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From January 9 to 12 will be staged in Ruhpolding, Germany, the fifth leg of the World Cup in 2013 - '14. In this location the event will be presented only as regards the male sector. For the presentation of the women's competition can be found at THIS LINK
Tuesday 7 January 2014 13 minutes reading time
Ruhpolding can be defined as the first of two "Big Classic" biathlon. In fact, the plant Bavarian organized competitions of the maximum circuit in all seasons with the exception of 1992'' - 93''.
However just the snows of the district'' s Oberbayern have been the scene of the first ever competition valid for the World Cup. On January 13, 1978 was staged un'individuale won by Klaus Siebert front Eberhard Rösch and Andreas Schweiger.
Also in the Chiemgau Arena has also hosted a 4 editions of the World Championships in 4 different decades (1979, 1985, 1996 and 2012). It should be noted that only during the events rainbow has not competed in January, historical location for the appointment.
So far in Ruhpolding 73 men's races were sailed individual first-level (20 twenty kilometers, 35 sprint, 12 chases, 6 mass start), of which ten with iridescent value.
There are 37 athletes with at least one win. Among them stands Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, able to impose itself on 11 occasions. In second place is Martin Fourcade with 5 victories. It should be emphasized that the twenty-five transalpine has excelled in five of the last six races sailed in Bavaria and has finished on the podium in eight of their last nine.
However, the French will not be in the game since 2014 this has preferred to take a week off in the Olympic Games going to train in Antholz, where they will play the next stage.
In addition to Bjørndalen Fourcade and there are five other active athletes with victories in Ruhpolding. This is Emil Hegle Svendsen (3) Jakov Fak (1), Lars Berger (1), Björn Ferry (1) and Michael Rosch (1).
In terms of countries, Norway has 21 claims and is followed by France at 12. Third position for East Germany (10) and in its wake united Germany (8), Soviet Union (7), East Germany (6) Italy (3) Russia (2), Belarus (2) Slovenia (1) and Sweden (1).
You notice so as the German biathletes put together 24 hits (three plus Norway), however, obtained with three different flags. In addition Ruhpolding proves curiously enemy of a superpower such as Russia, capable of attracting attention only twice back in 1996.
Italy boasts 13 podiums in Ruhpolding. The blue record holder in this sense is Andreas Zingerle with 4 top-three, all made in the format of the individual (as in 1988 and 1991, winning in 1992 and third in 1994). They are then at 2 Pier Alberto Carrara (both in 1991, first and second in the individual sprint), Johann Passler (bronze in the sprint champion of 1985 and still third in the 1988) and Patrick Favre (winner of the sprint in 1994 and third in the 1995. Finally we have with 1 podium Louis Weiss (bronze in the sprint world champion in 1979), René Cattarinussi (bronze in the sprint world champion in 1996) and Rene Laurent Vuillermoz, third in the sprint in 2005 is far from what & rsquo and now the last Italian podium on the snow in Bavaria.
PERSONAL - THE ATHLETE WITH MORE 'PODI ITALIAN That is 11 January 2014 will be the twenty-first individual on the snows of Ruhpolding, but only the third of the last fifteen years. In fact, in the original format Bavaria has never found a place from 1998 to 2010.
The strong theme of this individual is the absence of Martin Fourcade, who has decided to focus on a training camp in Antholz. The Frenchman sees then finish his series of four consecutive victories, the longest ever in this race format.
Twists and historians, because the last 20 km is not won by the transalpine was held right here in Ruhpolding. It is the individual champion with a value of 6 March 2012, won by Jakov Fak. The Slovenian and Emil Hegle Svendsen are the only active athletes to have excelled in this type of competition.
Very few men can boast more than an affirmation of the individual in the Chiemgau Arena. The record holder in this sense is Klaus Siebert, current coach of the shot Darya Domracheva. The East German triumphed for 3 consecutive years (1978, 1979, 1980). They repeated a success even Peter Angerer (1983 and 1984) and Patrice Bailly-Salins (1994 and 1995).
Curiously, so who repeated his own victory did in the individual immediately following the previously conquered.
The three countries with the most successes are now defunct. In fact, the ranking for countries is controlled by the Soviet Union (5 wins), followed by East Germany (4) and West Germany (3). Followed by 2 statements Italy and France, and Norway, unified Germany, Russia and Slovenia are to 1.
On the subject of podiums the absolute record holder is the Italian Andreas Zingerle, 4, already mentioned (as in 1988 and 1991, winning in 1992 and third in 1994). I already mentioned Siebert and Ullrich stopped at 3.
Among active athletes have a podium at the head Fourcade brothers, Dominik Landertinger, Jaroslav Soukup and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen. The interesting fact is that the two French, Austrian and Czech were placed in the top-three in 2011 or 2012, while the second place in the Norwegian dated even in 1997!
RESULT last race (6/3/2012) 1. FAK Jakov (SLO) 2. FOURCADE Simon (FRA) 3. SOUKUP Jaroslav (CZE)
TRACKING - BJØRNDALEN detach'' Poirée? Among the fans has made quite a stir in the fact of seeing a chase positioned after an individual and not as usual after a sprint. It should be noted that the gaps will be starting halved compared with those accumulated in the 20 km.
In fact it is a fact already happened, albeit very rarely, in the history of the World Cup, especially between the late 90s and early twenty-first century.
That on January 12, 2014 will be the thirteenth tracking the snows of Ruhpolding. So far, a third of the pursuit played in Bavaria were won by Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, able to impose itself 4 times (2003, 2004, 2005 and 2009). '' It will be the last performance of the veteran Norwegian Chiemgau Arena before the withdrawal scheduled for the end of the season.
In addition to the Scandinavian are three active athletes to boast a success in this format. This is Michael Rosch (2006), Björn Ferry (2011) and Martin Fourcade (2012).
Among nations there is a lot of alternation as they are imposed only four countries. Norway leads with 5 hits followed by Germany (3) and France (3) with Sweden 1. Russia therefore has never celebrated a'' statement and the maximum has picked up a second place with Maxim Tchoudov, recently retired.
Bjørndalen also leads the ranking of the podium where, however, is joined by Raphael Poirée. The Norwegian and the French have placed 5 times in the head in the top-three, consequently Ole in 2014 this will be the'' last chance to finally remove his great rival.
Among active athletes on the podium without winning also the Norwegian Emil Hegle Svendsen (2) and Lars Berger (2 times, made unheard of considering how the format is not suited to its characteristics), the Swede Carl Johan Bergman (1) , the Russian Anton Shipulin (1) and the'' Austrian Dominik Landertinger (1).
RESULT last race (03/04/2012) 1. FOURCDE Martin (FRA) 2. Carl-Johan Bergman (SWE) 3. Shipulin Anton (RUS)
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