Preview ladies' 3-Days Tour Lillehammer - 30 Nov-2 Dec 2018 • Charlotte Kalla won last year's 3-Days Tour to become the first ever non- Norwegian winner of the opening mini tour in Ruka or Lillehammer. Therese Johaug triumphed in 2015 and Heidi Weng took the number one spot in 2016. • Three of the last four winners of the 3-Days Tour went on to win the overall World Cup title that season. In that run only Kalla in 2017/18 failed to claim the overall World Cup despite winning the opening mini tour. • Norway has claimed 17 of all 24 podium spots in 3-Days Tour history (71%). Only Sweden (4), Poland (2) and Finland (1) also managed to record a top-three finish in the competition. • Norway had at least two athletes on the podium in seven of the eight editions of the 3-Days Tour. • Weng is the only athlete to have reached the podium in both previous 3- Days Tours held in Lillehammer. Weng won the 2016 edition and finished in third place in 2014. • Jessica Diggins and Sadie Bjornsen are both hoping to become the first ever non-European winner of one of the Tours (3-Days Tour, Tour de Ski, World Cup Final, Ski Tour Canada). • Krista Pärmäkoski, fourth in last season's Tour de Ski, could become the second Tour winner from Finland after 2006/07 and 2008/09 Tour de Ski champion and 2007/08 World Cup Final winner Virpi Kuitunen. • Pärmäkoski, compatriot Anne Kyllönen and Ingvild Flugstad Østberg are the only athletes to have appeared in all 23 Tours since the start of 2010/11 (3-Days Tour, Tour de Ski, World Cup Final, Ski Tour Canada). • Østberg has even participated in each of the last 24 Tours (3-Days Tour, Tour de Ski, World Cup Final, Ski Tour Canada), the longest active run. • Stefanie Böhler has appeared in a record 28 (out of a possible 30) Tours (3-Days Tour, Tour de Ski, World Cup Final, Ski Tour Canada) and in seven of the eight 3-Days Tours (not in 2013/14). • Weng (98) can make her 100th Tour stage appearance in Lillehammer (3- Days Tour, Tour de Ski, World Cup Final, Ski Tour Canada) to become the 14th athlete to reach this milestone. Preview Men's 3-Days Tour Lillehammer - 30 Nov-2 Dec 2018 • The eight 3-Days Tours (Ruka and Lillehammer) have been won by just four different athletes. Martin Johnsrud Sundby (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) has claimed a record four victories, Petter Northug is on two wins (2011 and 2012), while Alexander Legkov (2010) and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (2017) both won once. • Sundby, second in the 2017 edition, has claimed a competition high five overall podium finishes in the 3-Days Tour. Sundby recorded his five top- three spots in the last five editions (2013-2017). • Sundby is the only athlete to have reached the podium in both previous 3- Days Tours held in Lillehammer. Sundby won in both 2014 and 2016. • Klæbo won last season's 3-Days Tour in Ruka at age 21 to become the youngest ever 3-Days Tour winner. Klæbo already was the youngest Tour winner (3-Days Tour, Tour de Ski, World Cup Final, Ski Tour Canada), as he won the 2017 World Cup Final in Quebec at age 20. • Klæbo, Sundby, Calle Halfvarsson and Lukáš Bauer are the only athletes to have won multiple 3-Days Tour stages, all four triumphed twice. • Bauer (2010, 2013) and Sundby (2014, 2015) are the only athletes to have won at least one stage in multiple 3-Days Tours. • Klæbo and Halfvarsson are the only athletes to have claimed multiple 3- Days Tour stage wins in a single edition. Halfvarsson won the sprint classic and the 10km free in Lillehammer in 2016. Klæbo won the sprint classic and the 15km classic in last year's edition. • Norwegian athletes have won 12 of the last 15 Tours (3-Days Tour, Tour de Ski, World Cup Final, Ski Tour Canada). Only Bolshunov (2017/18 World Cup Final), Dario Cologna (2017/18 Tour de Ski) and Sergey Ustiugov (2016/17 Tour de Ski) avoided Norwegian success in this span (2013-2018). • Only Sundby (8) has won more Tours (3-Days Tour, Tour de Ski, World Cup Final, Ski Tour Canada) than Cologna (6). Colonga's tally of 13 Tour podium finishes is a joint-record. Northug is also on 13 top-three finishes. • Northug has won 18 Tour stages (3-Days Tour, Tour de Ski, World Cup Final, Ski Tour Canada), at least seven more than any other athlete. Sundby and Cologna are in joint-second place with 11 Tour stage victories each (excluding overall). • Only Northug (44) has recorded more top-three stage finishes in one of the Tours (3-Days Tour, Tour de Ski, World Cup Final, Ski Tour Canada) than Cologna (32). Sundby is on 30 podium spots. • Alex Harvey, runner-up in last season's World Cup Final and third in the 2017/18 Tour de Ski, is aiming to become the first ever non-European Tour winner (3-Days Tour, Tour de Ski, World Cup Final, Ski Tour Canada). • Harvey is one of the 10 athletes to have appeared in all eight editions of the 3-Days Tour. • Devon Kershaw is the only athlete to have participated in all previous 30 Tours (3-Days Tour, Tour de Ski, World Cup Final, Ski Tour Canada). The Canadian has recorded one overall podium finish, a second-place finish in the 2011/12 World Cup Final. • Halfvarsson is hoping to become the first Tour winner from Sweden. Sweden has claimed four Tour podium finishes, with Marcus Hellner's second-place finish in the 2011/12 Tour de Ski as best result. .