In yesterday's Sprint Free, only Jasmi Joensuu cracked the Semi-finals in the women's event, while Joni Maki was the only Finnish man in the top 20 of the 1.4km competition.
Today was more successful for the Finnish athletes, as Iivo Niskanen was the best non-Norwegian in the men's race, beaten only by Mattis Stenshagen, Johannes Hosflot Klaebo and Emil Iversen.
Niskanen was 24.3 seconds behind Stenshagen, who completed the course in 22:11.0. The result may look positive on paper, but the Oulu-native was not satisfied.
"It left a bad taste. The feeling was pretty good, but the result was really bad," he told the media after the race.
That was enough to move the Finn up to 11th place in the overall standings - he is 90 seconds down on leader Klaebo - and sixth in the climbing standings.
Four Finnish men; Perttu Hyvarinen, Maki, Niko Anttola and Lauri Vuorinen are all placed between 16th and 22nd in the overall standings after stage two of six.
A few hours later, Kerttu Niskanen managed to match her younger brother by finishing fourth in the women's 10km Individual Classic.
Again, it was a Norwegian who topped the podium - Astrid Oyre Slind finished in a time of 25:33.7, clear of Austria's Teresa Stadlober and the USA's Jessie Diggins.
Niskanen put in an impressive second half of the race to move up a handful of places, but still came in 33.2 seconds off the pace. Johanna Matintalo was the second Finnish woman over the line, in seventh place.
Kerttu, however, had a very different outlook on her performance compared with he brother: "Iivo is certainly disappointed with his fourth place today, but for me this was a good performance considering the situation," she said at the finish.
The "situation" refers to an unspecified medical condition that has been troubling Niskanen of late, and getting to the Tour de Ski start line and competing has "been so damn difficult," she claimed.
Niskanen is now in 10th place overall, three places down on her teammate Joensuu. She is ninth in the climbing standings, again three places behind a compatriot - this time Matintalo.