Update on COC Cross Country Skiing: Francesco De Fabiani second Alpen Cup

Together with the World Cup, have been completed almost all of the circuits Continental Cup cross-country skiing. These outcomes as regards the male sector, for the female sector CLICK HERE

Monday 17 March 2014 6 minutes reading time

The Alpen ALPEN CUP or Opa Cup is the circuit that involves athletes from Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain and Slovenia. The victory went to Frenchman Paul Goalabre twenty-two, the author of a great start to the season during which he managed to excel both in a sprint free technique in which a 15 km classic technique, thus proving a boy with a future full . In second place Francesco De Fabiani, thanks to a stunning performance (second in final) in the tender of Validentro multistage which closed the season, came a step away from completing the comeback of Goalabre. De Fabiani is definitely a talented guy, but we must leave it to mature with ease and not expect the moon by now, which unfortunately is likely to happen given the disappointing season had the blues veterans. The Alpen Cup podium is completed by Andy German KÃ¼hne, while among the other Italians have excelled John Gullo and Dietmar Noeckler, capable of commanding the end of December, respectively, in the 15 km classic technique race in the identical Gressoney St. Ulrich. SCANDINAVIAN Scandinavian CUP The Cup is the circuit that involves athletes from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Denmark. The final victory went to veteran Norwegian Simen Ã˜stensen, remembered by many for the second place obtained in the first edition of the Tour de Ski, but fell out of favor in recent years. On the podium with his fellow countrymen Daniel Helgestad and Emil Iversen, the latter can name new home in Norway and in the sprint distance races. NOR-AM CUP The Nor-Am Cup circuit involving the Canadian athletes. The victory went to trent'enne Graham Nishikawa, ruler of the season and also starred in the Paralympics in Sochi as a guide by Brian McKeever, winner of three gold medals. On the podium with him Somppi Michael and Kevin Sandau. BALKAN Balkan CUP The Cup is the circuit that involves athletes from Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia and Bosnia. Probably the circuit is less interesting, in part because of economic reasons and weathering have been canceled most of the races. The success so went to the Bulgarian Andrey Gridin, which with a first and a second place in the only evidence they have allocated points preceded the Croatian biathlete Edi Dadic and Serbia Milanko Petrovic. FAR EAST CUP Far East Cup is the circuit that involves athletes from Japan, South Korea, North Korea, and China. The victory went to the Japanese Kohei Shimizu that preceded his countrymen Nobuhito Kashiwabara and Akira Lenting. None of them seem able to be able to compete at a high level even in the World Cup. Eastern Europe EASTERN EUROPE CUP The Cup is the circuit that involves athletes from the former Soviet republics. The victory went to Sergey Turishev, boy that often we have seen in the World Cup finishes with more than decent. Behind her fellow countrymen Nikolay Khokhryakov and Alexander Utkin. AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND CUP The Australia-New Zealand Cup is the summer circuit that hosts competitions in Oceania, and logically that ended last August. The final victory went to Sweden's Victor Gustafsson, able to precede the only Australian to a certain level, Callum Watson and Phillip Bellingham. The two Continental Cups, Cup Slavic (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary) and U.S. Super Tour (United States) on 23 March and will end on March 19 and see the temporary command of their rankings Reese Hanneman and Jakub Graef.

Jacopo Barbieri

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