– He broke my skis. I couldn’t do anything, says Jules Chappaz. The Frenchman is furious and gesticulating with his hands when news talks to him in the interview zone after Friday’s sprint in Val di Fiemme. There, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won as he wanted, the Norwegian’s fifth straight stage victory in this year’s Tour de Ski. But a situation in the quarter-finals was what everyone was talking about. There, the Swedish William Poromaa felled the aforementioned Chappaz. DAMNED: Jules Chappaz wouldn’t talk to William Poromaa. He just wanted him disqualified. Photo: Fredrik Tombra / news – I don’t want to talk to him. I just want him to be disqualified and ranked last, he says. Taking the blame The jury had already taken action on that wish. Poromaa was placed last in the heat. Later the penalty was changed to disqualification. This means that he also gets a three-minute time penalty in the summary, according to Expressen. He is thus down to 35th place, a full 4.46 behind Johanne Høsflot Klæbo. – It is brutal, says Klæbo to Expressen. Poromaa takes the blame for what happened. – I knew right away that “this will probably be a yellow card”, so it was sad, admits the Swede in the interview zone. FIVE STRAIGHT: Johannes Høsflot Klæbo is unstoppable Tour de Ski. Photo: Alessandro Trovati / AP – Did you feel guilty right away? asks Expressen. – Yes, I felt that I took too big a chance. I looked behind, and it’s clear it’s on the border, but I think I’ll manage to get in there, but it didn’t work out that way. William Poromaa, like Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, loaded up for the Tour de Ski in Davos, and they even stayed in the same hotel at Christmas. But where everything has gone smoothly for Klæbo, it has been the most difficult for Poromaa. Called “small-faced” Even before the start of Friday’s sprint, he had to endure criticism from news’s cross-country expert Torgeir Bjørn. – He is number six in the summary, so it is not bad at all, but he has been a bit whiny and complains a bit about both exercises and competitions and competitors. He must focus on going fast, because he has the capacity to be completely, completely up there, Bjørn said in the radio broadcast. BROKEN STAVEN: William Poromaa had a bad start to the day with a broken staff in the prologue. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB Soon after, Poromaa broke the staff in the prologue. – That’s how it is, says when he hears about Bjørn’s criticism. However, he believes it is not about the wrong focus. – Dad gets mad – I think people think that there is a lot of energy leakage. It’s the same with my dad, he gets angry and thinks I focus a lot on other things. But for me it’s just lighter fluid, says Poromaa. He needs that now before the last two stages. On Saturday, the Tour de Ski continues with a 10 km classic joint start. – What I have to take with me is that my body feels good, and that there are two stages left that suit me well, says William Poromaa.
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