Poltoranin insult Cologna in the 15 Km of Oberstdorf with De Fabiani third and Sundby in difficulty

Alexey Poltoranin clocks in the 15 km classic technique with mass start Oberstdorf mocking photo finish Dario Cologna. Third Francesco De Fabiani, while Martin Johnsrud Sundby is in trouble & agrave; and lost 50 seconds.

Wednesday 6 January 2016 5 minutes reading time

The race seems to reflect the usual script of the mass start men, with the compact group that proceeds until the final sprint. However the news today & egrave; that in this squad there & rsquo; & egrave; Martin Johnsrud Sundby: the ruler of the Tour de Ski is still in the queue and then gradually fall off the pace despite not particularly tight. Eventually the Norwegian finished twenty-third and lost 50 seconds from the best, remaining leaders but proving human and therefore attacked in the last three stages. Before the race is decided in the final sprint, with Alexey Poltoranin confirming the dazzling form of conditions shown in the Sprint yesterday mocking photo finish Dario Cologna. For the Kazakh & egrave; this victory No. 9 all-inclusive career, the number 5 in the Tour de Ski where & egrave; He succeeded in establishing itself in at least one stage in the last 4 consecutive editions. Cologna has to settle for the best result of the season, while the podium & egrave; complemented by a great Francesco De Fabiani. The Aosta Valley holds very well the rhythm of pi & ugrave; strong, presenting then cool enough in the final straight where can skip Niklas Dyrhaug and Didrik T Ã¸ nseth, winning his first podium of the season and second in career contests tier after victory in the 15km in alternating Lahti of & rsquo; last winter . Dyrhaug and T Ã¸ nseth finish fourth and fifth respectively in a race that does not see, therefore, Norwegians on the podium. The top ten also Alexander Legkov sixth, Matti Heikkinen seventh, eighth and Andreas Katz the best career result, Petter Northug Sergey Ustiugov ninth and tenth. The wonderful day for the colors blue & egrave; completed by the seventeenth place of Gianodmenico Salvadori, in turn, the best ever result in a race to the first level, and the nineteenth of Dietmar N & ouml; ckler; outside the points Mattia Pellegrin fortieth, Maicol Rastelli fifty-second and fifty-seventh Roland Clara. Did not start, as planned, Federico Pellegrino. 15 KM TC MASS START MEN OBERSTDORF & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. POLTORANIN Alexey (KAZ) 35: 35.9 2. Dario Cologna (SUI) +0.1 3. DE FABIANI Francesco (ITA) +0.6 4. DYRHAUG Niklas (NOR) +0.7 5. T & Ã˜ NSETH Didrik (NOR) + 1.3 Click here for the complete ranking The crisis of Sundby potr & agrave; be more & ugrave; useful to give confidence to the opponents not to re-open as of now the Tour de Ski. The Norwegian fact, despite the 40 seconds lost against Petter Northug, remains the leader with more & ugrave; 50 seconds against the compatriot, third & egrave; Ustiugov trailing by about 1 & rsquo; 20, fourth salt Poltoranin, fifth & egrave; T Ã¸ nseth while Francesco De Fabiani should enter the top ten. We'll see if the rest day servir & agrave; Sundby to recharge the batteries or should we expect a final tour of incandescent and uncertain. Click here for the general classification of the Tour de Ski after 5 of 8 stages Tomorrow the second and last rest day, the Tour de Ski Men ripartir & agrave; Friday & Igrave; with the 10 km free technique starting at intervals of Dobbiaco. & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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