Fourth stage of the Tour de Ski: 15 km classic technique Mass S
Jacopo Barbieri
The fourth stage of the Tour de Ski in Swiss land in Lenzerheide in the canton of Grisons, has revolutionized general, as expected, with Legkov and Manificat in big trouble.
Wednesday 1 January 2014 3 minutes reading time
Victoria, as forecast, the Kazakh Alexey Poltoranin that preceded the sprint Dotzler German, Russian Volzhentsev the first podium of his career in multistage events.
The race, after more than ten kilometers of control has experienced the decisive moment around the twelfth kilometer with great attack and the duo Poltoranin Volzhentsev achieved in the second round by Bing and Dotzler. '' The action of the four has in fact put in big trouble is that Legkov Manificat thus leaving precious seconds on the plate in the final general optics.
Sundby, after spending a lot of energy in the intermediate sprints, he concluded, however, the evidence in the first positions (14th to 10 ") and the conquest of pectoral leader of the Tour de Ski with 32 seconds on the Swedish Halfarsson and Calle 35'' on the former leader Alex Harvey. Fourth Petter Northug who pays the head a little less than 40 seconds, the sixth winner of the day at 53 and more than a munuto Russian Legkov, pre-race favorite but not in great condition, in seventh place. Behind Manificat on Friday , will raise its voice in skating.
The race included inside the distribution of precious seconds d'' rebate. The first intermediate sprint on the sixth mile, was won by Martin Johnsrud Sundby that preceded the Russian tandem composed by Alexander Legkov and Ilia Chernousov. Same winner for the second intermediate sprint, to 9.6 km, with Sundby that preceded teammates Didrik Tønseth and Petter Northug. Fourth Legkov that has left more seconds Sundby.
Tomorrow day off and transfer to Val Pusteria where the tour will live certainly one of the key moments in Cortina-Dobbiaco free technique can completely revolutionize the existing hierarchies.
Here are the overall standings after 4 of 7 stages:
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