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With a head race and a first-class finish, the Russian conquered the 5th seasonal success, the second consecutive in the format after the one obtained in Lillehammer, preceding four Norwegians on the finish: Krueger, Roethe, Sundby and Holund.
Saturday 25 January 2020 3 minutes reading time
In the initial 15 km in classical technique, Iivo Niskanen tried to make the selection, first by going on the attack, immediately replaced by Bolshunov and the Norwegians, then by showing a constant but high rhythm, which put several opponents in difficulty, including Johannes Klæbo , eventually withdrawn.
Once the action of the Finn was exhausted, the Russians Bolshunov and Bessmertnykh took action, which kept the pace very high until the change of skis and technique. At the halfway stage, the Norwegians Roethe, Krueger, Sundby and Holund remained hooked on the Russians' tails, with Larkov 9 "off and an excellent 22" De Fabiani.
In the free-technique stage, the pace dropped significantly and several athletes returned to the race for the podium. Among them Dario Cologna, the Germans Notz, Dobler and Katz, the Swiss Baumann and the Russians Belov and Spitsov.
Bolshunov tried to force the pace again in the last round to skim the group, but everything was decided in the last hundreds of meters, where the World Cup leader had no problem keeping four norge behind him.
Place of honor for Krueger, capable of preceding his compatriots Roethe, Sundby and Holund in the sprint. Instead he closed 6th at 6 â€from the winner Andrey Larkov, who closed in front of a perky Dario Cologna 7th. Iivo Niskanen 8th and the Russians Belov and Bessmertnykh, 9th and 10th also entered the top 10.
De Fabiani, after an excellent first part, dropped in free technique, closing 18th at 1''27 ". Fair trial also for Daprà and Ventura, respectively 34th and 37th. Instead they ended up in the rear Salvadori, Noeckler and Romano.
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