Only Ustiugov beat Francesco De Fabiani in the 15km skating Falun!

An extraordinary Francesco De Fabiani centers the best result of his career in a race freestyle finishing second behind Sergey Ustiugov in the 15km mass start skating with the practitioners.

Sunday 14 February 2016 5 minutes reading time

With Martin Johnsrud Sundby that & ndash; His words & ndash; he still felt fatigued from 50 Km of Oslo, the mass start today follows a different script than the last played. No one takes the responsibility & agrave; force and try to skim the group, which remains cos & igrave; Compact until the last two kilometers. Here takes the situation in hand Sergey Ustiugov, whose acceleration reaches a platoon in which he also showcases Francesco De Fabiani, never cos & igrave; brilliant free technique. The final straight Ustiugov occurs in the head with a margin of safety that has allowed it to win the victory number two of his career, the first in a distance race. Behind him De Fabiani, appearing fifth all & rsquo; last turn, becomes the protagonist of an extraordinary sprint allowing him to move up to second place. Would have been enough a few tens of meters in pi & ugrave; and even Ustiugov would have to bow to his comeback. For the 22 year old Gressoney & egrave; however, the second podium of the season and the best result ever in a race in free technique. Third place went to the usual Sundby, much less brilliant than the latest releases, but still adept at back on in the closing bars and conquer the & rsquo; yet another podium of the season. They arrive in the group that plays the success in the sprint also Niklas Dyrhaug fourth, Finn H & aring; Krogh January fifth, sixth Maxim Vylegzhanin, Alexander Legkov seventh, eighth Emil Iversen, Matti Heikkinen ninth and tenth Petter Northug. Are missing out on points other Italian Giandomenico Salvadori ends thirty, thirty-sixth Roland Clara, Sergio Rigoni sixty and seventy-Paul Fanton. Nothing changes in the overall standings of the World Cup, with Sundby first to point 1817 points against 1074 Krogh and 1031 Northug. The dominator of the season could mathematically close the game gi & agrave; Lahti, making it unnecessary for the fight for the crystal ball the Ski Tours Canada. 15 KM TL MASS START MEN FALUN & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. USTIUGOV Sergey (RUS) 31: 42.5 2. DE FABIANI Francesco (ITA) +0.3 3. Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) +0.4 4. DYRHAUG Niklas (NOR) +0.9 5. KROGH Finn H & aring; January & nbsp; (NOR) +1.0 Click here for the rankings completa The next stage of the Fund is disputer & agrave Ski World Cup; Lahti next weekend. Sprint is planning a free technique and one Skiathlon. & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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