Martin Fourcade dispels the Pokljuka tab by winning a sprint star

The second stage of the biathlon World Cup opened with men's sprint in Pokljuka, testing revealed the stellar level, since there was the slightest margin. In fact all the strongest have realized net path to the polygon. This exasperated context has emerged, however, Martin Fourcade.

Friday 9 December 2016 6 minutes reading time

Transalpine was the author of a race growing, which allowed him to realize the fastest time on the narrow skis and get win number 52 of his career, the third in four races of the season and the first snows on Pokljuka, where not so far he had never excelled. To be sure, the French appeared initially directed to the second place, as Johannes BÃ¸ was impressively party. However the young Norwegian went on decreasing and finally had to bow to 13 "7 to more experienced rival. Actually the Scandinavian has even risked losing the second place, having suffered extremely last round. Conversely Anton Shipulin was the author of the final usually extremely incisive, coming in third place just one "4 from twenty-three of Stryn. To give an idea of â€‹â€‹the space level of the competition, consider that men of the caliber of Emil Hegle Svenden, Simon Schempp and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen remained off the podium despite a trial without penalty! The two Norwegians were placed fourth and seventh respectively, while Germany finished sixth. Among them it was added the Frenchman Quentin Fillon Maillet, fifth and author of a performance by applause. Have found a place in the top ten also the silent (but solid) Erik Lesser and Michal Krcmar, eighth and ninth. The young Russian Matvey Eliseev, tenth and career best, was the best among those who missed one target. They also go rimarcate the idol performance Klemen Bauer home, twelfth, the quarantunenne Daniel Mesotitsch, fourteenth, and the revived German naturalized Belgian Michael Rosch, sixteenth with a penalty. Considering the monstrous level of today's competition, these placements have a specific gravity higher than usual. They have suffered some of the protagonists of Ã–stersund weekend. Anton Babikov, chase winner on Sunday, has not gone beyond the twenty-first place despite a clear round in the pitch. Arnd Peiffer has instead ended in the fatal nineteenth with a ring passage. Day to forget at home Italy, since no blue is entered in the points. Lukas Hofer, despite a good form of skiing, continues to make mistakes too and three errors relegated him in the forty square. Same ballast to Dominik Windisch, qualified for the skin of our teeth (59 Â°) in pursuit of tomorrow, who will not take part instead Giuseppe Montello (75th) and Thomas Bormolini (82 Â°) Martin Fourcade is already on the run in the overall standings of the World Cup. The French command with 228 points. Johannes BÃ¸ came back a second, but at an altitude of 150. The Norwegian Ole Einar precedes BjÃ¸rbdalen (134), Maxim Tsvetkov (132) and Anton Shipulin (125). At 14.15 will stage the women's sprint. The men will be back on track tomorrow at 11.45 for tracking. POKLJUKA - SPRINT MEN 1. FOURCADE Martin [FRA] (0 + 0) 23'11 "7 2.BÃ˜ Johannes Thingnes [NOR] (0 + 0) 13" 7 3. Anton Shipulin [RUS] (0 + 0) 15 "1 4. SVENDSEN Emil Hegle [NOR] (0 + 0) 20" 9 5. FILLON MAILLET Quentin [FRA] (0 + 0) to 27 "0 6. SCHEMPP Simon [GER] (0 + 0) 29 "5 7. Ole Einar Bjorndalen [NOR] (0 + 0) 31" 4 8. LESSER Erik [GER] (0 + 0) 32 "6 9. Michal Krcmar [CZE] (0 + 0) to 36 "1 10. Eliseev Matvey [RUS] (1 + 0) 38" 4 Click here for the full results.

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