Several well-known Swedish skiers, such as William Poromaa, Calle Halfvarsson, and Edvin Anger, were missing. But the result in Sunday's competition still made many raise their eyebrows.
A Canadian took the top spot on the podium in the Sweden premiere.
Léveillé – who, according to SVT, was 33rd best in the World Cup last year – impressed in a snowy Bruksvallarna and had the absolute best time at the finish.
Afterwards, it was a satisfied winner who spoke with SVT.
It felt good. Yesterday was tougher for me, so I'm glad about today, he says.
The key to Léveillé's success?
Pushing hard from the start and trying to survive, he says.
No Swede at the top. But a whole bunch of Swedes right behind. Truls Gisselman was closest to threatening Léveillé, 10.2 seconds behind. He became – just like on the 10 km classic on Saturday – second. Johan Ekberg became third.
Jens Burman became sixth and stated afterwards that it was "worse than I thought". When asked if the Canadian victory is worrying for Swedish cross-country skiing on the men's side, he responds:
Maybe he's just very good? So I don't know if it needs to be that worrying, he says to SVT.
