Stress fracture to Jean Marc Gaillard, for him nothing away in Ruka

Jean Marc Gaillard, a veteran of the French team of cross country skiing, is suffering from a stress fracture to a rib. Excluding recovery for the Nordic Opening scheduled in a month.

Friday 23 October 2015 3 minutes reading time

In an interview published by the site nordicmag.info, Gaillard says his physical condition: & ldquo; I started to feel pain during the gathering of Ramsau, every day was always more & ugrave; intense. Tests conducted Monday & Igrave; last confirmed the stress fracture to a rib. Will have & ograve; inevitably stop for four / six weeks, but I still plan to go to Kuusamo. Torner & ograve; to train especially in skating, I hope to be fit again for the end of December & rdquo ;. The 35 year-old native of Annemasse then focuses on seasonal objectives: & ldquo; I do not have chances to fight for the World Cup, I want to take advantage of the Tour de Ski to return to the top and to be able to compete until the Ski Tours Canada. At my age & agrave; aim for a stage race & egrave; risky, better to be efficient in a single race, and between January and February there are many & rdquo ;. According to Gaillard there will be no major surprises in the top positions: & ldquo; The youth should take advantage of this season without the main event to gain experience. So I think that the protagonists will be the usual: Northug and Cologna Sundby are very regular attention to Alex Harvey of which little is spoken and may have less pressure. Even Calle Halfvarsson potr & agrave; fight for something important & rdquo ;. Finally a thought on his part to the long distance races, are finding more and more evidence that & ugrave; appeal mainly to skiers & more ugrave; & Ldquo; & rdquo ;: elderly & ldquo; I would love to participate in the Foul & eacute; and Blanche of Autrans, the first circuit, but disputer & agrave; just one week away from the Tour de Ski, therefore depend & agrave; how will recover & ograve ;, my primary goal remains the World Cup & rdquo ;. & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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