NOVE MESTO NA MORAVE, Czech Republic — Axel Teichmann of Germany won a 15-kilometre cross-country race Wednesday and Virpi Kuitunen of Finland won the women’s event in the fourth leg of the World Cup’s annual Tour de Ski series.
Teichmann completed the classical style race in 39 minutes 3.7 seconds. Martin Johnsrud Sundby of Norway was five seconds behind and Nikolay Chebotko of Kazakhstan was third, 10.5 seconds off the pace.
Devon Kershaw, a native of Sudbury, Ont., finished in 14th place. Dario Cologna of Switzerland was 15th and remains the tour’s leader with an overall time of one hour 24 minutes and 36.9 seconds. Ivan Babikov of Canmore, Alta., was 25th and George Grey of Rossland, B.C., was 49th.
Kuitunen led a Finnish double, completing the women’s 9K race in 24:45.4 to take the overall tour lead. Aino-Kaisa Saarinen was second and Norway’s Marit Bjorgen third. Sara Renner of Canmore, Alta., was 11th.
The tour will continue with sprint events in the Czech resort on Thursday.
The races are part of the third edition of the Tour de Ski. The tour includes seven races in nine days, and the overall time winner gets 400 World Cup points.
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