Pellegrino wins in Dobbiaco and equals Cristian Zorzi!

Historic day for Federico Pellegrino and l & rsquo; Italy. Sprint in free technique Toblacher fact the Aosta Valley, repeating the success in Davos and becomes the Italian sprinter pi & ugrave; winning always tied with Cristian Zorzi.

Saturday 19 December 2015 5 minutes reading time

Despite a path different from that of Davos loved, Pilgrim proved the most & ugrave; strong sprinter of the moment, at least in freestyle, winning with ease a complicated battery and better manage energy in the semifinals. In the final the American Simeon Hamilton tries to surprise everyone, but Pellegrino holds no worries its queues, burning him in a sprint without history. Than today & egrave; win number 5 all inclusive for Pellegrino, number in its own way as the historian can reach Cristian Zorzi atop the standings of the Italian sprinter pi & ugrave; Winning ever. Gi & agrave; Lenzerheide New Year's Day will have the Aosta Valley & agrave; the possibilities & agrave; to take the lead solo of this ranking and get closer and more & ugrave; Peter Piller, who & egrave; the absolute leader with 7 hits. Historic race for another country. Behind the gi & agrave; quoted Simeon Hamilton, who comes second getting personal best result in the World Cup, he had won a stage in the Tour de Ski two years ago, stands in fact Andrew Young: never before today a British had managed to get on the podium in a class race in cross country skiing. Complete the batch of finalists Swiss Jovian Hediger, fourth and in turn the best finish of his career, and two Norwegians, big losers of the day, Finn H & aring; Krogh January fifth and sixth Sondre Fossli Turvoll. It was the 15 Km of Lahti last March, won ever by an Italian, Francesco De Fabiani, that Norway was not forced to remain gi & ugrave; from the podium of a race of cross-country men. In the overall standings of the World Cup it seems increasingly Martin Johnsrud Sundby & ugrave; unassailable. The Norwegian arrive until the semifinals for the first time in a Sprint World Cup, taking home 22 points and morally likely to cut the legs to the opponents. Sundby & egrave; now leader with 588 points against the 375 of Petter Northug, now seventh, and 281 Niklas Dyrhaug. In the ranking of specialty & agrave; instead Pellegrino takes off: l & rsquo; blue & egrave; increasingly & ugrave; red bib with 232 points, Fossli pursues him 150 while the third remains Baptiste Gros, who qualified even today, with 96. Sar & agrave; difficult, but the opportunity & agrave; that the cup Sprint can go out for the first time in history not from Scandinavia & egrave; cos & Igrave; remote. MALE SPRINT TL DOBBIACO & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. PELLEGRINO Federico (ITA) 2. Simeon HAMILTON (USA) 3. YOUNG Andrew (GBR) 4. HEDIGER Jovian (SUI) 5. KROGH Finn H & aring; January (NOR) 6. Sondre Fossli Turvoll (NOR) Click here for the complete ranking Tomorrow the weekend will end Dobbiaco & agrave; with a 15 km classic technique with interval start. Sar & agrave; this l & rsquo; last race of the World Cup Cross Country Skiing Men of 2015, is ripartir & agrave; then with the Tour de Ski New Year's Day. & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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