Will help Ebba in the climb: "May lay out a plan"

In today's mass start of 10 kilometers, Johanna Hagström pulled in from the sprint hill on the first lap.

She says that the idea was that she would help Ebba Andersson to get a gap.

But Hagström went hard and perceived that Andersson could not follow.

- I noticed that she was not behind me, I probably went a little hard on the sprint hill, says Johanna Hagström to SVT Sport.

The plan for the climb

Tomorrow is the last stage of the Tour de Ski, the climb up the salo slope.

Last year, the Swedish ladies teamed up to help Ebba Andersson, who had a chance on the podium in the overall tour.

She then won the climb and came third overall in the Tour de Ski after the Swedish team effort.

Hagström says that again this year they will make a plan for how they will run the stage as Ebba Andersson is currently in second place in the total, 1.12 after the Russian Natalia Neprayeva.

- We have to make a plan, it will be fun, says Hagström.