Eliassen and Britta Johansson Norgren win the Kaiser Maximilian Lauf

On Saturday, in Visfeld, on a track reduced due to heavy snow, the second stage of the Visma Ski Classics circuit was held.

Tuesday 15 January 2019 3 minutes reading time

In the men's field, the Kaiser Maximilian Lauf saw the triumph of the representatives of the BN Bank Team who occupied the three steps of the podium. It was Norway's Petter Eliassen who took the 40 km of Seefeld in 1h45''04 "2 preceding compatriot Simen Ã˜stensen with 15 seconds in the final sprint Morten Eide Pedersen.The only opponent to worry the trio BN Bank It was Vetle Thyli of Team Team Kaffebryggeriet who finished fourth 25 seconds from the podium, Tord Asle Gjerdalen, who last year won the overall classification of the circuit, finished in fifth place two minutes behind the winner. Mauro Brigadoi, the first Italian at the finish line, was thirtieth to seven minutes ahead of team-mate in the Trentino Robinson Trainer team Francesco Ferrari, thirty-second. The overall ranking of the Visma Ski Classics is driven by Petter Eliassen who, with 315 points, precedes Simen Ã˜stensen (295) and Morten Eide Pedersen (285). After the victory in the first stage of Livigno, the Swedish Britta Johansson Norgren of the Lager 157 Ski Team won the first place in the women's stage, preceding the Norwegian team Ketong, Astrid Oyre Slind, who led the race in the first kilometers. Third place at 1'20 "for an indomitable Justyna Kowalczyk, bearer of the Trentino Robinson Trainer Team, Twenty-eighth position for the Italian Chiara Caminada, 23'37" off. Britta Johansson Norgren leads to full points (350 points) the overall classification of the circuit ahead of Astrid Oyre Slind (305) and the Czech Katerina Smutna, fifth in Seefeld (235). The Visma Ski Classics already returns on Saturday 19 January with the Diagonela, 65 kilometers with departure and arrival from Zuoz and passage from St. Moritz and Pontresina.