Nordic SkiingCross-country skiing-World Cup
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The Russian conquered the 6th seasonal success in the 15 km in free technique with Falun starting line, preceding the Norwegian Roethe and his compatriot Yakimushkin.
Sunday 9 February 2020 3 minutes reading time
The race was animated from the start. Hans Christer Holund and Iivo Niskanen imposed a high pace, which gradually skimmed the lead group and prevented leaks from afar.
On the penultimate lap Krueger went to the attack, immediately taken over by Bolshunov, and then the Russian Yakimushkin, to which the Norwegians responded. However, nobody managed to make a real difference and the race was therefore decided in the last 2.5 km.
Bolshunov and Roethe took advantage of the competition and won the final kilometer. The Norwegian, supported by excellent materials, took a few meters of margin but in the sprint there was no history and the victory went to Alexander Bolshunov, increasingly master of the World Cup with 425 points ahead of Johannes Klæbo, absent at Gong.
Instead, the sixth winless podium of the season for the Norwegian Sjur Roethe 2nd, who preceded the Russians Yakimushkin and Melnichenko, respectively 3rd and 4th respectively about ten seconds behind the winner.
Fifth Hans Christer Holund, 6th Simen Hegstad Krueger, who fell in the final when he was in full fight for the podium. The Norwegians Krogh 7th and Jenssen 8th, the Finnish Niskanen 9th and the French Parisse 10th completed the top 10.
Federico Pellegrino finished 20th, the best of the Azzurri at 1’08 "from Bolshunov. Only 30 ° Francesco De Fabiani, who after a convincing start, was wrecked in the second part of the race.
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