Nordic SkiingCross Country Skiing - Davos
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The World Cup Cross Country Skiing stops in Davos, resort & agrave; of Graubunden & egrave; a great classical calendar. Here they will discuss the men's events, for the women here.
Friday 11 December 2015 6 minutes reading time
If the FIS is revolutionizing the sport by introducing sprint and mass start races multistage, in Davos tradition it is strenuously resisting. Out of 36 races from 1982 to today, only 9 are sprint and distance is no & egrave; never played with mass start. Quest & rsquo; year the Swiss will organize what will & agrave; l & rsquo; only 30 km seasonal starting at intervals, while on Sunday the program includes a sprint free technique.
Saturdays & partir agrave; with the 30 km free technique. In the past in Davos & egrave; competed two times with this format, always in the middle & agrave; December: in 2011 he won ahead of Petter Northug Maurice Manificat and Luka & scaron; Bauer, while in 2013 it imposed Manificat front of Chris Jespersen and Martin Johnsrud Sundby. Considering also the classic technique races, all were played 9 Km 30 World Cup, with Bj ø rn D & aelig; hlie master with 3 wins, only man capable of winning more & ugrave; a proof of this distance in Davos.
Even considering all races distance, the king of Davos remains Bj ø rn D & aelig; hlie with 4 wins (a 15 km freestyle in 1993 and the three 30 km classic technique in 1995, 1997 and 1998), followed by Mika Myllyl & auml ; and Johan Olsson to share 2. Among those who will compete Saturday in Davos won the gi & agrave; cited Northug and Manificat, Alexey Poltoranin, it imposed a 15 Km in alternate in 2010, and Toni Livers, who won a 15 km skating in 2007 tied with Vincent Vittoz and that today & egrave; l & rsquo; only Swiss, including women, able to triumph on home snow.
Sunday will go & agrave; instead staged a sprint free technique. Are 9, 8 of which are in skating, the sprint Davos hosted valid for the World Cup, and & egrave; curious to note that in & rsquo; roll of & rsquo; gold were 9 different winners. They triumphed in fact Bj & ouml; rn Lind in 2006, Ola Vigen Hattestad in 2008, John Kristian Dahl in 2009, Emil J & ouml; nsson in 2010, Alexey Petukhov in 2011, Alexey Poltoranin in February 2013 & ndash; on the occasion of & rsquo; only sprint classic & ndash ;, Anders Gl ø Ersen in December 2013, and Finn H & aring; January Krogh and Federico Pellegrino in the two tests in December than twelve months ago.
With regard to the color blue, the just mentioned one of Pellegrino & egrave; l & rsquo; only victory in Davos. In return they got 8 podiums, the first four races in distance thanks to Marco Albarello, second behind Vladimir Smirnov in a 15 km classic technique which took place in 1990, Silvio Fauner third in a 30 km alternate 1995, and Fulvio Valbusa third is in a 10 km classic technique in 1996 and in a 15 km free technique in 2002. In recent years were sprinters to carry the tricolor on the podium in Davos: Cristian Zorzi finished second in 2006, Renato Pasini He was third in 2008 while Federico Pellegrino has obtained in 2013 the & rsquo; only podium finish in a sprint classic technique and the long-awaited first career victory 21 December 2014.
This is the official program of the two days of Davos as regards the male sector.
Saturday, December 12 14:00 & ndash; 30 km TLDomenica December 13 09:00 & ndash; Qualifying Sprint TLDomenica December 13 11:00 am & ndash; Batteries, Semifinals and Finals Sprint TL
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