The La Clusaz mass starts were great races, though surprising in lots of ways. I didn’t expect Northug to be playing his A- game (second!), and I didn’t expect either Kalla or Hellner to be playing their C- games (14th and 29th, respectively). Seeing Northug in the lead group with a thousand meters to go, I sure didn’t expect to see him get outsprinted. And I was happily surprised to see a bunch
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