January 30, 2010 (Hinterzarten, Germany) – Frederic Touchette and Graeme Killick earned top-10 placements with fine skiing on Saturday in the men’s 30km Pursuit placing 6th and 7th respectively as Paul Constantin Pepene (ROU) won the title with an historic victory for Romania over Norway’s Ole-marius Bach in second with Andreas Katz (GER) third on the podium. Kevin Sandau (CAN) claimed 13th while Len Valjas (CAN) was 16th, Tad Elliott (USA) took 21st, Noah Hoffman (USA) was 34th. Both Reese Hanneman (USA) and Peter Kling (USA) did not finish.

Men’s full results here.

Results (brief)

1. Paul Constantin Pepene (ROU) 01:24:45.6
2. Ole-marius Bach (NOR) 01:25:11.0
3. Andreas Katz (GER) 01:25:11.5

6. Frederic Touchette (CAN) 01:25:25.2
7. Graeme Killick (CAN) 01:25:25.6
13. Kevin Sandau (CAN) 01:25:51.6
16. Len Valjas (CAN) 01:26:08.3
21. Tad Elliott (USA) 01:26:46.6
34. Noah Hoffman (USA) 01:28:02.6
DNF Reese Hanneman (USA)
DNF Peter Kling (USA)