January 04, 2014 (Val di Fiemme, Italy) – Following today’s sixth stage at the Tour de Ski we caught up with Alex Harvey, 4th overall at the TdS, who announced his departure from the Tour in a press conference with Head Coach Justin Wadsworth and team doctor, Dr. Mireille Belzile – read our Stage 6 race report here. Harvey’s left left suffers on brutal climbs like the Tour’s Stage 7 that takes skiers up Alpe Cermis and with Sochi 2014 around the corner the focus is on his health for the Games. We also chatted with US Women’s Coach Matt Whitcomb for his take on the three remaining US skiers in the Tour – Noah Hoffman, Jessie Diggins and Liz Stephen – as Diggins scored a career-best classic result today. All three are poised to improve their results over last year’s Tour.

Harvey, Wadsworth, Belzile

Whitcomb on Hoffman

Whitcomb on Diggins, Stephen, Brooks