The World Cup Cross Country Skiing starts from Lahti [Presentation Male]

After the break due to the World Cup in Falun, the World Cup Cross Country Skiing starts from Lahti, home of the penultimate race weekend of the season. Here we will present the men's races, for those female click here.

Friday 6 March 2015 8 minutes reading time

Located in the region of the P & auml; ij & auml; t-H & auml; I mentioned & egrave; the capital, Lahti & egrave; one of the temples of Nordic skiing world, so as to have hosted as many as 6 editions in the history of the World Cup, which will become 7 with that of 2017, an absolute record. & Egrave; also a stage fixed for the World Cup Cross Country Skiing, which since its inception in 1982 has always competed here at least once a season with the exception of 1988, 2001 (the year in which however have played the World Cup) and the 2006, usually with the turn of the conclusion of & rsquo; vintage. In all, 59 individual competitions male first level held in Lahti, which will rise to 61 after the Sprint freestyle on Saturday and the 15 km classic technique scheduled for Sunday. The two-day Finnish partir & agrave; Saturday, March 7 with a Sprint free technique. 8 are the Sprint Skating tier disputatesi in Lahti. L & rsquo; unique cross-country skier can win 2 wins & egrave; Petter Northug, who imposed March 10, 2007 and March 7, 2009. The other five winners are Cristian Zorzi in 2000, Tor Arne Hetland at the World Cup of 2001, Thobias Fredriksson in 2004, Anders Gl & oslash; Ersen in 2008, Emil J & ouml; nsson in 2013 and P & aring; l Golberg in 2014. Despite having never won, Ola Vigen Hattestad & egrave; But to him who won the highest number of podiums, three, two seconds (2009 and 2013) and a third place (2008), followed by Northug, only one able to conclude two times in the top-three in a Sprint Skating held in Lahti . Considering also the Sprint in alternating, the king of Lahti & egrave; Instead J & ouml; nsson, that the success of 2013 matched those of 2011 and 2012 for a total of 3. Sunday, March 8 sar & agrave; the turn of the 15 Km starting at intervals, the last distance in classic seasonal. There are 13 men's events in this format tier disputatesi in Lahti, 3 counting towards the World Cup, nine of the World Cup and one with the double meaning of the world and the World Cup. L & rsquo; only one able to impose itself on 2 occasions & egrave; Bj & oslash; rn D & aelig; hlie, who has excelled in 1992 and 1999. The other winners are Veikko Hakulinen, Jozef Luszczek & nbsp; and Per Elofsson, world champions in this format in 1958, in 1978 and in 2001, Alexander Savjalov in 1983, Lars Erik Eriksen in 1984, & nbsp; Vladimir Smirnov in 1995, Frode Estil in 2004, Odd & oslash Bj; rn Hielmeset in 2007, Lukas Bauer in 2008 and Petter Northug in 2013 in races of the World Cup. Harri Kirvesniemi instead in 1989 he won the 15 km in which alternating AFFECT & ograve; both the world title that points to the World Cup. D & aelig; hlie & egrave; also the one who & egrave; rose pi & ugrave; times on the podium to share three top-three (two wins and a third place), together with him we find P & aring; l Gunnar Mikkelsplass (two seconds and a third place), while Vegard Ulvang, Estil and Hjelmeset are two podiums. Considering all 59 races tier held in Lahti, Vladimir Smirnov & egrave; one who has won more & ugrave; Sometimes, well-6 (30 km classic technique of the 1989 World Cup and the World Cup of 1997 and 1998, 15 km free technique in 1994 and 1995, and 15 km classic technique in 1995), followed in proportion 3 by Bj & oslash; rn D & aelig; hlie, Per Elofsson, Emil J & ouml; nsson and Petter Northug. Smirnov also controls the ranking of the podiums at 8, but D & aelig; hlie and Mikhail Botvinov follow him with 7. Among the distance runners still in business & agrave ;, besides the gi & agrave; cited Northug, Gl & oslash; Ersen, J & ouml; nsson, Golberg and Bauer, have at least one success in Lahti also Alexander Legkov, Maurice Manificat, Dario Cologna and Martin Johnsrud Sundby. L & rsquo; Italy won nine podiums in Lahti in individual competitions male first level, but l & rsquo; only victory & egrave; the gi & agrave; Cristian Zorzi obtained and reported in the Sprint Skating on 3 March 2000. L & rsquo; only one to have hit two top-three & egrave; Pietro Piller, the third March 16, 2003 and according to the & rsquo; March 8, 2009, in both cases in a 15 km free technique. According to Fabio Maj also came in 30 km classic technique of 4 March 2000 while Maurilio De Zolt, Giorgio Vanzetta, Albert Walder, Gianfranco Polvara and Thomas Moriggl boast third place to head. This is the official program of the two days of Lahti regarding the male sector. All races will be broadcast live by satellite network EUROSPORT (210/2011 platform SKY channels and 384/385 platform Mediaset Premium) Saturday, March 7 10:15 Italian (11:15 local) & ndash; Qualifying Sprint TL Saturday, March 7 at 14:30 Italian (15:30 local) & ndash; Batteries, Semifinals and Final Sprint TL Sunday, March 8 9:45 Italian (10:45 local) & ndash; 15 Km TC & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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