 He did finish fifth in La Clusaz in December 2008, but also recorded a 58th, 47th, and 36th place.In the 2008-09 Tour de Ski a twelfth place was his best achievement, and he ended 23rd overall.A sixth place in Rybinsk in January 2009 followed, and at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 he finished fourteenth in the 2 × 15 km pursuit, and twentieth in the 50 km freestyle event.