Cross Country Skiing - Ruka Triple
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The World Cup Cross Country Skiing & agrave take 2015-16; off Friday & Igrave; Ruka Nordic Opening with, competition multistage three stages who returns after a year of stop. Here they will discuss the men's races, for those female click here.
Thursday 26 November 2015 6 minutes reading time
& Egrave; Since 2002, the resort & agrave; Finnish & egrave; entry in the calendar of skiing, with fixed position between l & rsquo; last weekend of November and December 1; Total 33 races sailed, 9 sprint and distance 20, 17 of the World Cup, 12 stages and 4 editions of the Nordic Opening, won by Alexander Legkov (2010), Petter Northug (2011 and 2012) and Martin Johnsrud Sundby (2013).
The first leg of the Nordic Opening in 2015 will & agrave; a Sprint classic scheduled Friday & Igrave ;. All 9 sprint organized in Ruka and valid for the crystal ball have been played in alternating step, with Ola Vigen Hattestad and Eirik Brandsdal only able to win two times (2008 and 2009 the first, 2013 and 2014 the second). Norwegian successes with Jens Arne Svartedal (2006) and Johan Kj ø lstad (2007), while Teodor Peterson and Nikita Kriukov were imposed in 2011 and in 2012.
The second stage, scheduled for Saturday, will & agrave; a 10 km free technique. In Kuusamo & egrave; competed for the second time with this format, in both cases it was always the second leg of the Nordic Opening in 2011 he won Petter Northug before our Roland Clara and Maurice Manificat. The Frenchman was third in 2012 behind Alexander Legkov and Northug.
The third and final stage will be & agrave; a 15 km classic technique for tracking. Also this test & egrave; held for the second time in the history of Kuusamo, always as the final stage and always following the 10 Km to skating: in 2011 the partial success & ndash; obtained thanks to a better net time of day & ndash; and & ograve; Alexey Poltoranin preceding Eldar R ø nning and Daniel Richardsson, while in 2012 it was Maxim Vylegzhanin to get the stage victory ahead of Dario Cologna and Martin Johnsrud Sundby. To cut the finish line first & ndash; and consequently win the test multistage & ndash; It was instead in both editions Petter Northug, authentic king of Kuusamo.
The Norwegian & egrave; In fact, the & rsquo; man capable of getting more & ugrave; hits (4) in the resort & agrave; Finland: In addition to the two editions of the Nordic Opening, and the stage of 2011 gi & agrave; mentioned, Northug also won a 15 km classic technique in 2009. Behind him we find Lukas Bauer, who boasts 3 overall victories in Ruka, while the & rsquo; list of plurivittoriosi also includes Ola Vigen Hattestad, Eirik Brandsdal, Alexander Legkov, Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Axel Teichmann at 2.
Do not change the hierarchy regarding the ranking of podiums: Petter Northug commands at 9 top-three total, followed by Alexander Legkov share 6, Lukas Bauer and Axel Teichmann. 2 instead podium finishes by Italian Giorgio Di Centa finished third in the 15 km free technique in 2004, while Roland Clara was only beaten by Northug in the gi & agrave; mentioned second leg of the Nordic Opening in 2011.
This is the official program of the three days of male Ruka. All races will be broadcast live by satellite network Eurosport (Sky platform channel 210 and 384 of the platform Mediaset Premium)
Friday & Igrave; November 27 hours 10 Italian (11 pm local) - Qualifying Sprint classic Friday & Igrave; November 27 12:15 pm Italian (13.15 local) - Batteries, Semifinals and Final Sprint classic Saturday, November 28 12:00 Italian (13:00 local) & ndash; 10 km free technique Sunday, November 29 11:30 am Italian (12:30 local time) - 15 km classic technique tracking
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