Canada's Antoine Cyr narrowly misses podium at Tour de Ski

Canadian cross-country skier Antoine Cyr finished a fraction of a second off the podium at a Tour de Ski event in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on Saturday. 

Cyr, of Gatineau, Que., finished one-tenth of a second shy of the bronze-medal position in the men's 15-kilometre classic-ski race, completing six laps on the challenging course in a time of 40 minutes, 0.5 seconds.

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"It is awesome to get such a good result," Cyr said in a release. "All of the guys around me have had podiums on the World Cup. To be so close is such a huge accomplishment and I am just so happy to give a good result like this to the team, the staff and everyone back home supporting us."

Cyr moved into eighth place in the overall Tour standings with one race remaining

The 24-year-old reached his first career sprint final on Friday, finishing sixth at the Tour de Ski stop.

Cyr won his first ever World Cup heat on Friday, finishing first in his quarterfinal race on the way to a sixth-place finish in the sprint final.