Didrik Tnseth precedes Gjerdalen and Pedersen in the 15 km CT Beitostlen

The 15 km classic technique of BeitostÃ¸len, in the first round of the men's Beitosprint, has seen the success of Didrik TÃ¸nseth. The 25 year-old Norwegian, in a match played under a heavy snowfall, preceded on the podium compatriots Tord Asle Gjerdalen and Morten Eide Pedersen, both specialists in long distances.

Friday 18 November 2016 4 minutes reading time

TÃ¸nseth has approached the race with caution, before you trigger a progression that has allowed him to gradually move up the ranks: 15 Â° to the first intermediate, 8 Â° per second, then 5 Â°, 3 Â° and 2 Â°, before taking the command to 10 km, not to sell it more until the end. Trend not unlike that followed also by evidence of Gjerdalen, now trailing by 15.7 seconds, while Pedersen, passed with the best time to detections in the middle phase of the race, after the initial exploits Sondre Fossli Turvoll, accused in the final slightly decline, closing at 24.5 seconds behind the winner. It had to settle for a place to the foot of the podium Sjur RÃ¸the, absolute ruler of proof twelve months ago, standing just under nine seconds from third place. As happened among women, nine-tenths of the top 10 flying the flag of Norway: from sixth to tenth place we find Petter Eliassen, Simen Hegstad KrÃ¼ger, Chris Jespersen, PÃ¥l Golberg and Emil Iversen. To break the monopoly has done an excellent Andrew Musgrave, 5 Â° to 40 '' from the winner. Far away from the top positions a Petter Northug who, after having floated near the top ten in the first half of the race, it was left to sink in 74th place, just under four minutes TÃ¸nseth. The 13-time world champion still has not seemed alarmed nell''intervista of dopogara to NRK microphones. How Bjoergen in the women's race, even Johnrsud Martin Sundby has given package at the last moment. Unlike his compatriot, however, the holder of the crystal ball has also declined to participate in the other races of the weekend, and has already left BeitostÃ¸len. 15 KM TC MALE Beitostolen - FINAL 1. Didrik TÃ¸nseth (NOR) 37: 31.9 2. Tord Asle Gjerdalen (NOR) +15.7 3. Morten Eide Pedersen (NOR) +24.5 4. Sjur Rothe (NOR) +33.2 5. Andrew MUSGRAVE (GBR) +40.0 6. Petter ELIASSEN (NOR) +45.4 7. Simen Hegstad KRÃœGER (NOR) +45.5 8. Chris JESPERSEN (NOR) +1: 15.0 9. PÃ¥l GOLBERG +1: 19.4 10. Emil IVERSEN +1: 20.9