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Maurice Manificat victory in the 30 km free technique departing at intervals of Davos. The Frenchman back on the top step of the podium in a World Cup race after just one year.
Saturday 14 December 2013 4 minutes reading time
Considering the long distance, the victory of Manificat was particularly painful. The French in fact, forced to chase for nearly 25 miles to the Martin Johnsrud Sundby, implementing the overtaking on the last lap, resisting the return of the other Norwegian Chris Andre Jespersen and appealing with just a 3 "3 margin. For Manificat is the third victory in the World Cup in his career, made exactly after a year (it was December 16, 2012) from the last, the skiathlon Canmore.
Second place and first podium for Jespersen, the guy who made thirty years seems to have found the magic recipe to compete at the highest levels. The Norwegian fact, this year is the protagonist that Ruka Triple in Lillehammer, part plan to accelerate gradually and reach a murmur Manificat. Trend opposite to Sundby: the leader of the World Cup, which strengthens the leadership race is headed by two-thirds, then pay for the effort and settle for third place on the podium.
Signs of revival for Italy: Roland Clara in fact get an excellent fourth place, the result of an excellent race strategy and found great help in Alexander Legkov. Clara fact crosses on its way Russian, forming a very interesting train comprising Petter Eliassen. The three compact proceed for about fifteen miles, and results in hand we can say that it was just Clara to make the greatest contribution since Legkov last lap, orphan of fellow adventurers, sinking the fight for a podium finish in ninth place trailing by 49 "by 5 Manificat.
In the top10 are other names surprising is the fifth Norwegian Simen Andreas Sveen, twenty-five at the third race of the World Cup in career; previous two had not gone over to a twenty-second place in the 50 km in Oslo last season. Sixth is the French Robin Duvillard, the Austrian Johannes Dürr seventh, eighth and ninth the aforementioned Eliassen tied Legkov and Matti Heikkinen, immediately in front of a Petr Sedov who makes his return to the World Cup after almost the past two years to cure physical ailments of a certain weight.
Among other Italians, the only one to hit the scoring area is the twenty-seventh Giorgio Di Centa. So others: Fabio Santus forty-third, forty-Paul Fanton and John Gullo fiftieth. No party Valerio Checchi. Tomorrow sprint free technique
30 KM TL DAVOS - FINAL STANDINGS
1. MANIFICAT Maurice [FRA] 1:05'' 10 "8 2. JESPERSEN Chris Andre [NOR] 3" 3 3. Martin Johnsrud Sundby [NOR] 14 "9 4. CLARA Roland [ENG] 20" 8 5. Simen Andreas Sveen [NOR] 22 "1
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