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All easy to Therese Johaug, overlooking the 10 km classic technique for tracking and won the Ruka Triple 2015. On the podium with her Stina Nilsson and Ingvild Flugstad & Ø StBerG.
Sunday 29 November 2015 5 minutes reading time
The race lasts just over & ugrave; a minute, the time to get on the first climb: here Johaug leaves in place its rivals, matches together or just behind her, widening their lead at one meter intervals since the finish line. For Her & egrave; the first victory in the mini-tour of the early season, the number 3 in multistage events in general and the number 32 of his career whereas & egrave; Its also the best time net that gives the stage win.
Go up on the podium two girls were not expected at these levels in the final standings. Second & egrave; Stina Nilsson fact that confirms the great improvements made in distance races in the final pulling Ingvild Flugstad & Ø StBerG and IDA INGEMARSDOTTER and conquering the square d & rsquo; honor is to stage both in the overall standings of the Ruka Triple. The Norwegian & egrave; third front & Outdoors; other Swedish and proves in turn to be able to obtain good results even outside of Sprint.
Nilsson & Ø StBerG will still thank Heidi Weng. The Norwegian, who headed the group of pursuers, grotesque make a mistake at the penultimate round, taking the straight that leads to the goal convinced that the race was over. Podium thrown, but not least comes the suspension that would erase the ninth place finish in the field.
Good race Kerttu Niskanen, the third time of the day and fifth at the finish line, and Justyna Kowalczyk, the author of the best recovery of the day (from twenty-fourth to eleventh). Instead disappoint Charlotte Kalla, who not only failed to gain on Johaug, but also loses by Nilsson & Ø StBerG and Ingemarsdotter, finishing in sixth place.
Unfortunately for the Italians: Virginia De Martin Topranin recovered several positions, but fails to close in the points ending thirty-third. Little more & ugrave; Lucia behind Scardoni, thirty-seventh, while Ilaria Debertolis ends forty-fifth.
The overall standings of the World Cup, as can be imagined, follows the results of the Ruka Triple: Johaug & egrave; gi & agrave; in the lead with 313 points, while third Nilsson chasing 280 & egrave; & Ø StBerG with 237. The season & egrave; still long but l & rsquo; & egrave impression; that the struggle for the crystal ball is still lower than expected.
RUKA TRIPLE FEMALE & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. Therese Johaug (NOR) 27: 22.3 2. Stina Nilsson (SWE) +22.6 3. & Ø StBerG Ingvild Flugstad (NOR) +32.4 4. INGEMARSDOTTER Ida (SWE) +42.5 5. Kerttu Niskanen (FIN) + 57.0
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It & egrave; cos & Igrave; ended the first stage of the World Cup 2015-16. Next meeting next Saturday and Sunday in Lillehammer: in one program Skiathlon and a relay race.
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