- First of all, I am happy that no one was injured.

I went to the IBU before the start and said it was risky, that it was a health hazard.

They changed the track but the organizer has missed it properly.

They skied last night and then it froze during the night.

You don't have to be a piste machine scientist to realize that it would be an ice rink and I'm really pissed off, says the Swedish national team manager Johannes Lukas to SVT Sport.

When the piste took place at four plus degrees before it froze, not much could be done during the day - the damage had already been done.

- I already felt after 50 meters, wow, at an inside curve that I had both grip and form.

I took advantage of that, says runner-up Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen, one of the few happy voices from France.

Sturla Holm Läreid was happy with the victory but had a reservation.

- I would have liked to have won after being better than Johannes, but today it was the equipment that made the difference, says Lägreid.

The one who perhaps lost the most in the icy conditions was Johannes Thingnes Bö, who finished third.

"A desperate attempt to salt"

- I have never experienced anything like this.

It's all about ski brands today.

It was impossible to get a grip on my skis.

It was a parody.

I tried to keep ice in my stomach and accept that others were going faster.

I'm happy for a podium with these conditions.

It was a desperate attempt by the organizer to salt, says Johannes Thingnes Bö.

The organizer received harsh criticism but does not feel that they have done anything wrong.

It was about the weather.

"Two days of rain"

- This came after two days of rain and we had no snow left.

We tried to prepare in different ways, but machines had broken through the ice that was there, so we had to try manual work.

Those were the tools we had in our box.

We have added some material to the track to strengthen the grip, but these are the conditions we have, says the race manager, Slovenian Borut Nunar.

- We waited until it froze before we hit the slopes.

But when we had wet snow that froze, it became more and more ice and we couldn't use machines.

We tested this morning but it didn't work as we wanted, explains Nunar.

He shares the riders' frustration.

- I understand that the riders are upset because we are also upset.

We don't want to offer conditions like this to our riders but we did what we could and what was possible in this situation.

Although we are sad about this, it is what can happen in a winter sport, Nunar concludes.