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Federico Pellegrino wins for the second consecutive Sprint free technique in Davos, even going at the top of specialty & agrave; of Sprint. On the podium with him Baptiste Gros and Sondre Fossli Turvoll.
Sunday 13 December 2015 4 minutes reading time
Last week in the relay in Lillehammer Pellegrino had proved to be in great shape, keeping out the phenomena in a Norwegian village & ndash; the first & ndash; not just to suit his needs. Today, in his race, he confirms to be one of the pi & ugrave sprinter; the world's strongest, winning smoothly battery and semifinals and going to triumph thanks to an extraordinary action in the final.
Sondre Fossli Turvoll fact exploits the fall of Sergey Ustiugov to take a few meters ahead of the rest of the finalists; Pellegrino not d & agrave; to win, pushing to the maximum on & rsquo; last climb, so much to get back on the tails of Norway, and on the final straight puts the arrow and surpasses it, conquering thus win number three in the World Cup and four all-inclusive career.
Fossli & egrave; also beaten by Frenchman Baptiste Gros, and according to the best result of his career, but gets his first podium in a sprint skating. The lot of the finalists & egrave; completed by Martti Jylh & auml ;, quarter, H & aring; vard Sol & aring; s Taugb ø the sixth, and by Sergey Ustiugov, best time in qualifying and probably number one favorite, but as already & agrave; mentioned & egrave; forced to give up their ambitions to the ground ending in mid & agrave; the final. The Russian still managed to recover and overcome Taugb ø the closing fifth.
Nothing changes in the overall World Cup: the first five Eve not take points and Finn H & aring; January Krogh not profit, remaining victim of a fall in the battery and closing the twenty-first place. Sundby & Igrave remains so; leading with 566 points against 339 for Northug and 281 of Dyrhaug. In the ranking of specialty & agrave; of Sprint, however, Pilgrim rides high with 132 points against the 110 of Fossli and 96 of Gros.
MALE SPRINT TL DAVOS & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. PELLEGRINO Federico (ITA) 2 GROS Baptiste (FRA) 3. Sondre Fossli Turvoll (NOR) 4. JYLH & AUML; Martti (FIN) 5. USTIUGOV Sergey (RUS) 6. TAUGB & Ø L H & aring; vard Sol & aring; s (NOR)
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It & egrave; cos & Igrave; It ended two days of Davos. The next round, the last of 2015, will & agrave; to Dobbiaco: Saturday and Sunday will be held a Sprint skating and a 15 km classic technique.
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