The victory in this discipline was won by the representative of the Netherlands Kjeld Noys, ahead of Yuskov by 0.233 seconds. Closed the top three winners, another Dutchman, Thomas Krol.
The Minsk stage is the first in the World Cup program. Competitions began on November 15 and will end on November 17.
Earlier it was reported that the speed skater Shikhova won bronze at a distance of 1000 m at the KM stage in Minsk.