Nordic SkiingCross Country Skiing - Planica
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Continue the magic moment of Federico Pellegrino, who teamed with Dietmar N & ouml; ckler gives & Outdoors; Italian victory in the team sprint free technique of Planica. Jokes the two French couples.
Sunday 17 January 2016 4 minutes reading time
The men's race, if possible, & egrave; even more & ugrave; monotonous than women. Again, the situation has changed as the penultimate stage, when force Renaud Jay. French can not skim more & ugrave; from time the group, from which stands out a perky Dietmar N & ouml; ckler, whose job was to not lose ground, and instead presents the car in second position, handing Federico Pellegrino l & rsquo; opportunity to fight for the victory. The Aosta Valley does not pray, he holds no problems queues Baptiste Gros and in the sprint svernicia, arriving at the finish line with his arms raised.
N & ouml; ckler-Pellegrino, that & rsquo; last year they won the bronze in Falun, & egrave; the first victory in this format in top-level competitions. L & rsquo; Italy was not necessary in a Team Sprint from 23 February 2007, when Renato Pasini and Cristian Zorzi won the medal & rsquo; gold at the World Championships in Sapporo. L & rsquo; & egrave only regret; This success & egrave; an end in itself, as it d & agrave; no contribution in terms of points and wins the World Cup and that & egrave; preparatory to a & rsquo; eventual Main Event.
Blues are placed behind the two French couples, with Baptiste Gros of France I teamed with Jay and Richard Renaud Jouve of France II flanked by Valentin Chauvin who crossed the finish line in second and third place, incredibly replicating the same result of Sprint Individual yesterday. A fourth positive Germany, formed by Thomas Bing and Sebastian Eisenlauer, while Norway complete one of the most weekend & ugrave; negative in its history with a modest fifth place by Anders Gl ø Ersen and Eirik Brandsdal.
TEAM SPRINT TL MALE Planica & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. ITALY (N & ouml; ckler-Pellegrino) 14: 44.82 2. FRANCE I (Jay-Gros) +1.79 3. FRANCE II (Chauvin-Jouve) +2.93 4. GERMANY (Bing-Eisenlauer) +2.93 5. NORWAY I (Gl ø Ersen-Brandsdal) 4:51
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The World Cup Cross Country Skiing ripartir & agrave; next Saturday from Nove Mesto. In the resort & agrave; czech are provided for a 15 km free technique and a relay race.
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