Cross Country Skiing - Tour de Ski
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In a race marked by the reunion of many athletes in the first part of the race, got the better in volatona final Petter Northug, who places always his paw, this time in front of Alex Harvey, always on the ball at the Tour de Ski, and all & rsquo; eternal placed Calle Halfvarsson.
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Despite the gaps accumulated in the prologue yesterday, eventually & egrave; treated almost a mass start race, in which the group, stronger than thirty units & agrave; not & egrave; really grainy until the last two kilometers of the race, in which the pi & ugrave; Expected Eve are made to find a p & ograve; displaced.
It & rsquo; was l & rsquo; Italian Francesco De Fabiani, with a beautiful action on & rsquo; last climb in less than a kilometer from the finish, to give way to a sprint long, being in the midst of the foxes of classical technique and sprint as Northug, Halfvarsson, Harvey, Cologna, Poltoranin.
De Fabiani who paid a p & ograve; inexperience just before the final straight, when doing a & ldquo; sportellate & rdquo; with others in the fight for the victory, could almost fall. At the end to take advantage & egrave; Petter Northug, which comes with a small margin in straight d & rsquo; arrival. Margin that is able to maintain, with Alex Harvey manages the edge of the wool to grab second place ahead of Swedish Halfvarsson, subscribed to third and fourth places.
Behind them three sprint for fourth place, with Niklas Dyrhaug to get the better of the specialist & rsquo; alternating Alexey Poltaranin and the winner of yesterday, as well & egrave; Olympic champion Dario Cologna. Eventually magnificent seventh our Francesco De Fabiani, the best finish in his career, he can get behind athletes like Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Marcus Hellner and l & rsquo; other athlete blue Dietmar Noeckler that, author of a great comeback, closes the top 10.
Completing a good day for the bottom Italian Roland Clara, now the thirteenth to the finish line, completing a team performance that classic technique not seen much, and l & rsquo; encouraging thirty-fifth place of Federico Pellegrino, in a distance and technique he did not properly congenial. Much more & ugrave; detached the last two Italians in the race, with Giorgio Di Centa forty-sixth and Mattia Pellegrin fiftieth.
Francesco De Fabiani also the satisfaction of the best time of the day, in front of Dietmar Noeckler and Daniel Richardsson in a Tour de Ski is left wide open, given the minimum gaps in the standings and the types of stages still to go.
In the World Cup still valuable points for Martin Johnsrud Sundby, stretching on & rsquo; absent Finn Haagen Krogh, reaching 587 points against the 505 of his compatriot. Recover still Calle Halfvarsson, to 464 points and Petter Northug that with today's victory goes to 371.
15 KM TC HANDICAP START MALE OBERSTDORF TOUR DE SKI & ndash; RANKING STAGE 1. DE FABIANI Francesco (ITA) 41: 13.1 2. NOECKLER Dietmar (ITA) +4.9 3. Daniel Richardsson (SWE) +14.4 4. POLTORANIN Alexey (KAZ) +15.8 5. Niskanen Iivo (FIN) +17.3
15 KM TC HANDICAP START MALE OBERSTDORF TOUR DE SKI & ndash; OVERALL
1. Petter Northug Jr. (NOR) 42: 01.2 2. HARVEY Alex (CAN) +5.6 3. HALFVARSSON Calle (SWE) +10.8 4. DYRHAUG Niklas (NOR) +17.0 5. POLTORANIN Alexey (KAZ) +17.1
Here are the full results
Next meeting Tuesday & Igrave; January 6, with the sprint freestyle from Val Monastery.
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