Johaug was a full 39.5 seconds ahead of second Heidi Weng and 47.5 seconds ahead of third Helene Marie Fosseholm.
Already after 1.9 kilometers, Johaug had pulled away and given himself a lead of 10 seconds down to Weng, and as so often before with Johaug, the distance then continued to grow throughout the race.
- I am very happy with the race.
I feel that the form has been going on for the past week.
I trained a lot in December and have started to let go of it now.
I get the answers I want, says Johaug to NRK.
Due to the corona pandemic, the Norwegian team has chosen to cancel all World Cup competitions since the premiere in Ruka, Finland, and Norway is also not included in the ongoing Tour de Ski.