Cross-country skiing - Nove Mesto
France returns to celebrate the cross-country after more than two years of fasting. The credit & egrave; of Maurice Manificat, able to impose itself in the 15 km free technique starting at intervals of Nove Mesto.
Saturday 23 January 2016 3 minutes reading time
Since the first intermediate is understood that the race will be & agrave; a struggle between the two transalpine and the ruler of this season Jonsrud Martin Sundby, just as happened in Davos a month earlier. In the middle stage of the race the French triggers the sixth gear, digging a gap of about ten seconds that will not come & agrave; pi & ugrave; recovered from avversari.Per Manificat & egrave; the fifth win in competitions of the first level, the fourth in World Cup races.
Second place goes to the same Martin Johnsrud Sunby, bravo to resist the comeback of an increasingly overbearing & ugrave; Sergey Ustiugov convincing. Try convincing the team of Russia, with Evgeniy Belov quarter but above Alexey Chervotkin sixth. For the ruler of this past World Junior & egrave; clearly the best result of his career.
Fifth place for Finn Haagen Krogh, completed the top 10 Alex Harvey seventh, Jean Marc Gaillard eighth, ninth and Toni Livers Alexei Poltaranin tenth.
Home Italy comes some signal from Roland Clara that ended the test in 25th position. The 'athlete of the Guardia di Finanza & egrave; still far from the levels reached in the past, but there are clear improvements over the past prestazioni.Peggio did Francesco De Fabiani 35 & deg ;, Giandomenico Salvadori 37 & deg; and Dietmar Noeckler 40 & deg ;.
With second place today Sundby has further strengthened its leadership in the overall World Cup. & Nbsp; The Norwegian leads with 1502 points, followed by compatriot Finn Haagen Krogh with 917. Third in 801 Petter Northug, absent today.
15 KM TL MALE NOVE MESTO & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. MANIFICAT Maurice (FRA) & nbsp; 34: 04: 9 2. Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) +10.8 3. USTIUGOV Sergey (RUS) +13.0 4. BELOV Evgeniy (RUS) +29.5 5. KROGH Finn Hagen (NOR) + 32.7
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