Dario Cologna and Heidi Weng take Tour de Ski titles, Canada’s Harvey third
CAVALESE, Italy — Canada’s Alex Harvey finished third overall Sunday to become the first non-European to reach the final podium at cross-country skiing’s famed Tour de Ski.
Harvey was third in the seventh stage in 30 minutes 22.7 seconds, finishing behind Dario Cologna of Switzerland and Martin Johnsrud Sundby of Norway in the overall standings.
“I think on paper this may not be as big as winning world championships, but for me in terms of satisfaction, this is the No. 1 achievement in my career,” said Harvey, who had the sixth fastest time up the final climb. “To be steady throughout 10 days of skiing, and never really have a bad day, that gives me huge satisfaction.”
Cologna tied a record with his fourth Tour de Ski title and Heidi Weng of Norway repeated as women’s champion. Cologna finished first in the final stage in 28:52.1 and Sundby was next in 30:18.6.