Matteo Tanel is released in Otepaa: first victory of the season in the World Cup in the mass start

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Matteo Tanel is released in Otepaa: first victory of the season in the World Cup in the mass start

Skiroll: the second day of competitions in Estonia characterized by a maxi fall, then the seal of the blue now second in the general. Elisa Sordello third place among women.

In the mass start of Otepaa comes the first victory of the season for Matteo Tanel in the circuit of the World Cup of roller skis. The holder of the crystal ball, second in the 10 km uphill of Banska Bytrica at the end of July, triumphed in the 26 km with group start, the second race of the Estonian stage, where he preceded with a time of 42''28 "4 the Russians Ilia Bezgin and Ivan Anisimov, beaten at the photo finish at the finish line with a minimum gap of 5 and 8 tenths, while Tommaso Dellagiacoma finished in sixth place and Michael Galassi in ninth. More late Riccardo Lorenzo Masiero (15th), Emanuele Becchis (17th), Jacopo Giardina (18th) and Gianmarco Gatti (24th), while Francesco Becchis was unfortunately the main protagonist of the maxi fall that took place in the early stages of the race, which involved a fifteen athletes (without serious consequences). With the pearl on Saturday, Tanel goes back to second place in the general classification with 275 points, behind the leader Raimo Vigants with 340. Blue satisfaction also in the women's race, where Elisa Sordello (the only Italian woman present) was placed in third position, preceded by the Czech winner Sandra Schuetzova and the Russian Natala Nepryaeva. In the junior competitions the best placement of the day came with Laura Mortagna, third in the women's field behind the Russian Alexandra Kazakova and the Latvian Samanta Krampe, while Riccardo Munari finished fifth in the men's field. Sunday 22 August last tests of the Estonian triptych with the races starting at intervals in classic technique (15 km for men, 10 km for women).
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