Nordic SkiingNordic Combined - Holmenkollen
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The gundersen Holmenkollen turned out to be a classic race to end the season with so much fatigue and few athletes motivated to squeeze the last bit of energy left at the end.
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It is not surprising then that the struggle for the victory has been restricted to the top three after the jump and a segment of the Norwegian master of the house. Indeed Francois Braud, Johannes Rydzek and Ilkka Herola have closed ranks in the top third of the bottom segment, while behind them the only Magnus Moan you put the belly on the ground'' s pursuit, reaching the tread trio'' s start the fourth round.
The German attack on the last climb'', mowing the French and Finnish, but could not pull Moan. Quest'' was last reported on the tails of the Teutonic near the finish line, but had to give up in the sprint. Rydzek then won a third straight victory, the fourth of his career, having already excelled in Lahti and Trondheim. Behind them Braud scored his first podium in the maximum circuit over Herola, author, however, the best race of his still young athletic activities. No Italian finished in the points Armin Bauer as he finished 34th and 37th Samuel French.
The overall standings of the World Cup has little to say since the fight for the podium was completed mathematically. Frenzel, now the fourteenth version of the holiday makers, controls with 981 points, while Rydzek took second place with 743. For its part, Akito Watabe (sixth in the race today just behind Jørgen Graabak) closed the match for third place going up to 630 points off and finally the inclination to Håvard Klemetsen.
Next week will close in Falun, in addition to representing the final stage of the 2013 season -'' 14, will also meet pre-World Cup ahead of the event World Championship 2015. In Sweden planned a relay race (Saturday 15) and a jump from the trampoline with gundersen small (sunday 16) where in all likelihood there will be a last day of school climate.
Holmenkollen - GUNDERSEN LH/10 KM1. RYDZEK Johannes (GER) 24'' 50 "62. MOAN Magnus (NOR) at 0" 63. BRAUD Francois (FRA) 4 "54. HEROLA Ilkka (FIN) 10" 05. GRAABAK Jørgen (NOR) 24 "96. Akito Watabe (JPN) 31" 27. SCHNEIDER Sepp (AUT) 37 "98. Klapfer Lukas (AUT) 44" 69. Bernhard Gruber (AUT) 44 "810. Riessle Fabian (GER) 45" 4
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