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The World Cup Cross Country Skiing 2014-15 take & agrave; start on Saturday from Ruka; the district will host not Kuusamo & agrave; However, the traditional Nordic Opening but a sprint and a 15 km, both classical technique. Here we will discuss the men's races, for those women click here
Thursday 27 November 2014 5 minutes reading time
& Egrave; Since 2002, the resort & agrave; Finnish & egrave; entry in the calendar of cross country skiing, with fixed position between the & rsquo; s last weekend of November and December 1st; thirty-one races total played eight and nineteen sprint distance, fifteen of the World Cup, twelve-step and four editions of the Nordic Opening, won by Alexander Legkov (2010), Petter Northug (2011 and 2012) and Martin Johnsrud Sundby (2013).
The race to open his & agrave; World Cup 2014-15 will & agrave; a sprint classic. All eight sprint organized in Ruka and valid for the crystal ball have been played in alternating step, with Ola Vigen Hattestad, Olympic gold in Sochi in this specialty & agrave ;, only capable of playing twice (2008 and 2009). Successes with Norwegian Jens Arne Svartedal (2006), Johan & Kj ø lstad (2007) and Eirik Brandsdal (2013) and Teodor Peterson and Nikita Kriukov were imposed in 2011 and in 2012.
The 15 km classic technique instead Ruka is back after five years. The formula of the Nordic Opening in fact has prevented the steps to dispute with this format, as always this race instead of the World Cup in previous seasons. Interesting to note that in eight editions there have been eight different winners: the lion is always for the Norway with four wins (Anders Aukland in 2003, Eldar R & ø nning in 2006, Martin Johnsrud Sundby in 2008 and Petter Northug in 2009), followed from Germany with two (Axel Teichmann in 2004 and Tobias Angerer in 2005); Russia (Vassili Rotchev in 2002) and Czech Republic (Lukas Bauer in 2007) round out the nations able to win on the tracks near Kuusamo in the 15 km classic technique.
In general, the & rsquo; man capable of getting more & ugrave; success in Ruka & egrave; Petter Northug, who imposed twice in the final of the Nordic Opening (2011 and 2012), once in a 15 km classic technique (2009) and one in a 10 km free technique valid as the stage of & rsquo; s event multistage beginning of the season ( 2011) for a total of four successes. Behind the Norwegian find Lukas Bauer, who has three wins overall on the ground in Finland. L & rsquo; s list of plurivittoriosi includes two to share Ola Vigen Hattestad, Alexander Legkov, Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Axel Teichmann.
They do not change the hierarchy with respect to the ranking of the podium: Petter Northug commands at an altitude of eight top-three total, followed by Alexander Legkov at level six, Lukas Bauer and Axel Teichmann. Two podiums instead by Italian Giorgio Di Centa finished third in the 15 km freestyle in 2004, while Roland Clara was only beaten by Northug in the second stage of the Nordic Opening in 2011, a 10 km free technique.
This is the official program of the two days the male Ruka:
Saturday, November 29 10:00 am Italian (11:00 local time): Sprint Qualification in Classical Technique
Saturday, November 29th 12:00 Italian (13:00 local time): Batteries, Semifinals and Final Sprint Classical Technique
Sunday, November 30th 12:00 Italian (13:00 local time): 15 km Classical Technique
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