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On the day in which he also ensures the nell''Inseguimento World Cup, Martin Fourcade must postpone the 'appointment with the' yet another record, that of 20 podiums in the season. To him are nineteen of the specialty World Cup, to a length by Ole Einar Bjoerndalen.
Saturday 11 March 2017 6 minutes reading time
A win his second career tracking is Arnd Peiffer that flawless shooting, gets the better in a race where five of the six best in the Sprint yesterday are held until the meters on the top podium. The German entered top-polygon with 13 seconds gap by opponents exploits the penalty of others to jump in the lead and defend with the teeth of the second lead acquired, 7, which are just enough for an arrival in Split on the line .
Competing with top-up the win Peiffer is the 'Austrian Simon Eder confirming the good form shown in the Korean stage and has the merit to believe in it despite the two errors, one by polygon, standing. A 3/2 from them, conquering the third step of the podium the Norwegian Emil Hegle Svendsen, also for him an error in each of the standing sessions, which manages to close in the first part dell''ultimo around a hole of about ten seconds for then yield in the final.
And '' fourth Ondrej Moravec, with the "standard" two mistakes standing today, while not brilliant Martin Fourcade was fifth after trying to dictate the pace at the start of the race paying a penalty in the second polygon to the ground; French for two laps repairs on skis damage to shoot (even a mistake in the first session in feet) and then having to give two with input polygon penalty nell''ultimo confused with Svendsen and lots of carpet malandrino to obstruct the two contenders.
It comes an excellent sixth place for Lukas Hofer fourth time skiing today and the best single race segment, to which only a top-error target of the first polygon feet off the satisfaction of fighting for the top-up podium.
And '' the shot with two errors on the ground and two feet to slow Dominik Windisch and slide from the seventeenth to the twenty-fourth position 1''50 "from the winner.
Martin Fourcade made mathematically the Pursuit World Cup where, with 8 races held on 9 scheduled increases to 448 points; Anton Shipulin second is at an altitude of 332, Arnd Peiffer third with 283 points. Dominik Windisch is twelfth with 174 points while Lukas Hofer is the twenty-seventh with 126 points.
In the overall standings with Martin Fourcade at the sidereal rate of 1228 points and Anton Shipulin second at 805 points, the Arnd Peiffer victory turns on the fight for third place at the time kept by Johannes Thingnes Boe (700) with twenty-point margin on the German, 27 Simon Schempp and 47 sull''austriaco Julian Eberhard. Dominik Windisch (476) is the thirteenth.
Kontiolahti - CHASING MALE
1. PEIFFER Arnd [GER] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) on 30.35.02. EDER Simon [AUT] (0 + 0 + 1 + 1) to 0.33. SVENDSEN Emil Hegle [NOR] (0 + 0 + 1 + 1) to 2.34. MORAVEC Ondrej [CZE] (0 + 0 + 1 + 1) to 9.85. FOURCADE Martin [FRA] (0 + 1 + 1 + 2) at 25.56. Lukas HOFER [ITA] (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) at 27.77. BOE Johannes Thingnes [NOR] (0 + 1 + 1 + 1) to 33.28. CHRISTIANSEN Vetle Sjastad [NOR] (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) at 38.49. RASTORGUJEVS Andrejs [LAT] (0 + 0 + 1 + 3) to 38,710. Anton Shipulin [RUS] (0 + 0 + 0 + 2) to 50.9
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PEIFFER Arnd
EDER Simon
SVENDSEN Emil Hegle
Biathlon - World Cup
Peiffer wins the 'Pursuit, Fourcade makes 19 cups of specialty. Windisch excellent sixth
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