HARVEY FINISHES WELL BACK IN ITALIAN TOUR DE SKI LEG

TESERO, Italy — Alex Harvey struggled to a 19th-place finish in the 15-kilometre classic ski mass start on Saturday, dropping him to sixth place overall at the Tour de Ski with one race remaining.

Harvey, of Saint Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., squeaked into the top-20 with a time of 41 minutes 18.7 seconds on a demanding courses. Harvey won the first bonus sprint, but was not able to maintain pace.

Norway’s Martin Johnsrud Sundby ended Russia’s Sergey Ustiugov’s unprecedented five-race winning streak. Sundby had a winning time of 40:40. Ustiugov captured silver.