World Cup Cross Country Male: history, statistics and forecasts for the new season

What partir & agrave; Ruka from next Saturday sar & agrave; the thirty-fourth edition of the World Cup Cross-Country Male.

Monday 24 November 2014 9 minutes reading time

Eighteen children are able to take home the crystal ball. The most successful rider ever, even at the level of women & egrave; Bj & Ã¸ rn D & aelig; hlie, who has excelled six times (1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999). It follows on five Gunde Svan (1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1989), and these two champions are also the only ones to have set three times. Among those who have been able to win more & ugrave; once the World Cup, we find three hits Dario Cologna (2009, 2011 and 2012) and two Vladimir Smirnov (1991 and 1994), Per Elofsson (2001 and 2002), Tobias Angerer (2006 and 2007) and Petter Northug (2010 and 2013). L & rsquo; Italy does not boast any crystal ball cross-country skiing men, and only three podiums finals in the overall World Cup: Silvio Fauner came third behind D & aelig; hlie and Smirnov in 1995, Fulvio Valbusa was beaten by the same D & aelig; hlie and Mika Myllyl & auml; in 1997, while Peter Piller is Piazz & ograve; behind Lukas Bauer and Rene Sommerfeldt in 2008. Driven by the success of Bj & Ã¸ rn D & aelig; hlie, Norway & egrave; the nation that has the largest number of World Cup Cross Country Skiing Men. In addition to the six triumphs of the star players of Elverum and the two of Petter Northug, who contributed a total of eleven hits Vegard Ulvang (1990), Thomas AFSJ & aring; rd (1998) and Martin Johnsrud Sundby (2014). The subjects of King Harald V in this particular ranking above arch-rivals Sweden, who have won a total of nine crystal balls: the five Svan, the two of Elofsson and one each for Torgny Mogren (1987) and Mathias Fredriksson (2003) . Sweden, however, can & ograve; claim the & rsquo; s unique hat trick in the history regarding the male sector: in 1986-87 it Torgny Mogren preceded Thomas Wassberg and Gunde Svan for a three on three no & rsquo; & egrave other nation; never managed to finish in the overall standings of the World Cup Cross Country Skiing Men. From the 1996-97 season will also assign the cups of specialty & agrave ;. As for the cups away or distance, Tobias Angerer (2006 and 2007) and Dario Cologna (2011 and 2012) are currently the only ones able to assert themselves more & ugrave; once, while Peter Piller, thanks to the triumph of 2009 & egrave, l & rsquo; s unique Italian can enroll their name in the & rsquo; roll of & rsquo; s gold in the men's cross-country skiing. As for the cups sprint, Ola Vigen Hattestad (2008, 2009 and 2014) and Emil J & ouml; nsson (2010, 2011 and 2013) have three wins apiece. There & egrave; coincidence that these two athletes are the most & ugrave; great sprint specialists of all time: Hattestad & egrave; l & rsquo; one with Tor Arne Hetland to win the cup specialty & agrave ;, Olympic gold medalist and world gold, while J & ouml; nsson & egrave; To date sprinter ugrave & more; winner ever at an altitude of sixteen hits all-inclusive (races of the World Cup, Olympics, World Cup and Test Stages of Multistage). The World Cup Cross Country Skiing Men's 2014-15 partir & agrave; in the sign of & rsquo; uncertainty. The holder of the crystal ball, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, will try & agrave; to repeat itself, but despite having deserved the success of last season, during which & egrave; became the first long-distance runner & ndash; including women & ndash; to win all three tests in multistage calendar & egrave; did well to take advantage of the misfortunes of Northug and Cologna and centellinamento of energy for the Olympics by Alexander Legkov. It will be the protagonists of the 2012-13 season starting with the underdogs, with only Northug that could be affected by mishaps go all summer and maybe the world of Falun. Sundby is the & rsquo; Or & more ugrave; credible, while Alex Harvey, the third & rsquo; last year, could be the revelation of the season; the Canadian will have & agrave; for & ograve; find that consistency of performance that & egrave; always missed in his career. They depart one step below the Swedes, by Hellner to Olsson from Richardsson to Halfvarsson: With the World Cup to be played in the home, their energies will be concentrated just on Falun. L & rsquo; Italy relies on Federico Pellegrino sprinter Val d'Aosta & egrave; called the leap of quality & agrave; which could allow him to win the first victory of his career, he has three seconds and a third place in top-level competitions. Behind him are growing number of young attractive on all the Maicol Rastelli gi & agrave; able to get on the podium in Drammen last March. Matters are different with regard to race distance: our top men are still there & rsquo; s eternal Giorgio Di Centa and experts Roland Clara and David Hofer. Also in this specialty & agrave; however there are some interesting young players, by Francesco De Fabiani Giandomenico Salvadori, not to mention Dietmar N & ouml; ckler and Matt Pellegrin, who despite being some time in the World Cup have only 25 years. Difficult to see our guys fight for something important, however, than in the recent past, something is happening and maybe in a few years the & rsquo; Italy potr & agrave; return to its former glory. & Nbsp;

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