This time it was in the as the anchor skier of the Norwegian men's relay team. Krogh held off a hard charging Sergey Ustiugov of Russia to lead Norway to a 0.2 second win. Perhaps some revenge for Krogh as Ustiugov out sprinted him last weekend in the sprint in Davos. In third was the home team France. It was their first World Cup relay podium since December 2008 which was also in La Clusaz.
ATHLETE QUOTES
Finn Haagen Krugh (NOR)
Anders did a great job on his leg and put us back in contention. In my leg I wanted to save some energy and gave everything in the last corner and in the finish stretch.
Sergey Ustiugov (RUS)
I gave everything I had in the finish. The speed increased in the last two laps. It is always disappointing to lose but Finn was very strong on the home stretch. But it is still a very good result to be second and to share the podium with my teammates.
Maurice Manificat (FRA)
It was a great day for our team. Everybody did an awesome job on their legs. I knew Finn and Sergey would be the biggest opponents today on the last leg. My plan was to ski with them and eventually go away. Finn and Sergey were stronger but it is great to finish on the podium.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
MEN - Team relay
1. NORWAY I 1:11:25.7
TOENSETH Didrik 18:29.2
SUNDBY Martin Johnsrud 18:46.3
GLOEERSEN Anders 16:57.3
KROGH Finn Haagen 17:12.9
2. RUSSIA I +0.2
BELOV Evgeniy 18:26.7
LEGKOV Alexander 18:38.7
CHERVOTKIN Alexey 17:09.3
USTIUGOV Sergey 17:11.2
3. FRANCE I +7.7
GAILLARD Jean Marc 18:28.6
JEANNEROD Alexis 18:40.6
PARISSE Clement 17:06.1
MANIFICAT Maurice 17:18.1
4. GERMANY +12.8
BING Thomas 18:27.6
TSCHARNKE Tim 18:45.8
NOTZ Florian 17:04.0
BOEGL Lucas 17:21.1
5. SWEDEN +26.8
JOENSSON Emil 18:26.9
BURMAN Jens 18:39.3
JOHANSSON Martin 17:07.5
EKSTROEM Axel 17:38.8
Source: fis-ski.com
