Cross Country Skiing - Tour de Ski
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L & rsquo; idea of ​​a stage race of the cross country officially took shape in & rsquo; winter 2006-07 with the first edition of the Tour de Ski. The formula, experimental but that roughly holds tutt & rsquo; now provides six stages between Germany and Italy (the third country involved, the Czech Republic, failed & Igrave; to set up the tracks because of little snow). We relive the first edition of the Tour de Ski with regard to the women, for the men's click here.
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Sprint TL Monaco. The first stage & egrave; Sprint free technique of Monaco of Bavaria. It should have been actually & agrave; the third, but the first two held in Nove Mesto are canceled for lack of snow. Among girls the first stage of the history of the Tour de Ski is won by the undisputed queen of the sport, Marit Bj ø rgen, holder of the World Cup and one of the favorites for the final victory with Virpi Kuitunen, dominating early in the season and sixth at this early stage. Second place went to a & rsquo; excellent Arianna Follis, girl who has not got the rewards that you Get off & agrave; in future; the podium & egrave; completed by Chandra Crawford, Olympic champion in charge of this format.
Double Pursuit Oberstdorf. The second stage & egrave; always in German territory, and & egrave; double tracking. Vince, and even with good margin, Kristin St ø rmer Steira, one of the specialists of this race format. Second & egrave; Valentina Shevchenko, Olga Savialova third. The big and they look close in the rear, so & Igrave; Steira also takes the lead of the Tour de Ski with 6/2 of Bj ø rgen, Aino Kaisa Saarinen of 12 and less than 20 the rest of the group, including Kuitunen, Marianna Longa and Arianna Follis.
10 km TC Oberstdorf. The third and final stage of the Tour de Ski 2007 German & egrave; a 10 km classic technique with interval start. Triumphs Petra Majdi & # 269 ;, who got his first career victory in a race away (at the end will be the third on 24 total). The Slovenian trim nearly 30 seconds to one & rsquo; excellent & ugrave Steira and little more; a Kuitunen who begins to work hard to catch up now & egrave; fourth at 26 seconds from the Norwegian, with Majdi & # 269; who moved up to second place ahead of Saarinen. Coming away Bj ø rgen, while blue is the best Marianna Longa detached of 52 seconds off the pace.
Sprint TL Asiago. The fourth stage & egrave; the first in Italy, and & egrave; again a Sprint skating. Kuitunen puts the turbo and went on to win in front of Bj ø rgen and Follis and, taking advantage of the failure to qualify for Steira, he takes command of the overall standings with 30 seconds ahead of Bj ø rgen; third & egrave; Majdi & # 269 ;, only seventeenth in a stage that was theoretically favorable. Longa Follis and remain close to the top ten but more detached from & ugrave; a minute.
TC 15 km Mass Start Cavalese. The penultimate stage & egrave; a 15 km alternating step with mass start. Kuitunen fears the Cermis and attacks from the first meter, carrying compatriot Saarinen, scraping together 45 seconds of bonus in the intermediate sprints and going on to win by 37 seconds over Saarinen, collapsed in the final, and most & ugrave; a minute of all the other led by Bj ø rgen, who completed the podium stage. Ranked Kuitunen has 1 & rsquo; 39 of Saarinen and pi & ugrave; two out of all the others. One crisis in & rsquo; the last stage can & ograve; prevent triumph.
Climbing the Cermis. The last ten kilometers of the Tour de Ski are the grueling climb to the Alpe Cermis, unusual race in the World Cup that puts a strain on the strength of the athletes. The advantage gained in the penultimate stage allows Kuitunen to climb in complete relaxation and, despite the thirty-first time stage, to win the first edition of the Tour de Ski with 1 & rsquo; 17 on Bj ø rgen and 1 & rsquo; 20 a & rsquo; excellent Valentina Shevchenko which, thanks to the third time climbing, retrieves until you have flown in the final podium. Only fourth Saarinen, not at ease on the vertiginous slopes of Cermis, while fifth & egrave; Katerina Neumannova, author of the best time and thus posted the stage victory. The best blue & egrave; Marianna Longa fifteenth immediately before Arianna Follis.
TOUR DE SKI FEMALE 2007 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 2: 20: 15.3 2. BJ & Ø RGEN Marit (NOR) +1: 17.5 3. Valentina Shevchenko (UKR) +1: 20.8 4. SAARINEN Aino Kaisa (FIN) +1: 21.8 5. Neumannova Katerina (CZE) +1: 23.8
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