Cross-country skiing in the great classical Davos [Presentation Male]

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The World Cup Cross Country Skiing stops in Davos, resort & agrave; of Graubunden & egrave; a great classic of the calendar. Here we will discuss the men's races, for the women here.

Thursday 11 December 2014 6 minutes reading time

If the FIS is revolutionizing the sport by introducing sprint and mass start races multistage, in Davos tradition is strenuously resisting. At thirty-one races from 1982 to the present, only seven are sprint and distance are no & egrave; never played with a mass start. Also this & rsquo; s year the Swiss organize Saturday that will & agrave; l & rsquo; s only 30 km rentals starting at intervals must for all those nostalgic for cross-country skiing that was. On Sunday planning a sprint freestyle. On Saturday partir & agrave; the 30 km classic technique. There are nine including seven in the 30 km viable alternate to the World Cup that were played in Davos, always in the middle & agrave; of December. The title of most successful rider is up to Bj & Ã¸ rn D & aelig; hlie, it imposed three times in a row (1995, 1997, 1998, 1996 & ograve you race, over 10 km). A win apiece for Ove Aunli (1984), Thomas Eriksson (1986), Frode Estil (1999) and Mika Myllyl & auml; (2000) and Petter Northug (2011) and Maurice Manificat (2013) triumphed over this distance but skating. Considering all the distance races, the king of Davos is D & aelig; hlie with four wins (besides the three gi & agrave; & ograve mentioned triumphed, in a 15 km freestyle in 1993), followed by Myllyl & auml; and Johan Olsson & ndash; only multiple winner in business & agrave; & Ndash; to share them. Besides Olsson, among those who will compete Saturday in Davos won the gi & agrave; cited Northug and Manificat, Finnish Matti Heikkinen has imposed a 15 km free technique in 2009, and Toni Livers, who won itself a 15 km skating in 2007 tied with Vincent Vittoz and that today & egrave; l & rsquo; s unique Swiss, including women, able to triumph on home snow. Sunday will go & agrave; instead stage a sprint freestyle. There are seven, including six in skating, the sprint Davos hosted valid for the World Cup, and & egrave; interesting to note that in the & rsquo; roll of & rsquo; gold include seven 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; s unique sprint classic & ndash; Gl and Anders & Ã¸ Ersen in December 2013. As for the color blue, but no victory seven podiums in Davos. The first to get a top-three & egrave; Mark was Albarello, second behind Vladimir Smirnov in a 15 km classic technique which took place in 1990. A podium for Silvio Fauner third in a 30 km alternating in 1995, while Fulvio Valbusa scored two third places, one in 1996 (10 km classic) and one in 2002 (15 km free technique). In the last few years have been the sprinters to bring the flag to the podium in Davos: Cristian Zorzi came second in 2006, Renato Pasini was third in 2008 while Federico Pellegrino received in 2013 the & rsquo; only podium of his career in a sprint classic. This is the & nbsp; program & nbsp; official & nbsp; the two-day Davos as to the male sector. Saturday, December 13th 14:00 & ndash; & nbsp; 30 km CT Sunday, December 14th 12:30 am & ndash; & nbsp; TL Sprint Qualifying Sunday, December 14th at 14:30 & ndash; & nbsp; Batteries, Semifinals and Finals TL Sprint & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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