Maxim Tsvetkov sorprende tutti nella Mass di Tyumen, 7° Lukas Hofer

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Maxim Tsvetkov surprises everyone in the Mass of Tyumen, 7 Lukas Hofer

The closing act of the 2017-18 men's World Cup gave great surprises, above all that of Tsvetkov's first career victory, which made the numerous public of Tyumen rejoice.

Sunday 25 March 2018 5 minutes reading time

In the first lap Martin Fourcade and Johannes BÃ¸ battled and with a remarkable pace they lined up the group, but they made a mistake in the opening series. The Frenchman made two mistakes and called himself out of the fight for the podium, while the Norge limited the damage and, after completing the penalty round, he threw himself in pursuit of the first. Before the race was very balanced, in the bottom part prevailed tactics, while at the polygon, one of the easiest of the World Cup circuit, there was no selection. Thirteen athletes then arrived at the decisive act with all the credentials to get on the podium. Here in several they were wrong and Erlend BjÃ¸ntegaard and Maxim Tsvetkov emerged, both precise and quick in covering the five targets. The two went on the run and approached the last round with 10 "ahead of Johannes BÃ¸. On the 'last bumps the Russian launched the' decisive attack, taking 3 "margin on the rival, which allowed him to go to conquer the first victory and the third podium in his career in the World Cup. therefore the second victory of a somewhat troubled season: Piazza d'Honor and the best career result for BjÃ¸ntegaard (0 + 0 + 0 + 0), who previously claimed a third place finish this year as the best finish in Anterselva line: a great test in the whole of Norway, which also went on the podium with Johannes BÃ¸ (1 + 0 + 1 + 0), on the 17th podium of the season, and placed in the top six also L'Abee-Lund 5 Â° (1 + 0 + 0 + 1) and Tarjei BÃ¸ 6 Â° Among the Scandinavians Benedikt Doll (0 + 1 + 0 + 1), winner of the sprint for the fourth position. Seventh final position instead for the best of the Azzurri, Lukas Hofer, perfect on the first 19 targets but then inaccurate on the last. Heavy mistake, which precluded the possibility of getting on the podium for the third time in two weeks. He finished 20th Dominik Windisch (1 + 0 + 1 + 0), never in the top positions. A difficult day at the shooting range for Martin Fourcade (2 + 1 + 0 + 1), who for the first time in the season dropped from the podium in a World Cup race and proved to be human. The Frenchman, despite the 19th place, has secured the specialty cup, thus completing the grand slam, or the victory of all the cups in a season, including that of the general classification, won with 1116 points, 89 more than BÃ¸ . Third place instead for Shipulin (697) that preceded Peiffer 4th (668) and an excellent Lukas Hofer 5th (637). In Italy, good season overall for Windisch who has won 373 points and above all the bronze medal in the Sprint of Pyeongchang. Bormolini also scored points (52), a slight increase in performance compared to last season. At 4:00 pm the women's Mass will start, which will involve Lisa Vittozzi and Dorothea Wierer.

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