However, Marcus Grate ended the day with success – the Swede finished third after Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and second-placed Even Northug, both from Norway.
As Klæbo won and Edvin Anger failed in the sprint, the gap in the overall standings in the tour increased. Anger remains in second place, but the Norwegian's lead increased by a minute. Anger has 36 seconds down to third-placed Erik Valnes, Norway.
Anger no longer believes he has a chance of a top placement in the tour.
It's becoming hopeless, the chance is being destroyed quite badly now. It's bad in many ways, he says to Viaplay ahead of Saturday's penultimate stage, the skiathlon.
Now I have no pressure on me, so I can do what I've done before. It's a tough course and I need to have the race of my life to keep up with the leaders.
What happened to Anger in the quarterfinal was that his pole broke directly at the start, and then the day was ruined.
I got a pole pretty quickly, but I couldn't get it to work as I wanted. On a course like this, you want a pole that fits well in your hand. It takes a lot when you lose three-four seconds directly, especially when you want a good rhythm, says Anger to Viaplay.
For Oskar Svensson and Emil Danielsson, it ended in the semifinal. William Poromaa was eliminated in the quarterfinal.
