The Russian finished in 32 minutes 33.3 seconds.
The second place was taken by the Norwegian Simen Hegstad Kruger, 1.8 seconds back, and his compatriot Sure Röthe (23.9) closed the top three.
Earlier it was reported that the former senior coach of the Russian men's national ski team Alexander Grushin commented on the incident with Alexander Bolshunov and Yoni Mäki in the relay at the World Cup in Lahti.