Iversen returns to Norway during the evening.

- It's no idea to go Tour de Ski and be 98 percent, says Emil Iversen in a press release and continues:

- It is hard to see that this year's goal of winning the World Cup is moving. But there will be many nice ski runs ahead, including SkiTour 2020. Then I hope to come back strong, he says.

Long after

After the first two days of the Tour de Ski, Emil Iversen was in tenth place with over the minute up to Johannes Hösflot Kläbo leading the tour. The best Swedish is Johan Häggström, who is third. He is in the same place as the second Aleksander Bolshunov. Both are 23 seconds after Johannes Hösflot Kläbo.

Norwegian sprint star Maiken Caspersen Falla also chooses to go home from the Tour de Ski.