Very easy women – very difficult men. That’s the short summary of the race predictions for today’s classic races with interval start in Otepää. Very few doubted that Marit Bjørgen would win – on the other hand nobody suspected that Eldar Rønning would win. Northug and Poltoranin were the disappointments today.

On top of the predictions today was Luca D with 938 points – 32 points ahead of pally. Both had a very good score among the women – but had more problems among the men.

• Full results for the predictions available here

Later on alternative results with a proposed set of new rules will be presented.