Simon Schempp wins the 'tracking and writes the story of Anterselva: the first to lead four times in a row

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Simon Schempp started with the underdogs nell''inseguimento male Antholz where, if he excelled, he would have written a page in the history of the resort & agrave; South Tyrol. The memorable statement & egrave; finally been conquered, although the photo finish.

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In fact, the twenty-six of the Baden-WÃ¼; rttemberg missed a target in each of the first two polygons, finding himself cos & Igrave; in the company of Simon Eder, Ole Einar Bj & oslash; rndalen and Benjamin Weger all''inseguimento hare Evgeny Garanichev, perfect ground instead. The Russian made a mistake at the first shot in the foot from which unlike the German, the 'Austrian and Norwegian have come out clean. The Swiss meanwhile missed three times sinking in the rear. It & egrave; therefore formed to command a quartet, remained so even after the 'last polygon where no & egrave; finished nell''anello of penalty payment agrave ;. On the final lap Garanichev has often made the pace, but in view of the finish line & egrave; Eder was to set fire to the powder. Schempp & egrave; managed to stay on the tails of thirty-two dell''ormai Saalfelden then have reason sprint. The Teutonic brings its three-game winning streak in the season, but especially rises to four hits in a row in Anterselva, un''impresa never managed anyone in history, including the women. Bj & oslash; rndalen you & egrave; stopped three times at an altitude of 3, reached in un''occasione also Magdalena Forsberg. Certainly the 15 successes of Bj & oslash; rndalen are still far away, but now Schempp & egrave; entered fully between the "big" of Antholz. Returning to today's race, the podium & egrave; was completed by Garanichev while Bj & oslash; rndalen had to raise the white flag, being content with the fourth place. Positive test for Martin Fourcade who, finding the shoot-out, recovered twenty positions and closed in fifth place. Conversely day to forget for Anton Shipulin, thirteenth today because of three missed targets on the ground. Italians, lingered after the sprint, were all far from the top positions. At least they have closed all three in the points. Lukas Hofer (1 + 0 + 2 + 2) is & egrave; placed 30 & deg ;, Christian De Lorenzi (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) 33 & deg; and Dominik Windisch (1 + 1 + 0 + 3) 36 & deg ;. Regarding the overall standings of the World Cup, Fourcade remains yellow bib with 572 points, but sees his thin margin sull''inseguitore pi & ugrave; Direct, now become Schempp (549), while Shipulin & egrave; third at 535. Unless cataclysms of the struggle for the Crystal Ball seems restricted to these three athletes despite Fak (463) and Svendsen (452) remain "on the hook". Fourcade defends the leader's red bib specialty & agrave; dell''inseguimento with 208 points ahead Shipulin (176) and Schempp (174). ANTHOLZ - TRACKING MASCHILE1. SCHEMPP Simon [GER] (1 + 1 + 0 + 0) 31''27 "92. EDER Simon [AUT] (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) to 0" 13. GARANICHEV Evgeniy [RUS] (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) to 1 "1 4. BJ & Ã˜ RNDALEN Ole Einar [NOR] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 1" 95. FOURCADE Martin [FRA] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 31 "96. LESSER Erik [GER] (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) 45" 67. FAK Jakov [SLO] (1 + 1 + 0 + 1) to 51 "48. FOURCADE Simon [FRA] (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) to 56" 69. PIDRUCHNYI Dmytro [UKR] (0 + 1 + 1 + 0) to 59 "010. PEIFFER Arnd [GER] (1 + 0 + 0 + 0) to 1''00" 0Click here for full results. As for the schedule tomorrow are scheduled relays. The men on the track at 10.45, the women at 15.00.

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