Cross country skiing: Bauer wins opening race at Nove Mesto na Morave

Czech cross country skier Lukas Bauer has won the opening race of the Tour de Ski in Nove Meste na Morave, in its second edition after it’s inauguration year. The tour includes eight races, and the overall time winner gets 400 World Cup points. Bauer won the opening 4.5-kilometre classical style race in a time of 11 minutes 15.6 seconds, beating Germany's Axel Teichmann by a second. Odd-Bjorn Hjelmeset finished third place with 11:18.9.