From tomorrow, 10 days in Ruhpolding, the Mecca of biathlon. All on the hunt for Martin Fourcade [Presentation]

From & rsquo; January 8 to 17 will go & agrave; staged in Ruhpolding a macro-step that combines the fourth and fifth round of the & nbsp; Men's World Cup. The waiver of Oberhof pushed the & rsquo; Ibu to move the fourth round in the same resort & agrave; where it was already & agrave; provided the fifth. Therefore l & rsquo; Bavarian plant, one of the two "Great classic" circuit and authentic cradle of the biathlon men (here, in 1978, came the World Cup), will host & agrave; a sort of & ldquo; & rdquo ;. mondialino

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In fact, the merger of the two stages has given birth to a calendar very similar to that of a world championship event. They will play 12 games in 10 days and happening all formats. Actually & agrave; missing the medley relay, but his absence & egrave; compensated with interest by the presence of two mass start. Ruhpolding can & ograve; It is called the first of the two & ldquo; Great Classics & rdquo; biathlon since it hosted a stage of the maximum circuit in all seasons, except for the 1985- & rsquo; 86, 1992 - '' 93. Also in the men the 'Bavarian system takes unique role of "cradle" of the World Cup Because & eacute; It was the scene of the first two races of the story. On January 13, 1978, the German dell''Est Klaus Siebert, known by fans today mainly for having long been the mentor of Darya Domracheva, won the inaugural competition of the maximum circuit (a 20 km) ahead of compatriot Eberhard R & ouml; sch and German Andreas dell''ovest Scwheiger. The next day however the Norwegian Sigleif Johansen prevailed in the sprint ahead of Eberhard R & ouml; sch and Frank Ullrich, who at the end of the season would close in his hands the first Crystal Ball history. To date in the Chiemgau Arena you were played 77 competitions male individual level (21 twenty kilometers, sprinting 36, 13 chases, 7 mass start), of which ten with iridescent value. Ruhpolding fact has hosted four editions of the World Cup in four different decades (1979, 1985, 1996 and 2012), in which not only winters & egrave; competed in January, the historic location of & rsquo; appointment. 39 athletes have to have earned at least a win on this slope. Among them stands the & rsquo; inevitable Ole Einar Bj Ã¸ rndalen, able to impose itself on 11 occasions, pi & ugrave; than double the pi & ugrave; pursuers. In fact the second place on the list of award-victorious are Martin Fourcade and Emil Hegle Svendsen, able to excel 5 times each. Realizing the gi & agrave; mentioned trio, are seven men in business & agrave; to boast a & rsquo; affirmation in Chiemgau Arena Because & eacute; Michael R & ouml; sch, Jakov Fak, Johannes Thingnes B Ã¸ and Simon Schempp have all collected a success. & nbsp; In terms of countries, on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium in Ruhpolding have flown 10 different flags. In theory, the more movement & ugrave; winning in absolute & egrave; the German one, that counts 25 hits, divided by & ograve; between West Germany (6 when he was commonly called "West" and 9 after the fall of the Berlin Wall) and DDR (10). Following close behind Norway with 24 statements. France third at 12. It then Soviet Union (7); Italy (3); Russia and Belarus (2); Slovenia and Sweden (1). Including three wins, the 'Italian male boasts 13 podiums, mostly concentrated between the end of the first half and anni''80 & agrave; the early '90s. 31/01/1979 - SPRINT (WORLD) 3 & deg; Louis WEISS 02/16/1985 - SPRINT (WORLD) 3 & deg; PaÃŸler Johann 28/01/1988 - INDIVIDUAL 2 & deg; ZINGERLE Andreas 01/30/1988 - INDIVIDUAL 2 & deg; PaÃŸler Johann 17/01/1991 - INDIVIDUAL 1 & deg; Pier Alberto Carrara - 2 & deg; ZINGERLE Andreas 19/01/1991 - SPRINT 2 & deg; CARRARA Pier Alberto 01/16/1992 - INDIVIDUAL 1 & deg; ZINGERLE Andreas 01/13/1994 - INDIVIDUAL 3 & deg; ZINGERLE Andreas 15/01/1995 - SPRINT 1 & deg; FAVRE Patrick 28/01/1995 - SPRINT 3 & deg; FAVRE Patrick 09/02/1996 - SPRINT (WORLD) 3 & deg; Cattarinussi Ren & eacute; 15/01/2005 - SPRINT 3 & deg; VUILLERMOZ Ren & eacute; Laurent Therefore 7 Italians are well able to go up on the podium in Ruhpolding. There are four top-three of Andreas Zingerle (1-2-1); 2 podiums for Pier Alberto Carrara (1-1-0), Patrick Favre (1-0-1) and Johann Passler (0-1-1); 1 for Louis Weiss (0-0-1), Ren & eacute; Cattarinussi (0-0-1) and Ren & egrave; Laurent Vuillermoz (0-0-1). It should be noted that as of 17 January 1991 was one of the two shotguns made in the history Italu biathlon. ATTUALITA''Martin Fourcade commanding margin with the overall standings of the World Cup, but the struggle for the Crystal Ball & egrave not; some closed. In particular Simon Schempp vorr & agrave; do well on home snow, while the Norwegians have always been very comfortable here in Ruhpolding. Anton Shipulin also need to make a change to his season if he wants to stay on course for success in the overall standings. For 'the Italian' goal will & agrave; to get placements of prestige. In this sense Dominik Windisch has made inroads into the top ten in the mass start of Pokljuka.

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