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Martin Johnsrud Sundby puts the icing on the cake of his sensational season by dominating the 50 km classic technique in Oslo ahead of Niklas Dyrhaug and Maxim Vylegzhanin. Good seventh place to Francesco De Fabiani.
Saturday 6 February 2016 7 minutes reading time
The excessive power of Sundby moves the queen race of the World Cup right from the start. The Norwegian force immediately and, after a vain attempt, he manages to make selection after about 12 kilometers. Along with the leaders of the World Cup remain Niklas Dyrhaug, Didrik T ø nseth and Maxim Vylegzhanin, which will act jointly bench & eacute; Sundby proves to pi & ugrave; filming to joke and to be able to remove them at any time.
The thirtieth kilometer new SGAS Sundby puts the T & oslash ropes; nseth and Vylegzhanin, forced to raise the white flag in the fight for victory. The brilliant Dyrhaug & egrave; l & rsquo; last to surrender, but all & rsquo; beginning of & rsquo; last lap of 8.3 km can not keep the tails of his teammate, who remains alone and arrive at the finish line in triumph among the jubilation of the public and of King Harald V , sitting in the gallery.
Despite the thick fog today enveloped Holmenkollen, Martin Johnsrud Sundby could not have chosen a better setting to rewrite two other records in this terrific season. Today's & egrave; In fact his podium number five (moreover consecutive) in 50 km of Oslo, never anyone since this race & egrave; considered the first level was never able to get cos & igrave; many top-three. Also & egrave; This is his victory number 11 in the season, a new record: the previous one belonged to Petter Northug who in 2012-13 had imposed on 10 occasions. In total Sundby & egrave; arrived at an altitude of 23 victories all inclusive career, just two away from Dario Cologna that & egrave; fifth all time in this special list.
The good Niklas Dyrhaug be content with a stunning second place, only case not only to limit the gap under one minute, but you get relatively close to Sundby. It can not sweep the Norwegians, as in & rsquo; last lap Maxim Vylegzhanin gets rid of a generous Didrit T ø nseth and back on the podium of the 50 km of Oslo to five years away from & rsquo; Silver won in this format at the 2011 World Cup.
Fifth place went to Sergey Turyshev, which is about half & agrave; race attacks from the chasing group, trying in vain When returning on the first four. Russian & egrave; still good to resist and to equal the best result of his career pi & ugrave disputing; 20 kilometers in complete solitude. Petter Northug won the sprint instead of the main group finishing sixth just ahead of a pi & ugrave; that positive Francesco De Fabiani, finally competitive even when the distances are getting longer. Top ten for Andrey Larkov eighth, ninth and Alexander Legkov defending champion Sjur R ø the tenth. No points for the & rsquo; another blue race Dietmar N & ouml; ckler, ending thirty-fifth.
In the overall standings of the World Cup, Sundby wins 185 points between success and intermediate bonus, rising to 1687. According remains Finn H & aring; January Krogh, now at rest, with 967, while the third & egrave; Petter Northug that & egrave; at 945. With 14 top-level races left on the calendar, l & rsquo; aim of Sundby not sar & agrave; so much to bring home the third consecutive Crystal Ball, a company to which only the math & egrave; enemy, but to get up and over the 2216 points with which Dario Cologna won the 2011-12 World Cup and representing the absolute record in the men's cross-country level.
50 KM TC MASS START OSLO & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) 2. DYRHAUG Niklas (NOR) 3. Vylegzhanin Maxim (RUS) 4. T & Ø NSETH Didrik (NOR) 5. Turyshev Sergey (RUS)
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The two-day Oslo proseguir & agrave; tomorrow with the women's 30 km. The men will be back on track instead Thursdays & igrave; next, when in Stockholm disputer & agrave; a Sprint classic technique.
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