Sudbury's Devon Kershaw turned in the best distance World Cup result of his career in the a 30km skate over the weekend in Rybinsk, Russia. Even more impressive was the fact that Kershaw was less than 6 seconds behind the winner in what was a mad scramble to the finish. Check out his website at http://www.devonkershaw.com and Click READ MORE.

Kershaw was in contention with the day's surprise winner, Tor Arne Hetland, for the complete race. Hetland, the 2002 Olympic gold medallist for Norway in the sprint, does not normally show his speed in events at long as 30km, although he can be a regular on the distance podium up to 15km. Hetland beat out Finland's Ville Nousiainen by half a second for his first win of the season, with Italian Pietro Piller Cottrer taking the final step on the podium.

Kershaw had a similar sprint finish in the Falun pursuit 2 years ago where the mass sprint finish resulted in 16th place and only a few seconds off the win. The close pack and quick finishing Rybinsk race is a great warm-up for the upcoming Tour-du-Ski which will see 8 races packed into only 10 days. Kershaw is looking forward to the Tour as an all-around contender. (from www.skifaster.net)

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
Rank  Bib  FIS Code  Name  Year  Nation  Time  FIS Points
 1   7   1092511  HETLAND Tor Arne   1974   NOR    1:11:04.8  
 2   16   3180054  NOUSIAINEN Ville   1983   FIN    1:11:05.3  
 3   19   1139459  PILLER COTTRER Pietro   1974   ITA    1:11:06.1  
 4   14   1223849  CHECCHI Valerio   1980   ITA    1:11:06.6  
 5   2   1101047  SOMMERFELDT Rene   1974   GER    1:11:06.9  
 6   3   3480016  LEGKOV Alexander   1983   RUS    1:11:07.1  
 7   34   1363141  FISCHER Remo   1981   SUI    1:11:07.1  
 8   28   3510023  COLOGNA Dario   1986   SUI    1:11:07.2  
 9   8   3420023  GJERDALEN Tord Asle   1983   NOR    1:11:07.2  
 10   31   3420228  JOHNSRUD SUNDBY Martin   1984   NOR    1:11:08.2  
 11   9   1100077  VITTOZ Vincent   1975   FRA    1:11:10.2  
 12   30   3100006  KERSHAW Devon   1982   CAN    1:11:10.6  
 13   22   1067291  DI CENTA Giorgio   1972   ITA    1:11:11.2  
 14   13   1362656  LIVERS Toni   1983   SUI    1:11:11.4  
 15   65   3480011  OSINKIN Dmitriy   1978   RUS    1:11:11.4  
 16   60   3480013  VYLEGZHANIN Maxim   1982   RUS    1:11:12.1  
 17   25   3290016  CLARA Roland   1982   ITA    1:11:12.4  
 18   40   1292234  LALLUKKA Juha   1979   FIN    1:11:12.8  
 19   33   1262358  AASEN OUREN Geir Ludvig   1974   NOR    1:11:14.4  
 20   29   3480314  CHERNOUSOV Ilia   1986   RUS    1:11:15.5