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00:00Here we are in the parking lot.

00:03It's really nice to see that there are a lot of people here.

00:06Most of them are friends as well.

00:08And a couple of them.

00:10And a couple of them.

00:12And this is our conclusion for the red light criteria.

00:17And the winner this year, on the ladies side, is...

00:22Annika Gerdahlnäs, who is in the lead.

00:30And they are away here then.

00:52Yeah, indeed.

00:54And Ski Classics pro tour legend, five-time event winner, Magdy Smirnoff of Team Exodus.

01:00Joining you in the commentary box here.

01:02The men are underway.

01:03Reminded that the women, the elite women, are just a few minutes as well.

01:07We'll be back at the start line in just a few minutes' time for them.

01:10But the men underway here.

01:12Remember, sprint checkpoints, climb checkpoints this morning for the athletes to enjoy.

01:18As well as, of course, battling for the race victory.

01:21Magdy, what's that like, that gun?

01:23We were waiting for that gun.

01:24When you got those few seconds.

01:26What's going through your mind?

01:28Oh my God.

01:30Well, I don't know.

01:32It's like totally quiet in your head.

01:34But your heart is beating so hard.

01:36Like boom, boom.

01:38And you can feel the adrenaline in your whole body.

01:41And it's just such a relief when the gun finally fires.

01:45And you can go off.

01:47Jenny Larsson gets a few meters now.

01:50But I don't think it's intentional.

01:51I think it's only because the other ones chose to drink a little bit.

01:57Oh, yeah.

01:58But we do have...

01:59She is getting away here.

02:01157, yeah.

02:02So they have to pay attention now to close the gap.

02:07Yeah, of course.

02:08Wearing that green, Jenny Larsson, because Annika Njoda-Alniss wearing yellow.

02:13You can only wear one bib.

02:14Overall, she's leading the standings.

02:16And as you mentioned already, Silja Øreslind, unfortunately,

02:20not well enough to compete.

02:21He's second in the sprint standings for the women.

02:23But Jenny is in third from the Lager 157 ski team.

02:27Of course, they're 89 points some way back.

02:30So that indicates that it's a steep section on the climb right now.

02:36But I am...

02:38I think I want to see more of Ragde and Lager.

02:43And I think they're a little bit far behind compared to the other teams.

02:50Because, yeah, it's 1.4 kilometers towards the actual climb point.

02:54Yeah, mention Karin there, for instance, of Lager,

02:57because Karin leading the climb standings.

02:59You would expect him to be a bit closer there to...

03:02And then to be a bit closer to the others.

03:04But still 1,300 to go here.

03:06So we've hit Naren 11 minutes now as it is into...

03:11As we move forward from her there, those ahead of her here,

03:14you see that group now as it is of three.

03:18One of them there just being cut a little bit off there,

03:21off the back of that group there

03:24as we join them here on the skidoo to the side.

03:27There's the yellow bib overall there.

03:32Yeah.

03:33We can see it's copied of us dropping a little bit here.

03:37Yes.

03:39Yeah, it's dropped a few seconds back, Kati Roivas, from those three.

03:43Not massively right now, but...

03:46No, I think she's able to close the gap again.

03:49But it's harder to have that little gap trying to catch up

03:54and then dropping a little bit, trying to catch up again.

03:57It's tough. Use a lot of energy on it.

04:02Yeah, you were making the point earlier

04:04that someone who actually injects a bit of speed

04:06makes an attack in a race.

04:08Might not be a telling attack, but...

04:10Back up again.

04:11So it indicates that he is absolutely getting tired.

04:15But look at Novak and look at Tomas Ödegård.

04:19I think these guys are hungry for victory, all of them.

04:22Yeah. Look at your teammates go here in that group of four.

04:28You're going to struggle to contain yourself here.

04:30Imagine if they manage to do a clear podium.

04:33Yeah.

04:34Here we go then.

04:35This is going to be toss to gun here.

04:37This is our final timing point here.

04:40This is a little under three to go.

04:42And Exehus, well represented.

04:45But it's Novak of Team Akadeli who is through first there.

04:49And then Cardenas, we mentioned,

04:51is nine and a half seconds behind Novak.

04:53They're a larger 157 ski team in fifth.

04:56That's where we stand.

04:58The fact that you've got the three together there

05:01with three to go...

05:04I mean, this race for Exehus here on the men's side,

05:07I mean, couldn't be going much better.

05:10Come on!

05:11Your teammates here.

05:12I know these guys are so hungry for victory.

05:15It's crazy. They're like wolves right now.

05:18And look at Eirik. Look at him.

05:20The way he is running up that hill on the left side.

05:25Yeah, running up that hill is a very good expression here.

05:28Oh, but Novak is so strong.

05:32I mean, the thing is for Novak here to the finish

05:35is he's been second twice this winter.

05:37As well, he's been denied.

05:39But is this where he wins for the first time this winter?

05:42Up to the finish here.

05:44Look at this guy. Look at this.

05:46Eirik is first. Can Novak fight back?

05:50There's like one metre in between them.

05:53Come on, guys.

05:54And they're cheering them on here.

05:56It is Eirik's...

05:58The Norwegian from Exehus.

06:00But he's going here with Max Novak.

06:02They've just gotten away from the others here.

06:05Now around the turn here, towards the finish here.

06:08Novak, he's got this.

06:10You talked about the narrow line, Magdy, here.

06:12It's to the line here.

06:14To the finish. It looks like Novak has got it here.

06:17Max Novak wins.

06:18Oh, my God.

06:19From Akinari for the first time this winter.

06:21Ahead of Odell.

06:23You're just from on the podium with Oedegaard and Pushtau.

06:26What a conclusion to the race.

06:28Max Novak there on top.

06:30Wins for the first time this winter.

06:32His second Pro Tour victory for Team Akadeli.

06:35And now Oskar Cardin, who was left behind by the top four,

06:39is finishing up here to round out the top five.

06:42It promised a lot, that finish.

06:44And boy, did it deliver.

06:46Max Novak wins it here for Team Akadeli and for himself.

06:50And a massive moment for him there

06:52in the yellow champion bid standings as well

06:55through the winter.

06:56Glory for Novak.

06:57And the others come through here to round out the top ten.

07:00Urlgaard, Thomas Bing there as well in seventh

07:03with Emil Persson there.

07:05Former winner, of course, of the yellow champion bid

07:07from Lager in eighth.

07:09There, Morten Eder-Pedersen from Ekstrahus as well.

07:12And Calland Olsen there against Anakin

07:15for the yellow bid standings as well.

07:18Yeah, absolutely.

07:19And I am 100% sure that Sina Nilsson wants that third place.

07:24She's not here just to be here.

07:27She's here to make the podium and collect the points.

07:32But Anakin desperately needs those points

07:35in order to maintain the yellow bid

07:38as good as she can this season.

07:42Yeah, she had a little look over her shoulder,

07:44but she wasn't seeing any lasts on her anyone else now.

07:4720 minute and a half.

07:49But she did have a little look.

07:50Behind her in second position.

07:52It's a crushing performance from Fletten.

07:54Very, very much a trademark performance from her.

07:57But Jenny Larsson, as we've been saying in behind,

07:59very good race from her on her own in second.

08:02Very different race, the women's race,

08:04how it's developed to the men's race,

08:06which went through to the line.

08:08We have, at the moment, first and second out on their own

08:11here with good leads.

08:13Larsson having opened up that lead

08:15over the women who were in third here.

08:18Larsson, who was second, of course, last time out

08:21to Almas in the Czech Republic in the Jizerska.

08:24And for that matter as well this winter,

08:28of course, Jenny Larsson,

08:30second in the Dreisinnen Ski Marathon,

08:33third in the Lavenoster ITT as well.

08:36So very good results for her.

08:37And as she comes through the final checkpoint

08:39there at Topstugan,

08:401 minute and 35 almost behind Emilia Fletten.

08:43Yeah, absolutely.

08:45This is another challenge.

08:46The corner that Emilia is closing into now,

08:49the last corner,

08:50that's the crucial point for the sprint.

08:53You have to have the shortest line around there.

08:58No issues here.

08:59All on her own as she's been since the halfway point,

09:02since the climb here.

09:03This is a stunning return to the summit

09:07in the pro tour for Emilia Fletten here.

09:11The winner of the yellow champion bib,

09:13the defending champion,

09:15underlines her champion quality.

09:17A crushing victory here

09:19to win the criterium here in Orsha

09:22for Emilia Fletten and Team Ramadan.

09:24That is a statement

09:25to the rest of the women's field here

09:27that she's back on top of the pile.

09:29Absolutely.

09:30Yeah, she shows how strong she is

09:33and her mental capacity,

09:36her physical capacity, everything.

09:38She is simply the best today.

09:40Yeah.

09:41This has been a fantastic performance

09:44from the Swede Jenny Larsson here

09:46to finish here in the criterium

09:49in second position there.

09:511 minute 32 behind Emilia Fletten.

09:53Jenny Larsson takes second position.

09:55Impressive.

09:56Impressive.

09:57And she managed to keep the gap the same

09:59for the last, I don't know,

10:01almost 10 kilometers.

10:03I think that's really impressive.

10:05She's been skiing fast.

10:07But look at these two.

10:10We have an interesting fight here.

10:12Stina Nilsson a little bit ahead of Annikin.

10:15But can Annikin fight back?

10:18Well, Emilia Fletten is interested in this as well.

10:22The yellow here as well.

10:23The difference between third and fourth.

10:25There's an awful lot of storylines here going on.

10:28But Stina Nilsson here,

10:30looking very, very good right now.

10:32She's looking sharp.

10:33She's looking very sharp.

10:37Here they are then.

10:38But can Annikin fight back?

10:41Oh, she's challenging her.

10:43Around the final bend here.

10:45Annikin has got that there over Stina.

10:51Got the line.

10:52Around the final bend.

10:53She's got Stina Nilsson there,

10:55but still it's Stina's fighting back.

10:58What a finish to the line here

11:00for the final podium position

11:01and everything it means here.

11:03Stina Nilsson against Annikin Yerda-Ellis

11:05to the line here.

11:06Who's going to get this?

11:07It's out.

11:08Oh, to the line.

11:10Oh, it's a photo.

11:11And they're out on their feet here.

11:14And listen to the crowd react to that at the finish.

11:17That's one of the best finishes

11:18for a podium place that we see in the Pro Tour.

11:22That was stunning.

11:23Absolutely stunning.

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