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Win second prediction for Norway in the men's relay 4 x 8 km of La Clusaz. The big favorites have emerged in a sprint to two, in which Finn Haagen Krogh folded narrowly Sergey Ustiugov, in a comparison between sprinters race.
Sunday 18 December 2016 5 minutes reading time
also celebrates the audience of the French company, which has seen its standard bearer in the final tear the lowest step of the podium in Germany.
The race has already taken a clear appearance in the course of the first half, when Norway I (Tønseth, although slowed down to a few hundred meters from the breaking of a stick) and II (Goldberg), Russia I (Belov), Finland (Jauhojärvi) Sweden (Jönsson), Germany (Bing), France I (Gaillard) and Italy (Nöckler) have taken off over the competition.
Almost no impact of the second fraction, except for the final expansion of the gap between the head formations and the pursuers. The most active among the tread was Niklas Dyrhaug, of Norway II, whose action in the final of the last lap caused problems especially Martin Johnsrud Sundby, party with ski skating.
The squad was still bunched up at the beginning of the third quarter, before Norway II came out of the scene with Lars Høgnes. The latest round of 2 km was also predictably fatal to Italy: Giorgio Di Centa, who had received the baton from a good ideal Francesco De Fabiani, sold about fifteen seconds, giving way to Federico Pellegrino in a scenario of no-hassle management.
The sprinter Aosta Valley took advantage of an impasse to mend the gap within the first kilometer, but the effort - combined with a still of the form was not comparable to that of winter 2015-16 - then he presented the bill in the second part of the fraction.
The seven split in the third lap: Krogh, Manificat, Ustiugov and Bögl front, Pellegrino, Ekström and Nousiainen behind.
As in the mass start yesterday, the decisive selection was postponed at the last tooth, where he was Krogh to launch the offensive. Ustiugov was the only one to hold while Manificat left Bögl, among the most enterprising earlier, at a sufficient distance to ensure the podium for the home side. Further back, Nousiainen finally collapsed, leaving Italy and Sweden, the battle for fifth place.
The sprint to success has been approached in the head by the Norwegian, who has completed his perfect weekend countering the attempt of the Russian comeback.
Pellegrino did not find the energy to fight Ekström, placing themselves in a sixth position consistent with what is shown by the blue team at the start of the season.
RELAY 4 x 8 KM MEN LA CLUSAZ - FINAL
1. Norway I (Tønseth, Sundby, Gløersen, Krogh) 1: 11: 25.7
2. Russia I (Belov, Legkov, Chervotkin, Ustiugov) +0.2
3. France I (Gaillard, Jeannerod, Parisse, Manificat) +7.7
4. Germany (Bing, Tscharnke, Notz, Bögl) +12.8
5. Sweden (Jönsson, Burman, Johansson, Ekström) +26.8
6. Italy (Nöckler, De Fabiani, Di Centa, Pellegrino) +28.2
7. Finland (Jauhojärvi, Hyvärinen, Lehtonen, Nousiainen) +47.8
8. Russia II (Vokuev, Volzhentsev, Melnichenko, Dementiev) +2: 25.5
9. France II (Chauvin, Perillat Boiteux, Philipot, Tiberghien) +2: 35.6
10. Estonia (Rankel, Karp, Tammjarv, Rehemaa) +2: 59.6
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