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Nepryaeva and Ustiugov, the Tour de Ski speaks Russian!

Great test of the Russian team in the free technique tests that close the stage of Dobbiaco of the Tour de Ski. Caterina Ganz twenty-seventh and Francesco De Fabiani eighteenth the best of the Italians.

Sunday 30 December 2018 6 minutes reading time

The 10 km in free technique and starting at intervals sees the first victory in the World Cup of the holder of the crystal ball Under 23, the Russian Natalia Nepryaeva that on the finish line precedes by 3 tenths Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg. To certify the exceptional day of the Russian team, salt on the third step of the podium another twenty-three Anastasia Sedova that mid-race is 25 seconds from the head but engages the high gears and closes just 11 seconds from the countryman. Belorukova seventh, Istomina (21 years) twelfth and Nechaevskaya fifteenth complete the quality performance format Russia. The Finnish Krista Parmakoski is fourth and pays 17.4 from the winner. It is reviewed at the levels that the winner of the last two editions of the Tour de Ski, the Norwegian Heidi Weng who is fifth to 21 seconds and precedes Jessica Diggins sixth to 27 "and the Swiss Von Siebenthal, the Norwegian Slind and the twenty-two German promise Katharina Hennig, tenth. Good performance in Caterina Ganz's Italia home. The thirty has managed, for the first time in his career, to enter the points area with the twenty-seventh place, 1''33 "from the winner.The rest of the team has to deal with the after-effects of the influence.Elisa Brocard he did better than the fortieth place, even further behind are Sara Pellegrini (43.), Anna Comarella (45.), Francesca Franchi (59.), Greta Laurent (63.), Ilaria Debertolis (66.), Cristina Pittin ( 67.) and Alice Canclini (72.). In the general classification of the Tour de Ski, by virtue of today's victory and eighth place yesterday, Natalia Nepryaeva leaps to the lead with a lead of 23.6 on Jessica Diggins and 28.3 on the Norwegian Oestberg. Fourth position for Yulia Belorukova (35.2) ahead of Parmakoski (44.0), Ingemarsdotter (46.5), Sedova (1.01.6), Bjornsen (1.08.3), Heidi Weng (1.12.8) and Stina Nilsson (1.34.3) go to the full results of the women's race In the men's field there is the first seasonal ringing of the Russian Sergey Ustiugov after the hand break that stopped him at the end of October after a fall on the ski-roll. The twenty six year-old world champion in charge of the Skiathlon digs a furrow with the rest of the company with a performance of power from the first to the last kilometer. Only the Norwegian Simen Hegstad Krueger manages to limit the damage, which is second at 12 seconds at the end of the 15 kilometers. Alexander Bolshunov also tries until halfway through the match and pays to his compatriot 21.9. As in the women's test, the performance of the Russian team is remarkable: Andrey Melnichenko is fourth at 27.4, Denis Spitsov is seventh at 32.7. The fifth position goes to the Norwegian Didrik Toenseth who pays 28.0 and precedes the excellent French Clement Parisse (to 30.1). Closing the top ten the Swede Calla Halfvarsson, visibly dropped in the final, eighth at 43.0, the German Florian Notz (44.9) and Martin Johnsrud Sundby (45.3) that precedes a couple of seconds Dario Cologgna and 3.4 compatriot Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo. The only blue with points is Francesco De Fabiani who, eighth in the middle of the race, closes in eighteenth position at 58.3.