The Tour, contested in Italy, starts on Saturday with a free Sprint in Toblach.
Cross-country skiing powerhouse Norway still had to change its team for the turn-of-the-year skiing party Tour de Ski, when the sprint skier Matz William Jensen got sick. The Norwegian Skiing Federation said that Jenssen’s place in the team has been taken Håvard Moseby.
The Tour, contested in Italy, starts on Saturday with a free Sprint in Toblach. This season, Jenssen has reached fourth and once fifth in the sprints of the World Cup. Moseby has only been seen in the Cup this season, he was 14th in combined skiing in Lillehammer.
With Jenssen’s absence, Norway has only one sprint specialist in its men’s Tour team, ie Even Northug. However, there is enough star power for the Norwegians, as the Tour includes women, among others Therese Johaug, Heidi Weng and Astrid Öyre Slind and among the men, the top five of the overall World Cup competition ie Harald Östberg Amundsen, Johannes Hösflot Kläbo, Martin Löwström Nyenget, Simen Hegstad Krüger and Erik Valnes.