Another triplet Norwegian, Krogh the check in the Sprint Male Davos

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As in the women's race, even the men's sprint in Davos is resolved with a hat-trick of the subjects of King Harald. The check Finn H & aring; January ahead of Anders Krogh Gl & oslash; Ersen and Eirik Brandsdal.

Sunday 14 December 2014 3 minutes reading time

Krogh was shown in great shape gi & agrave; in the test multistage Lillehammer last week, closing in second place; Today the twenty-four is imposed through a very aggressive tactic, which allows him to earn a few meters early in the final and keep right at the finish line. For this Krogh & egrave; fourth career victory, but the first in the World Cup as the previous three had come increasingly into stages of multistage events. Second place went to Anders Gl & oslash; Ersen, good to take advantage of an error of Eirik Brandsdal all & rsquo; last turn and slip it, catching the twelfth podium of his career, the first season. Brandsdal naive, perhaps in an attempt to patch up the last few meters that separated him from Krogh off balance all & rsquo; last bend, almost falling but still saving the podium. Fourth place went to Alexey Petukhov, always in the final sprint in the run so far, for the fifth and sixth Calle Halfvarsson for another Norwegian, Tomas Northug. In the overall standings of the World Cup remains firmly in command Martin Johnsrud Sundby with 491 points, but Krogh goes back portion 409, third & egrave; Halfvarsson with 275. Krogh instead takes the leader's red bib specialty & agrave; of Sprint, which controls 5-point margin of Brandsdal. Unfortunately for Federico Pellegrino, who started with bib number 1 after winning the qualifiers. The valdostano brilliantly passed the battery, but in the semifinals must surrender despite opponents were not irresistible. For him, the only Italian in the points today, comes an eleventh place finish. SPRINT TL MALE DAVOS & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. KROGH Finn H & aring; gen (NOR) 2. GL & Ã˜ Ersen Anders (NOR) 3. BRANDSDAL Eirik (NOR) 4. Alexey Petukhov (RUS) 5. HALFVARSSON Calle (SWE) 6. Tomas Northug (NOR) Click here for the complete ranking

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