Cross Country Skiing - Tour de Ski
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Against all odds Ingvild Flugstad & Ø StBerG not only resists, but even off Therese Johaug, winning the 10 km pursuit at Lenzerheide and taking the lead of the Tour de Ski women.
Sunday 3 January 2016 5 minutes reading time
After the first few meters Johaug, playing with 4 seconds ahead, it seems able to do lonely race and finally kill the Tour de Ski. However & Ø StBerG can mend, easily taking the tails of compatriot, and then remove it all & rsquo; last kilometer to win the separation stage and, consequently, taking the top spot overall.
For the 25 year-old of Gj ø vik & egrave; this victory number four all-inclusive career, the number two at the Tour de Ski, but also the first in a race distance, bench & eacute; only 5 Km. The result & egrave; also important to keep alive the & rsquo; interest in this competition: all foreshadowed & Outdoors; yet another solo Johaug, that it loses 10 seconds from compatriot with just outside a Sprint that could allow & Ø StBerG to further increase their lead and play for until the end of the victory of the Tour de Ski.
Behind the top two, the void. Third & egrave; Heidi Weng, who arrives at the finish line 2 & rsquo; 03 & after Ø StBerG still get the podium number 35 winless career. Fourth & egrave; Charlotte Kalla, detached 2 & rsquo; 30, fifth, sixth and seventh the Finnish Anne Kyll & ouml; nen, Kerttu Niskanen and Krista P & auml; rm & auml; Koski, eighth and ninth the US Jessica Diggins and Sadie Bjornsen, completes the top ten stage and general classification Ragnhild Haga, who takes over from Norwegian Astrid Jacobsen as fourth.
The 28 year old has decided not to go after the illness suffered at the finish line of the 15 km of yesterday. His condition is of concern, but the line of prevention has had the best, see you at the World Cup in Nove Mesto likely if not already & agrave; Planica.
The home Italy Virginia De Martin Topranin keeps the sixteenth position he had at the start, his detachment & egrave; 4 & rsquo; & 21 from Ø StBerG. No & rsquo; other centers the points, with Ilaria Debertolis thirty-fifth, thirty-eighth and Debora Lucia Scardoni Agreiter forty-third.
5 KM TL CHASING FEMALE LENZERHEIDE & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. & Ø StBerG Ingvild Flugstad (NOR) 13: 02.3 2. Therese Johaug (NOR) +9.3 3. WENG Heidi (NOR) +2: 03.6 4. KALLA Charlotte (SWE) +2: 30.8 5. Kyll & Öland; NEN Anne (FIN) +2: 37.2
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The general classification of the Tour de Ski after three stages obviously reflects the & rsquo; order d & rsquo; arriving today, with the & rsquo; except that & Ø StBerG, Johaug and Weng have respectively 15, 10 and 5 seconds less thanks to the bonus earned on the finishing line.
Tomorrow first rest day, the Tour de Ski & Female catch his agrave; Tuesdays & Igrave; January 5 with the Sprint classic technique of Oberstdorf.
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