Fondo: la Norvegia domina le staffette di Beitostolen

Nordic Skiing

Fund: Norway dominates the Beitostolen relay teams

Norwegian double in the only relay in the World Cup program before the World Championships in Seefeld. Excellent impression in both women and men for the new Russia.

Sunday 9 December 2018 6 minutes reading time

The Beitostolen stage of the Cross Country World Cup ended this morning with the two relay races. It begins with the female test where, as widely predictable, the landlords are imposed. The launch of Heidi Weng is not sparkling, leaving the Russian Yulia Belorukova, the American Sadie Bjornsen and the Japanese Masako Ishida a few seconds while Evelina Settlin sinks the Swedish quartet, delivering the baton with 37 seconds of delay. It is Therese Johaug to drag in the first position, in the second fraction in classical technique, Norway building a little treasure of about ten seconds on Russia I of Natalia Nepryaeva, Finland with Matintalo and Parmakoski and Norway II (Svendsen - Jacobsen). The third fraction conducted by Ragnhild Haga does not cause jolts; at the last passage of the baton Norway I maintains 11 seconds ahead of Russia I (third fractionist Sedova) and Finland (Roponen) while dating Russia II (Durkina, Zherebatyeva and Istomina) that thanks to the best time fraction of the isthmina hooks to small group of pursuers. The rest of the world is already one minute from the leader. The exclamation mark on the Norwegian victory puts Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg that engages a different gear than the opponents and crosses the finish line with 37 seconds ahead of Russia II thanks to Elena Soboleva who imposes herself in the sprint for the second place on the Finnish Eveliina Pippo. Anna Nechaevskaya falls in the last corner and Russia I must settle for fourth place, fifth in the United States, sixth in Sweden where Kalla, Andersson and Ingemarsdotter have been heavily penalized by the first part of Settlin. Italy closed in ninth place, detached 2''24 "6 from Norway, Sara Pellegrini in the first half lost almost immediately contact with rivals and closed over a minute behind Russia at that time in command, Lucia Scardoni climbs a couple of positions, Elisa Brocard approaches ninth place of Slovenia while Ilaria Debertolis bypasses Vesna Fabjan for ninth place behind Norway II and Germany. go to complete results On the other hand, the battle between the Titans of Norway I and Russia I in the men's test is resolved. At the launch Emil Iversen pulls everyone's neck and only Didrik Toenseth (Norway II) to 8 seconds and the Russian Evgeniy Belov (+16.1) manage to limit the damage below half a minute. The second fraction lives on the masterpiece of Alexander Bolshunov that in classic has the pot of the house. The Russian reaches Martin Johnsrud Sundby and in the final part of the lap detached him leading Russia in the middle of the race with 9 seconds ahead of Norway I, Hans Christer Holund gives the change for Norway II to 34 seconds, the rest of the peloton is over the minute. The brilliant Sjur Roethe of this period manages to close the gap from Denis Spitsov but fails to detach him and the struggle for the final success is resolved in the last fraction in a head to head between Finn Haagen Krogh and Andrey Melnichenko. The two arrive on the final straight where the Norwegian does not give any chance to the Russian. Simen Hegstad Krueger quietly leads Norway II into the port with the third position at 53 "4, fourth place for the Switzerland of Bieler, Cologna, Livers and Furger, fifth France, sixth Germany. The tenth place for Italy. The Blues maintain more or less the same position throughout the race, already by the first fractionist Maicol Rastelli. The only Dietmar Noeckler passes twelfth, but a few seconds from rivals immediately ahead, then Mirco Bertolina reports the Azzurri in tenth position and Francesco De Fabiani, the fastest of the four, the preserve. go to complete results

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