Gjerdalen Smutna and impose themselves in Marcialonga 2015

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Vittoria & Outdoors; last breath Tord Asle Gjerdalen and Katerina Smutna the 42nd edition of the Marcialonga of Fiemme and Fassa. Norway monopolizes the men's podium with second and Anders Auckland & Ã˜ ystein Pettersen third, Laila Kveli and Seraina Boner completed the top-three women.

Sunday 25 January 2015 5 minutes reading time

A bright sun accompanied the 7000 bison that have crossed the Fiemme and Fassa starting at 9 this morning. The first climb of the race, finished in Canazei, saw a group of about 100 units & agrave; with all & rsquo; inside all favorites proceed compact. From Moena to incline between Vigo di Fassa and Moena & egrave; Norwegian Nygaard to take the situation in hand, reducing the lead group to 30 cross-country skiers. Not & egrave; changed the script once in Val di Fiemme, with Nygaard to pull for his teammates more & ugrave; quoted. A 15 km from the finish Auckland brothers began to get serious, but we thought l & rsquo; & other Norwegian Ã˜ ystein Pettersen to blow the race at the foot of the slope of Waterfall, gaining a few seconds but insufficient. In fact the final Anders Auckland and Tord Asle Gjerdalen catching up, linking up to 600 meters from the finish for a stunning finish that has dominated Gjerdalen, the first success at the Marcialonga. Small mishap for the winner, during & ldquo; l & rsquo; & rdquo coronation; you & egrave; broken glasses and procured a cut nose. On the podium with him compatriots Auckland and an exhausted Pettersen, while Giorgio Di Centa twenty-sixth & egrave; was the best Italian. Continuous changes in the test instead of women. Up to Canazei & egrave; Katerina Smutna to make the pace with Britta Johansson Norgren and Laila Kveli. At the intermediate sprint of Predazzo won by Norgren began to reassemble Seraina Boner, winner of the 2011 and 2013 editions, capable of carried forward at first all & rsquo; attack the climb of Waterfall. Sull & rsquo; last climb to & ograve; Smutna & egrave; returned in force, pulling the enemy and triumphing with 10 & rdquo; on Kveli and 12 & rdquo; on Boner. Best blue Carolina Tiraboschi, twenty-sixth just like Di Centa among men. Marcialonga Light 33 Km & egrave; was won by Luca Orlandi Trentino and Belluno Sara Pellegrini, both of FFOO. These ultimately results Marcialonga Young: in category Students win Stefano Dellagiacoma (Usd Cermis) and Nicole Monsorno (Us Lavaz & eacute; Varena), among the aspirants Antonio Facchin (Pol. Sovramonte) and Eleonora Prigol (Pol Sovramonte), while among the Junior won Catherine Ganz (FFOO) and Paolo Ventura (FFGG) As for the circuits Swix Ski Classic, Katerina Smutna and Anders Auckland took the lead in the overall standings. The track held to perfection and you & egrave; proved to be extremely fast, so that the passage of & rsquo; & egrave last competitor; occurred well before the & rsquo; deadline of 18:30. Great success also in terms of television, with the race broadcast live not only integral to Rai Sport 2, but also from other European broadcasters such as TV2 (Norway), SVT (Sweden), YLE (Finland) and television Czech Republic, Denmark, Russia, Greece and the Baltic countries that have transmitted the highlights. Tuesdays & Igrave; evening on Eurosport will be there & agrave; a summary of the life of a & rsquo; now. & Nbsp;

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