November 18, 2016 (Davos, SUI) – Canada’s Alex Harvey took the win in the men’s CL Sprint in Davos (SUI) besting Swiss skiers Jovian Hediger and  Dario Cologna. Laurien van der Graaff (SUI) took the women’s race with Canada’s Heidi Widmer 8th. “Good start of the season in Davos with a classic sprint💪🎿❄️👍 Thank’s for the challenge @dariocologna @hedigerjovian ! #TimeToPlay,” tweeted Harvey. More early season races took place in Beitostoelen (NOR), Bruksvallarna (SWE) and Saariskela (FIN).

Alex Harvey © Salomon

Results

Davos (SUI)

Sprint CL

Men

1. Alex Harvey (CAN)
2. Jovian Hediger (SUI)
3. Dario Cologna (SUI)
4. Erwan Kaeser (SUI)
5. Jari Kindschi (SUI)
6. Markus Weeger (GER)
7. Cedric Steiner (SUI)
8. Josef Wenzl (GER)

Women

1. Laurien van der Graaff (SUI)
2. Nadine F_hndrich Horw
3. Elisabeth Schicho (GER)
4. Obergoms Rahel Imoberdorf
5. Nathalie von Siebenthal (SUI)
6. Tatjana Stiffler (SUI)
7. Jenny Mann (GER)
8. Heidi Widmer (CAN)

Beitostoelen (NOR)  

Women

1. Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg (NOR) 26:47.4
2. Heidi Weng (NOR) 13.2
3. Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) 1:06.4
4. Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) 1:13.7
5. Kathrine Rolsted Harsem (NOR) 1:20.9
5. Kari Vikhagen Gjeitnes (NOR) 1:20.9

Complete results for the ladies’ 10 km C available HERE.

Men 15 km C

1. Didrik Toenseth (NOR) 37:31.9
2. Tord Asle Gjerdalen (NOR) NOR 15.7
3. Morten Eide Pedersen (NOR) NOR 24.5
4. Sjur Roethe (NOR) 33.2
5. Andrew Musgrave (GBR) 40

Complete results for the ladies’ 10 km C available HERE.

Bruksvallarna (SWE)

Women 5Km F

1. Ebba Andersson (SWE) 14:24.9
2. Hanna Falk (SWE) 0.9
3. Stina Nilsson (SWE) 13.1
4. Anna Haag (SWE) 20.8
5. Anna Dyvik (SWE) 22.7

Complete results for the ladies’ 5 km F available HERE.

Men 10 km F

1. Marcus Hellner (SWE) 24:46.3
2. Axel Ekstroem (SWE) 48.7
3. Lukas Bauer (CZE) 49.8
4. Karl-Johan Westberg (SWE) 51.9
5. Jens Burman (SWE) 54.6

Complete results for the men’s 10 km F available HERE.

Saariskela (FIN)  

Women 5Km C

1. Yulia Tchekaleva (RUS) 18:30.3
2. Yulia Belorukova (RUS) 3.2
3. Alisa Zhambalova (RUS) 10.3
4. Yulia Tikhonova (BLR) 11.5
5. Elena Soboleva (RUS) 14.7

MEN 10 km C

1. Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) 28:20.8
2. Stanislav Volzhentsev (RUS) 2.7
3. Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ) 3.3
4. Alexander Bessmertnykh (RUS) 3.5
5. Alexander Legkov (RUS) 4.6

Complete results for Saariselka for both men’s and ladies’ available HERE.

With files from FIS XC.