Marit Bjorgen won the Ruka Triple

In pursuit final Marit Bjoergen easily recovers the detachment of Justyna Kowalczyk wins the sprint in the Ruka Triple 2013.

Sunday 1 December 2013 4 minutes reading time

The final 10 km follow the script more predictable: in less than half the race Justyna Kowalczyk, who left for the first 25 seconds ahead of Bjoergen and 45 of Johaug and Kalla, is taken up by all three rivals, proving clearly lower free technique when the last lap loses the tails of the trio following the forcing of Johaug. Remain so in three in the win, with Bjoergen unsuccessfully attacking the final climb, but still manages to dominate thanks to a royal sprint. To the greatest distance runner of all time is the fourth victory in four editions of the Nordic Opening Ruka Triple-result that also allows you to take the lead in the overall World Cup. Joke but met Charlotte Kalla, winner of the stage as the author of the best time of net race. The Swedish thus confirms in great shape and will be a shame not to see the Tour de Ski competition, which has already won in 2008. Completing the podium of the Ruka Triple Therese Johaug, as usual generous but still lagging behind rivals when it comes to sprint. A fourth Kowalczyk who will have to work hard in order to compete with Bjorgen skating, Johaug and Kalla in the near future. Among the rest of the world stands Kikkan Randall, excellent fifth in front of Astrid Jacobsen and Youlia Tchekaleva. A Denise Herrmann continued progress in closing eighth, ninth and Heidi Weng is Julia Ivanova complete the top10 of the Ruka Triple. Of note is the big comeback of Kristin Steira, left for the thirty-eighth and fourteenth in the end. The weekend nightmare for the Italian team ends with Ilaria Debertolis fifty-seventh as the best. So the other: Lucia Scardoni sixty-ninth, Virginia De Martin and Elisa Brocard Topranin seventy-eighty-fourth; retreat Marina Piller. RUKA TRIPLE - FINAL STANDINGS 1. Marit Bjoergen [NOR] 27'' 28 "1 2. KALLA Charlotte [SWE] to 0" 8 3. JOHAUG Therese [NOR] to 1 "3 4. KOWALCZYK Justyna [POL] 30" 9 5. Kikkan Randall [USA] in 1:01 "9 The full results The World Cup Cross Country Skiing Women will move next weekend in Lillehammer, is planning a 10 km classic technique starting at intervals and a relay race.

Jacopo Barbieri

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