spectators

WEATHER ::
Fog, icy, Air: 1.9°C, Snow: 0.1°C