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The Norwegian satisfied with the performance obtained today and l & rsquo; another second place in the Tour de Ski, sar & agrave; present to the races of the World Cup stage in Rybinsk.
Sunday 11 January 2015 3 minutes reading time
Northug you & egrave; followed the race tactics decided before departure: & ldquo; I was sure that behind me were going fast today, and the plan was to accumulate more & ugrave; possible advantage in the flat section. Instead of & egrave; try to keep the pace of Martin (Sundby, author's note), I tried to go at my own pace. When Belov was only 10 seconds behind me I was afraid of losing the second place, and the & Igrave; I gave it all & rdquo ;.
Now the next target of short-term sar & agrave; & Ldquo; & rdquo revenge; in Russia after he returned without medals from the last Olympics in Sochi. Sar & agrave; In fact the match races in Rybinsk, where potr & agrave; training for the skiathlon, it points race at the World Falun. Northug presence in Russia also confirmed by the head coach Vidar L & oslash; fshus.
The Norwegian sure you have given the best of s & egrave ;, obtaining the fourth second place in the Tour de Ski in career: & ldquo; Today I would not be able to go more & ugrave; strong, I thought a lot in recent days about how to give my best with my body at this track and I think I found the right compromise & rdquo ;.
Now for Northug few days resting at home in Tr & oslash; ndelag, then the stage of the World Cup of Rybinsk in Russia, the national championships in R & oslash; ros and a few days of altitude training & Outdoors; Seiser Alm before World Falun which will start soon pi & ugrave; of a month.
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