Valditrento, Italy - Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland on Saturday won the last women's cross-country World Cup race before the world championships.

Kowalczyk won the 10-kilometres classic style race in 29 minutes 37.4 seconds, her second straight win in the discipline, third overall in the season and fifth in her career.

Marianna Longa of Italy trailed by 12.4 seconds in second place and Slovenian sprint queen Petra Majdic was third, 30.3 seconds off the pace.

Aino Kaisa Saarinen of Finland came seventh to retain the World Cup lead with 1,276 points from Majdic (1,250) and Kowalczyk (1,167).

Valditrento, Italy - Petra Majdic of Slovenia and Norway's Ola Vigen Hattestad were unbeatable again on Friday as they each posted a fifth season sprint win in the cross-country skiing World Cup.

Majdic won the women's freestyle race in 2 minutes 45.6 seconds from former sprint world champion Pirjo Muranen of Finland and Italy's Magda Genuin.

Majdic closed in on World Cup leader Aino Kaisa Saarinen of Finland, who placed 13th on the day to lead with 1,240 points. Majdic is close behind on 1,190 and holder Virpi Kuitunen has 1,069.