The blue Francesco De Fabiani ranked second in the men's mass start race of 15 kilometers in classic technique, trial of the Nordic Ski World Cup which kicked off today at the last weekend of the Tour de Ski in Val by Fiemme.
In first place the ruler of the season, the Russian Alexander Bolshunov, who won the fifth consecutive victory at the event.
In third place the other Russian Ivan Chervotkin.
As for the other Italians, Paolo Ventura arrived 29 / o, a disappointing Federico Pellegrino 35 / o, Giandomenico Salvadori 39 / o and Mirco Bertolina 41 / o.
Tomorrow the classic technique Sprint is scheduled: Pellegrino is aiming for the poker of seasonal victories, while Bolshunov is already thinking about Sunday and the final triumph over Cermis. In the general classification of the Tour, Bolshunov leads with 2h57'09 "over the French Manificat at 2'37" and his compatriot Yakumishkin at 2'47 ", while De Fabiani is 11 / o at 5'16" and Pellegrino is 19 / o 7'18 ".