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Despite the & rsquo; wide margin by which departed, Marit Bj & oslash; rgen still earns on all opponents and also wins hands & rsquo; tracking Dobbiaco. & Nbsp;
Thursday 8 January 2015 5 minutes reading time
The stage victory was a foregone conclusion, but that Bj & oslash; rgen cared to further increase the & rsquo; huge margin by which departed. Instead the Norwegian, also escorted by a condition of frightening form, does not want to take chances on Cermis, and since they are already & agrave; pi & ugrave; the margin of two minutes before the last two stages, except the most sensational jolts & ugrave; great distance runner of all time & egrave; intended to fill the & rsquo; only shortcoming of his unparalleled career, the Tour de Ski. With the success of today Bj & oslash; rgen off Conny Kissling in the ranking of plurivincitrici inclusive of all time climbing at an altitude 109 and also breaks the & rsquo; yet another record: that of today & egrave; the number 7 consecutive win in competitions of the first level, never any distance runner & ndash; including men & ndash; had gone cos & Igrave; far away.
Do not change the positions also behind Bj & oslash; rgen: second remains Heidi Weng, now without ever winning the podium number 27 inclusive of his career, while third & egrave; Therese Johaug, which pays three minutes sunk despite its susceptibility to climb to Cermis; interesting sar & agrave; instead the duel with Weng for the square d & rsquo; honor, though not sar & agrave; easy for the defending Crystal Ball retrieve a minute in the last two stages. Over & ndash; theoretically & ndash; the fight for the podium: Fourth comes Emma Wiken, Ragnhild Haga fifth, sixth Justyna Kowalczyk, seventh Nicole Fessel, Anna Haag eighth, ninth and tenth Denise Herrmann Laura Mononen. All these girls pay more than four and a half minutes from Bj & oslash; rgen and one and a half from Johaug, as saying that it will play only the fourth place finish.
Even today no good news at home Italy. Goes to the only points Ilaria Debertolis, which nevertheless lost a position with respect to the starting finishing twenty-third to more than seven minutes. Virginia De Martin Topranin closes thirty-fifth and fortieth Francesca Baudin: both forgiveness pi & ugrave; ten positions than yesterday. Withdrawn Giulia St & uuml; rz, Gaia Vuerich and Greta Laurent.
15 KM TL DOBBIACO TRACKING & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. BJ & Ø RGEN Marit (NOR) 36: 37.9 2. WENG Heidi (NOR) +1: 58.8 3. Therese Johaug (NOR) +2: 51.4 4. Wiken Emma (SWE) +4: 20.4 5. HAGA Ragnhild (NOR) +4: 23.7
The general classification of the Tour de Ski coincides with the stage, with the only difference that the top three benefit allowances respectively 15, 10 and 5 seconds.
OVERALL TOUR DE SKI WOMEN AFTER 5 STEPS 1. BJ & Ø RGEN Marit (NOR) 36: 37.9 2. WENG Heidi (NOR) +2: 03.8 3. Therese Johaug (NOR) +3: 01.4 4. Wiken Emma (SWE) +4: 35.4 5. HAGA Ragnhild (NOR) +4: 38.7
As soon as available we will publish the complete ranking
Tomorrow the second and last day of rest before the grand final on Saturday (10 km classic technique with mass start) and Sunday (climbing the Cermis) in Val di Fiemme.
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