Alexander Legkov (RUS) decided the Tour de Ski 2012/2013 on the steep part between 7.1 and 8.1 km – skiing 13(!) seconds faster than everybody else for this kilometer – and 26 seconds seconds faster than Dario Cologna (SUI). This kilometer cost Legkov a lot – Cologna was faster for the rest of the race, but 26 seconds was more than enough to keep Cologna behind until the top of Alpe Cermis.

The above graphical race analysis illustrates how incredibly fast Legkov skied between 7.1 km and 8.1 km. Even Swedish Marcus Hellner, who was faster than Legkov on all the other splits, was 21 seconds behind Legkov between 7.1 and 8.1 km!

From 8.1 km to the finish Hellner was just as impressive as Legkov was between 7.1 km and 8.1 km. Hellner was 17 seconds faster than Ivan Babikov (CAN) with Austrian Johannes Duerr 4 seconds behind. Fourth on this stretch was the overall number two, Dario Cologna – 24 seconds behind Hellner. Alexander Legkov skied without big pressure on this stretch, and lost 32 second to the strong Swedish climber.

Climb times

The Alpe Cermis stage is a lot about tactics until the climb starts – so therefore it is of special interest to look at the climb times. Last year Roland Clara (ITA) won the climb in 16:34 with Maurice Manificat (FRA) 14 seconds behind. This time Marcus Hellner won with 16:57 – 13 seconds ahead of Johannes Duerr (AUT). Legkov was third up the climb with 17:14. See all climb times in the official results.

1.	16:57		Marcus HELLNER	SWE
2.	17:10	+00:13	Johannes DUERR	AUT
3.	17:14	+00:17	Alexander LEGKOV	RUS
4.	17:16	+00:20	Roland CLARA	ITA
5.	17:16	+00:20	Ivan BABIKOV	CAN
6.	17:25	+00:29	Lukas BAUER	CZE
7.	17:26	+00:29	Thomas MORIGGL	ITA
8.	17:28	+00:31	Giorgio DI CENTA	ITA
9.	17:30	+00:34	Johan OLSSON	SWE
10.	17:33	+00:36	Dario COLOGNA	SUI
11.	17:54	+00:57	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
12.	17:55	+00:58	Robin DUVILLARD	FRA
21.	18:20	+01:23	Petter jr. NORTHUG	NOR

Three Italians in the Top 6 on the stage

The Austrian Johannes Duerr was the big surprise on the Alpe Cermis stage this year. Starting in a small vacuum as number 30, he skied most of the stage alone and finished with the 4th best stage time only 20 seconds behind Marcus Hellner. Other strong climbers today where Ivan Babikov (2nd best stage time, +14 seconds), Roland Clara (ITA, 3rd best stage time, +15 seconds), Thomas Moriggl (ITA, 5th best stage time, +32 seconds) and the veteran Giorgio di Centa (ITA, 6th best stage time, +42 seconds).

Legkov finished the stage down on 10th place – after playing cat-and-mouse with Northug, Cologna and Vylegzhanin in the first flat part of the stage.

Sorry, no GPS analysis

Unfortunately GPS data was not published this year (GPS was shown in TV broadcasts, but data was not published like last year) – that means that the analysis is not as detailed and interesting as it was last year. Very unfortunate – I think many enjoyed the GPS data in last year’s edition of Tour de Ski!

Stage results (unofficial results from live timing)

1.	30:00		Marcus HELLNER	SWE
2.	30:14	+00:14	Ivan BABIKOV	CAN
3.	30:15	+00:15	Roland CLARA	ITA
4.	30:20	+00:20	Johannes DUERR	AUT
5.	30:32	+00:32	Thomas MORIGGL	ITA
6.	30:42	+00:42	Giorgio DI CENTA	ITA
7.	30:43	+00:43	Johan OLSSON	SWE
8.	30:43	+00:43	Lukas BAUER	CZE
9.	30:54	+00:54	Robin DUVILLARD	FRA
10.	30:57	+00:58	Alexander LEGKOV	RUS
11.	31:01	+01:01	Jiri MAGAL	CZE
12.	31:02	+01:02	Remo FISCHER	SUI
13.	31:06	+01:06	Devon KERSHAW	CAN
14.	31:07	+01:07	Daniel RICHARDSSON	SWE
15.	31:08	+01:08	Ilia CHERNOUSOV	RUS
16.	31:13	+01:13	Curdin PERL	SUI
17.	31:19	+01:20	Noah HOFFMAN	USA
18.	31:22	+01:22	Dario COLOGNA	SUI
19.	31:28	+01:28	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
20.	31:31	+01:31	Lari LEHTONEN	FIN
21.	31:32	+01:32	Andreas KATZ	GER
22.	31:34	+01:34	Finn Haagen KROGH	NOR
23.	31:37	+01:37	Mathias WIBAULT	FRA
24.	31:38	+01:39	Tobias ANGERER	GER
25.	31:39	+01:39	Jean Marc GAILLARD	FRA
26.	31:40	+01:40	Calle HALFVARSSON	SWE
27.	31:41	+01:41	Jens FILBRICH	GER
28.	31:56	+01:56	Tom REICHELT	GER
29.	32:00	+02:00	Petter jr. NORTHUG	NOR
30.	32:08	+02:08	Andrew MUSGRAVE	GBR
31.	32:13	+02:13	Konstantin GLAVATSKIKH	RUS
32.	32:16	+02:16	Aivar REHEMAA	EST
33.	32:16	+02:16	Sergey TURYSHEV	RUS
34.	32:16	+02:16	Dmitriy JAPAROV	RUS
35.	32:17	+02:17	Michail SEMENOV	BLR

All Alpe Cermis times are available in the official results.

Split 1

1.	03:24		Tobias ANGERER	GER
2.	03:25	+00:01	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
3.	03:26	+00:02	Calle HALFVARSSON	SWE
4.	03:28	+00:04	Finn Haagen KROGH	NOR
5.	03:28	+00:04	Ilia CHERNOUSOV	RUS
6.	03:28	+00:04	Johan OLSSON	SWE
7.	03:29	+00:05	Tord Asle GJERDALEN	NOR
8.	03:29	+00:05	Petter jr. NORTHUG	NOR
9.	03:30	+00:06	Giorgio DI CENTA	ITA
10.	03:30	+00:06	Devon KERSHAW	CAN
11.	03:30	+00:06	Jens FILBRICH	GER
15.	03:32	+00:07	Ivan BABIKOV	CAN
16.	03:33	+00:09	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
17.	03:34	+00:09	Alexander LEGKOV	RUS
29.	03:39	+00:15	Dario COLOGNA	SUI
30.	03:39	+00:15	Robin DUVILLARD	FRA
32.	03:40	+00:16	Roland CLARA	ITA
33.	03:40	+00:16	Lukas BAUER	CZE
39.	03:43	+00:19	Thomas MORIGGL	ITA
53.	03:46	+00:22	Johannes DUERR	AUT

Split 2

1.	03:45		Finn Haagen KROGH	NOR
2.	03:46	+00:01	Devon KERSHAW	CAN
3.	03:46	+00:02	Ivan BABIKOV	CAN
4.	03:47	+00:02	Jens FILBRICH	GER
5.	03:48	+00:03	Tobias ANGERER	GER
6.	03:48	+00:04	Daniel RICHARDSSON	SWE
7.	03:48	+00:04	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
8.	03:48	+00:04	Calle HALFVARSSON	SWE
9.	03:49	+00:04	Toni LIVERS	SUI
10.	03:49	+00:05	Martin JOHANSSON	SWE
11.	03:49	+00:05	Thomas BING	GER
22.	03:50	+00:06	Thomas MORIGGL	ITA
27.	03:51	+00:06	Robin DUVILLARD	FRA
28.	03:51	+00:06	Roland CLARA	ITA
38.	03:52	+00:08	Johannes DUERR	AUT
44.	03:55	+00:11	Lukas BAUER	CZE
55.	04:00	+00:15	Johan OLSSON	SWE
58.	04:03	+00:18	Giorgio DI CENTA	ITA
59.	04:04	+00:19	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
60.	04:05	+00:20	Alexander LEGKOV	RUS
61.	04:05	+00:20	Petter jr. NORTHUG	NOR
62.	04:06	+00:21	Dario COLOGNA	SUI

Split 3

1.	05:29		Roland CLARA	ITA
2.	05:30	+00:01	Robin DUVILLARD	FRA
3.	05:31	+00:03	Noah HOFFMAN	USA
4.	05:31	+00:03	Alexey POLTORANIN	KAZ
5.	05:31	+00:03	Jiri MAGAL	CZE
6.	05:32	+00:03	Finn Haagen KROGH	NOR
7.	05:32	+00:03	Thomas BING	GER
8.	05:32	+00:03	Michail SEMENOV	BLR
9.	05:32	+00:04	Aivar REHEMAA	EST
10.	05:33	+00:04	Johannes DUERR	AUT
11.	05:34	+00:05	Thomas MORIGGL	ITA
29.	05:40	+00:11	Ivan BABIKOV	CAN
36.	05:41	+00:13	Giorgio DI CENTA	ITA
39.	05:42	+00:14	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
43.	05:43	+00:14	Lukas BAUER	CZE
46.	05:45	+00:16	Johan OLSSON	SWE
59.	06:05	+00:36	Dario COLOGNA	SUI
60.	06:06	+00:37	Alexander LEGKOV	RUS
61.	06:06	+00:37	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
62.	06:07	+00:38	Petter jr. NORTHUG	NOR

Split 4

1.	02:39		Roland CLARA	ITA
2.	02:39	+00:00	Jiri MAGAL	CZE
3.	02:40	+00:01	Johannes DUERR	AUT
4.	02:40	+00:01	Robin DUVILLARD	FRA
5.	02:40	+00:02	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
6.	02:41	+00:02	Lukas BAUER	CZE
7.	02:42	+00:03	Michail SEMENOV	BLR
8.	02:43	+00:04	Calle HALFVARSSON	SWE
9.	02:44	+00:05	Thomas MORIGGL	ITA
10.	02:44	+00:05	Noah HOFFMAN	USA
11.	02:44	+00:05	Remo FISCHER	SUI
13.	02:45	+00:06	Giorgio DI CENTA	ITA
14.	02:46	+00:07	Ivan BABIKOV	CAN
15.	02:46	+00:07	Alexander LEGKOV	RUS
17.	02:47	+00:08	Johan OLSSON	SWE
18.	02:47	+00:08	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
19.	02:47	+00:08	Petter jr. NORTHUG	NOR
21.	02:47	+00:09	Dario COLOGNA	SUI

Split 5

1.	05:25		Alexander LEGKOV	RUS
2.	05:38	+00:13	Johannes DUERR	AUT
3.	05:40	+00:15	Roland CLARA	ITA
4.	05:43	+00:18	Thomas MORIGGL	ITA
5.	05:43	+00:18	Ivan BABIKOV	CAN
6.	05:43	+00:18	Giorgio DI CENTA	ITA
7.	05:44	+00:19	Ilia CHERNOUSOV	RUS
8.	05:46	+00:20	Johan OLSSON	SWE
9.	05:46	+00:21	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
10.	05:46	+00:21	Lukas BAUER	CZE
11.	05:50	+00:24	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
12.	05:52	+00:26	Dario COLOGNA	SUI
15.	05:59	+00:34	Robin DUVILLARD	FRA
16.	06:00	+00:35	Petter jr. NORTHUG	NOR

Split 6 + 7 (many skiers missed split 6 – therefore these are shown together)

1.	08:31		Marcus HELLNER	SWE
2.	08:48	+00:17	Ivan BABIKOV	CAN
3.	08:52	+00:21	Johannes DUERR	AUT
4.	08:54	+00:24	Dario COLOGNA	SUI
5.	08:57	+00:27	Roland CLARA	ITA
6.	08:58	+00:28	Johan OLSSON	SWE
7.	08:59	+00:28	Lukas BAUER	CZE
8.	08:59	+00:29	Thomas MORIGGL	ITA
9.	08:59	+00:29	Giorgio DI CENTA	ITA
10.	09:02	+00:32	Alexander LEGKOV	RUS
11.	09:13	+00:42	Curdin PERL	SUI
12.	09:16	+00:45	Robin DUVILLARD	FRA
14.	09:17	+00:47	Maxim VYLEGZHANIN	RUS
28.	09:33	+01:02	Petter jr. NORTHUG	NOR