Norway ranks reduced but ready to dominate the Tour de Ski

The sports director of the Norwegian national team cross country & Aring; ge Skinstad has named his squad for the ninth edition of the Tour de Ski, scheduled from 3 to & rsquo; January 11, 2015.

Monday 22 December 2014 4 minutes reading time

Present themselves to cross-country skiers Oberstdorf fifteen, seven women and eight men. It will not be & agrave; therefore fully exploited the contingent that, as of the second period, would have allowed Norway to deploy eleven women and eleven men. This l & rsquo; full list of those summoned. Women Marit Bj & oslash; rgen Therese Johaug Heidi Weng Ingvild Flugstad & Ã˜ StBerG Ragnhild Haga Maiken Caspersen Falla Martine EK Hagen Men Martin Johnsrud Sundby Petter Northug & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Sjur R & oslash; the Chris Jespersen Didrik T & oslash; nseth Simen H & aring; kon & Ã˜ Stensen & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Eldar R & oslash; nning Niklas Dyrhaug Surprisingly, the presence of R & Sjur oslash; tea, which is no longer & ugrave; two weeks ago had confirmed not want to participate to get ready for the World Cup in Falun, scheduled in February. Nothing Tour de Ski as envisaged by Finn H & aring; January Krogh, second in the overall standings of the World Cup, and P & aring; l Golberg. Also miss all the sprinter, from Eirik Brandsdal Anders Gl & oslash; Ersen, from Ola Vigen Hattestad to Sondre Fossli Turvoll. No surprise instead among women: mancher & agrave; Astrid Jacobsen, depending on the finish of the Cermis last season, but definitely disappointing in this first phase of 2014-15. Absent also Celine Brun-Lie, however a specialist of sprint and therefore not competitive in a grueling race like the Tour de Ski. Norway andr & agrave; the second success in hunting is the male to female. Before the domain of last season, in which they have monopolized all six steps of the podium (Sundby, Jespersen and Northug among men, Johaug, Jacobsen and Weng among women), the subjects of King Harald were not in fact never been able to excel in the seven previous editions. In particular Marit Bj & oslash; rgen, mistress of the general classification of women, will try & agrave; to conquer the & rsquo; unique laurel missing its unparalleled showcase. & Nbsp;

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