Nordic Skiing
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Second stage of the Sandnes review, with no blues at the start after Lisa Vittozzi gave up.
Thursday 1 August 2019 3 minutes reading time
The Lysebotn Uphill Race speaks Norwegian, the uphill race (7.5 km) of the BlinkFestivalen which, for the second consecutive year, saw Therese Johaug and Simen Hegstad Krueger dominate the competition.
In the splendid scenery of the road that leads from Seljord to Lysebotn, along the 27 hairpin bends overlooking the fjord, on what is called Norway's Alpe d''Huez, the star of the women's bottom has already demonstrated a very good condition, arriving in perfect solitude and with a wide margin on rivals of the highest level and signing the record of climbing, with the final 31''18 "which improves its own record by 28 seconds.
In 2nd place is Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg, almost 3 minutes off (2''49 "to be precise), then the first of the protagonists of the biathlon world, with Kaisa Makarainen third over 4" and in front of a couple of minutes to Tiril Eckhoff, tenth, while Marte Olsbu Roeiseland concluded 14th and Marketa Davidova 19 ^. The beauty is that Johaug, next Sunday, will also participate in the 10 thousand on the track for the Norwegian athletic champions ... simply unreachable.
As for the Italians, Lisa Vittozzi was registered for the event, but decided not to leave to concentrate on the Friday and Saturday competitions, which will see her star together with Dorothea Wierer.
At the male level, where even in this case we will see Francesco De Fabiani and Federico Pellegrino in the race in the two most awaited days, between the mass start on the 15 km and the sprint in free technique on Saturday to close, came the encore of Krueger, who he has folded compatriot Hans Christer Holund only in the sprint (like 12 months before), arriving 3 seconds from 28'33 "signed by the 26 year old Olympic gold in PyeongChang. Third place, one minute behind the two norge, for the Frenchman Maurice Manificat, while Andrew Musgrave imposed himself in the classic test, repeating the success obtained Wednesday in the 60 km.
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