Fifth stage of the Tour de Ski: Toblach 15 km TL
The Norwegian Astrid Jacobsen closes to control the 15km skating tracking Dobbiaco in the Val Pusteria, ahead of teammate Therese Johaug that, unlike the eve predictable, not sewed up the disadvantage of coming out to the finish line in 38.7 seconds and leaves open the fight for victory'' s eighth edition of the Tour de Ski.
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Straight game with great pace, the Norwegian defended better in the first two laps of the race'' ring-second lead at the start of Johaug (44.7 sec) losing only a handful of seconds and defending the great in the third and final round where in the last few kilometers was still visibly distressed.
It therefore remains unchanged in all the overall standings, thanks to the 5 bonus seconds earned'' s arrival from the winner, which will start again tomorrow with Jacobsen in Val di Fiemme for the last two stages with 43.7 seconds to edge teammate on that however, remains the favorite by virtue of climbing the Cermis on Sunday.
Third, in 1:12.2 from head Anne Kylloenen. The Finnish immediately reached Saarinen and Niskanen team-mates, with the first one that has been lost to the tails of the younger partner who did race couple with the winner of the 10 km to TC Lenzerheide until the last'' Niskanen has gone uphill where n difficulties and lost about ten seconds from the companion, however, closing fourth.
Good performance of his partner Krista Lähteenmäki that, starting twelfth, he recovered several positions reaching the finish line with the Czech Vrabcova and Jean 1:32 recovering from the head and in the last lap'' Heidi Weng, less bright than expected.
Who has gained relative to the head is Kristin Steira that, starting from 18th place, he recovered a couple of seconds on the head of the race, finishing in eleventh place in 2:24.6. For her the podium, which is just over a minute is not a mirage.
The Italian house is the first to the finish line in 24th place Elisa Brocard, author of a fair trial, overtaking in the final Marina Piller who started with other ambitions, even under good test carried out in 10 Km in Lenzerheide. Thirty Debora Agreiter that, starting from the back has recovered several positions.
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