Harvey claims stage win, Kershaw third
The Canadian men rocked Falun, Sweden today (March 16) with Alex Harvey winning the second stage of the World Cup Final, a 3.3k prologue in free technique and Devon Kershaw cementing a second place finish in the season long standings with a third place finish. Overall champion Dario Cologna or Italy finished today’s race in second.
Eirik Brandsdal of Norway finished 26.1 seconds behind Harvey to retain the lead of the multi-staged Final event by 3.4 seconds. Canadian Len Valjas is third in the Final standings, 4.2 seconds behind Brandsdal.
Harvey’s father Pierre, a two time winner at Falun watched the action.
“I was some seconds behind at the intermediate point,” said Harvey, but he picked up time on the downhill after the notorious Moerderbaken climb. “There are many strong guys out there who can win the World Cup Final,” he said.
Finals continue with a 15k classic mass start race Saturday.
Gepa photo
Falun (SWE)
Stage World Cup
Men’s 3.3 km F
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Time | FIS Points |
| 1 | 38 | 3100110 | HARVEY Alex | 1988 | CAN | 8:16.8 | 0.00 |
| 2 | 39 | 3510023 | COLOGNA Dario | 1986 | SUI | 8:17.0 | 0.32 |
| 3 | 33 | 3100006 | KERSHAW Devon | 1982 | CAN | 8:19.9 | 4.99 |
| 4 | 25 | 3420577 | DYRHAUG Niklas | 1987 | NOR | 8:23.7 | 11.11 |
| 5 | 27 | 3420376 | GLOEERSEN Anders | 1986 | NOR | 8:24.4 | 12.24 |
| 6 | 21 | 3200229 | TSCHARNKE Tim | 1989 | GER | 8:26.3 | 15.30 |
| 7 | 20 | 3190111 | MANIFICAT Maurice | 1986 | FRA | 8:27.1 | 16.59 |
| 8 | 34 | 3420605 | ROETHE Sjur | 1988 | NOR | 8:27.5 | 17.23 |
| 9 | 41 | 3500139 | HELLNER Marcus | 1985 | SWE | 8:28.4 | 18.68 |
| 10 | 10 | 3500664 | HALFVARSSON Calle | 1989 | SWE | 8:29.1 | 19.81 |
| 11 | 23 | 3420228 | SUNDBY Martin Johnsrud | 1984 | NOR | 8:29.3 | 20.13 |
| 12 | 8 | 3480832 | SEDOV Petr | 1990 | RUS | 8:29.6 | 20.61 |
| 13 | 44 | 3420002 | DAHL John Kristian | 1981 | NOR | 8:29.9 | 21.10 |
| 14 | 9 | 3290016 | CLARA Roland | 1982 | ITA | 8:31.2 | 23.19 |
| 15 | 19 | 3480314 | CHERNOUSOV Ilia | 1986 | RUS | 8:31.9 | 24.32 |
| 16 | 18 | 3290007 | HOFER David | 1983 | ITA | 8:32.6 | 25.44 |
| 17 | 3 | 3150069 | JAKS Martin | 1986 | CZE | 8:32.8 | 25.76 |
| 18 | 13 | 1067291 | DI CENTA Giorgio | 1972 | ITA | 8:33.1 | 26.25 |
| 19 | 28 | 3480317 | TURYSHEV Sergey | 1985 | RUS | 8:33.5 | 26.89 |
| 20 | 17 | 3481161 | BELOV Evgeniy | 1990 | RUS | 8:33.8 | 27.38 |
| 21 | 48 | 3100097 | VALJAS Len | 1988 | CAN | 8:34.0 | 27.70 |
| 21 | 24 | 3480016 | LEGKOV Alexander | 1983 | RUS | 8:34.0 | 27.70 |
| 23 | 29 | 3420909 | GOLBERG Paal | 1990 | NOR | 8:34.6 | 28.66 |
| 24 | 15 | 1345875 | GAILLARD Jean Marc | 1980 | FRA | 8:34.8 | 28.99 |
| 25 | 36 | 1298054 | PASINI Fabio | 1980 | ITA | 8:35.3 | 29.79 |
| 26 | 47 | 3670007 | POLTORANIN Alexey | 1987 | KAZ | 8:35.5 | 30.11 |
| 27 | 6 | 3480013 | VYLEGZHANIN Maxim | 1982 | RUS | 8:36.0 | 30.92 |
| 28 | 14 | 1178162 | ANGERER Tobias | 1977 | GER | 8:36.6 | 31.88 |
| 29 | 1 | 3180053 | HEIKKINEN Matti | 1983 | FIN | 8:40.4 | 38.00 |
| 30 | 45 | 3530005 | NEWELL Andrew | 1983 | USA | 8:41.5 | 39.77 |
| 31 | 51 | 3420365 | BRANDSDAL Eirik | 1986 | NOR | 8:42.9 | 42.03 |
| 32 | 4 | 1297957 | MORIGGL Thomas | 1981 | ITA | 8:43.0 | 42.19 |
| 33 | 43 | 3481163 | RETIVYKH Gleb | 1991 | RUS | 8:45.6 | 46.38 |
| 34 | 35 | 3420036 | ROENNING Eldar | 1982 | NOR | 8:46.3 | 47.50 |
| 35 | 11 | 1221036 | FILBRICH Jens | 1979 | GER | 8:46.5 | 47.83 |
| 36 | 22 | 3480828 | JAPAROV Dmitriy | 1986 | RUS | 8:46.8 | 48.31 |
| 37 | 16 | 3480669 | SHAKIRZIANOV Raul | 1989 | RUS | 8:47.3 | 49.11 |
| 38 | 50 | 3500330 | PETERSON Teodor | 1988 | SWE | 8:47.6 | 49.60 |
| 39 | 7 | 3480440 | GLAVATSKIKH Konstantin | 1985 | RUS | 8:49.0 | 51.85 |
| 40 | 40 | 3300373 | MIYAZAWA Hiroyuki | 1991 | JPN | 8:50.8 | 54.75 |
| 41 | 12 | 3500015 | RICKARDSSON Daniel | 1982 | SWE | 8:51.9 | 56.52 |
| 42 | 49 | 3420077 | HATTESTAD Ola Vigen | 1982 | NOR | 8:52.5 | 57.49 |
| 43 | 26 | 3180114 | STRANDVALL Matias | 1985 | FIN | 8:54.5 | 60.71 |
| 44 | 31 | 3290326 | PELLEGRINO Federico | 1990 | ITA | 8:54.9 | 61.35 |
| 45 | 2 | 3100128 | SANDAU Kevin | 1988 | CAN | 8:55.8 | 62.80 |
| 46 | 32 | 3200014 | WENZL Josef | 1984 | GER | 8:59.6 | 68.92 |
| 47 | 5 | 3530411 | ELLEFSON Sylvan | 1987 | USA | 13:12.7 | 476.49 |
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| 46 | 3480280 | MORILOV Nikolay | 1986 | RUS | |||
| 42 | 3500259 | JOENSSON Emil | 1985 | SWE | |||
| 37 | 3480021 | PETUKHOV Alexey | 1983 | RUS | |||
| 30 | 3480436 | KRIUKOV Nikita | 1985 | RUS | |||
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