Nothing Ski Tours Canada for Iivo Niskanen and Ritta-Liisa Roponen

Finnish cross-country ski federation announced the names of the skiers who will play at the Canada Ski Tour, which kicks off Tuesday & igrave; next.

Thursday 25 February 2016 3 minutes reading time

In the words of head coach Reijo Jylh Ã¤ ;, the team had been gi & agrave; decided right from & rsquo; beginning of the season: & ldquo; The Ski Tours Canada has a different structure than the Tour de Ski, therefore we focus on women for the general classification and sprinter on men for individual stages. We had gi & agrave; decided I would go to Canada only athletes of the first team, although we have monitored the situation throughout the season and made some changes. Lari Lehtonen, for example, & egrave; It was convened thanks to the beautiful round, held Sunday & rdquo ;. Besides Sami Jauhoj & Ã¤ rvi, plagued by overtraining and therefore resting up at the national championships, missing two other names cry. The first & egrave; Iivo Niskanen, the victim of a troubled season due to numerous physical problems that make it possible to be non-competitive in eight tight races like those of the Ski Tours Canada. L & rsquo; other & egrave; Riitta-Liisa Roponen & nbsp; (pictured), who despite a fifth place finish in Skiathlon Lahti & egrave; She has been left at home as per original plans. Around 9 will be the Finnish cross-country skiers of the game in North America, 4 women and 5 men. This l & rsquo; full list Women Anne Kyll & ouml; nen Laura Mononen Kerttu Niskanen Krista P & Ã¤ Ã¤ rm; Koski Uomini Matti Heikkinen Martti Jylh Ã¤; Lari Lehtonen Anssi Pentsinen Matias Strandvall & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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