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The second in the Val Mustair sprint that opened the Tour de Ski satisfies the Aosta Valley rider: "First podium as a dad, the dedication is for Alexis".
Saturday 31 December 2022 2 minutes reading time
After the masterpiece of Davos, his fiefdom in which he had beaten Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo after 5 years, Federico Pellegrino had to settle for the place of honor behind the phenomenal Norwegian, but in that Val Mustair in which he climbed the podium six times , the champion from Valle d'Aosta opened this Tour de Ski as best he could hardly have done.
A sprint final made beautiful by Chicco's early attack, who tried to shuffle the cards to complicate Klaebo's plans, who only missed him on the final straight: "It was a good race - he explains Pellegrino to fisi.org - I played my cards well even if the sensations weren't super.
I pulled out the best to manage energy. In the quarterfinals I was calm, in the semifinals I risked a bit but it's part of the game, in the final I tried to make an early attack, it didn't work, it seems to me that Klaebo has trained very well in the last two weeks and he established. I am very satisfied with today's result, I dedicate this first podium as a dad to little Alexis, I think we saw a good show for cross-country skiing".
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