In Skiathlon Maxim Vylegzhanin gives the only triumph to Russia in three days of Rybinsk

Maxim Vylegzhanin straightens a disappointing season so far by triumphing in Skiathlon Rybinsk front of Dario Cologna and Matti Heikkinen.

Sunday 25 January 2015 5 minutes reading time

In the segment classic technique, the specialists of the alternating step try to skim the group: attack Bessmertmykh, Volzhentsev and our De Fabiani and N & ouml; ckler, but their escape attempt goes out almost immediately. The group proceeds cos & Igrave; Compact not only until the change of technique, but until the last 3 km, when Dario Cologna, Matti Heikkinen and Maxim Vylegzhanin go away, fighting for the three places on the podium. Sprint Russian & egrave; the pi & ugrave; brilliant, winning easily in front of the & rsquo; Swiss and Finnish. The 32 year-old Udmurtiya redeems cos & Igrave; a season extremely disappointing, because before today had obtained a ninth place finish. For Vylegzhanin is victory number six all-inclusive career, the number 4 in the World Cup, all obtained in start tests online. After two races in which occupy the positions from second to fifth, arrives cos & Igrave; finally l & rsquo; only victory of Russia in this three days on the snow friends Rybinsk. After the success of Friday & Igrave; in 15 Km, must give up two goals Dario Cologna, beaten for the first time after four consecutive wins in one Skiathlon. First podium of the season instead of Matti Heikkinen, whose program of approach to the world is proceeding at full speed; Finnish, cos & Igrave; like his countrymen, sar & agrave; one of the outsider in every race distance in Falun. At the foot of the podium are five Russians: Fourth & egrave; Stanislav Volzhentsev beating Ilia Chernousov photo finish fifth, sixth & egrave; Konstantin Glavatskikh, seventh and eighth Alexander Legkov Sergey Turyshev. The top ten & egrave; completed by Alex Harvey ninth and our Dietmar N & ouml; ckler tenth. The 26 year old Brunico, after remaining in positions d & rsquo; vanguard in & ldquo; his & rdquo; alternating step, proves again perky even in the technique to him less congenial. Fair trial also Francesco De Fabiani, the protagonist in the first 15 km and then yield to skating and close the twenty-first. Race to forget for Roland Clara, broke off a classic and not pi & ugrave; able to recover free technique; for him a thirty-fifth place extremely disappointing. The other two blue in the race, David Hofer and Stefano Gardener, ending forty-sixth and thirty-ninth respectively. In the overall standings of the World Cup Sundby remains unassailable with 1189 points; Northug remains second to 849, but in third place salt Cologna, who thanks to 80 points today to 821 rooms and bypasses Halfvarsson, stopped at 821. Fifth Belov, today only the thirteenth, at an altitude of 712. SKIATHLON MALE Rybinsk & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. Vylegzhanin Maxim (RUS) 1: 21: 54.8 2. Dario Cologna (SUI) +2.7 3. Matti Heikkinen (FIN) +6.2 4. VOLZHENTSEV Stanislav (RUS) +7.9 5. Chernousov Ilia (RUS) +7.9 Click here for the complete ranking The World Cup Cross Country Skiing stops for two weekends. The next race, the last before the World Cup, will be played at & Ã–land; stersund on 14 and February 15. & Nbsp;

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