Sjuer Roethe repeats and wins the 30 km of Beitostolen. Yellow pectoral for Bolshunov

In the second stage of the home, after Lillehammer, of the bottom World Cup, the Norwegian team places 6 cross-country skiers in the top 10 and Russia 4.

Saturday 8 December 2018 3 minutes reading time

After obtaining the second place in the Lillehammer mini-tour where he established himself in the 15 km skating, Sjuer Roethe, the winner of the iconic 50 km of Oslo in 2015, took his taste and set the best time in the 30 km, always in the free technique of the house brand, of Beitostolen, the only test on the long distance in free technique of the season. The 30-year-old Norwegian took control of the timekeeping operations halfway through the race and, kilometer after kilometer, digs the furrow that reaches 35 seconds on the most quoted Martin Johnsrud Sundby and 49 seconds on the Russian Andrey Melnichenko at 26 and a half twenty-eighth appearance in the World Cup wins the first podium of his career. E 'fourth to 1''07 Evgeniy Belov that precedes the Norwegian Holund (+ 1''16 "), the Russian Alexander Bolshunov that, sixth to 1''23", wins the first position in the overall standings of the World Cup , Simen Hegstad Krueger, Denis Spitsov, Magne Haga and Didrik Toenseth. The first cross-country to break the Norway-Russia dualism is the French Clement Parisse, eleventh to 1''42 ". The best of the Azzurri was Francesco De Fabiani, twenty-fourth at 2''58 "Just outside the area points Mirco Bertolina, thirty-second, while Stefano Gardener paid the tiredness and after a good start he closed at forty-third place with over 4 minutes of delay, Giandomenico Salvadori, finally, arrived fifty-third to almost 6 ''. In the general classification of the World Cup passes the Russian Alexander Bolshunov (361 points) that precedes Roethe (329) and Emil Iversen (329). Fourth position for Didrik Toenseth (308) which precedes the Swedish Halfvarsson (240) and Martin Sundby (188). Go to complete results