History of the Tour de Ski Female Edition 2010

New installment on the history of the Tour de Ski. Relive the & rsquo; 2010 edition of the girls, which took place between New Year's Day and January 10 in the three countries that have made the history of this race.

Thursday 24 December 2015 9 minutes reading time

PROLOGUE TL OBERHOF C & rsquo; & egrave; a favorite d & rsquo; and & egrave obligation; Justyna Kowalczyk. The Polish never enchanted at the Tour de Ski, but holds the World Cup and above all as the only rival Marit Bj Ã¸ rgen, that often the stands before, but who choose not to participate in order to concentrate on the upcoming Olympic Games in Vancouver. Justyna started well by closing third in the prologue behind Petra Majdi & # 263; and Natalia Korosteleva, with Arianna Follis good fourth. Noteworthy is the fifth in the biathlete Miriam G & ouml; ssner, which nevertheless ritirer & agrave; immediately he is unable to compete in classic technique. 10 KM TC CHASE OBERHOF The formidable Kowalczyk begins now to make selection. In & rsquo; tracking Oberhof holds Aino Kaisa Saarinen head only, which closes at 3 seconds behind; a third & rsquo; excellent Kristin Steira preceding a Virpi Kuitunen & ugrave no more; the levels of previous years, but still insidious. Follis relegated to fifth place separated by 26 seconds, Marianna Longa & egrave; seventh to 34. SPRINT TC OBERHOF The third stage is held still at Oberhof and & egrave; the first sprint in alternate in the history of the Tour de Ski. The ruler of this type of races & egrave; Petra Majdi & # 263 ;, which is still the most & ugrave; strong winning ahead of Kowalczyk and Saarinen in. Fourth Follis, who defends himself very well in the technique to her less congenial cos & Igrave; as Steira, not & egrave; n & eacute; sprinter n & eacute; specialist alternating step, but which is a close fifth. In the overall standings Kowalczyk and Saarinen take off: the others are already & agrave; to pi & ugrave; of 30 seconds. TL SPRINT PRAGUE you go to Prague for the fourth stage, a & rsquo; this time other sprint free technique. Arianna Follis & egrave; undefeated for two years in this format in the Tour de Ski, but can not repeat coming fourth; The victory goes to Russian Natalia Korosteleva before the specialist Norwegian Celine Brun-Li and Slovakian Alena Prochazkova. The disappointing nineteenth place of Kowalczyk throws Saarinen, fifth in Prague, in the top of the overall standings of the Tour de Ski with 25 seconds advantage on the Polish and 30 of Majdi & # 263 ;. Follis & egrave; and fourth in the running for the podium. 15 KM TL TRACKING DOBBIACO Stage unpublished the 15 km free technique for tracking of Dobbiaco, in which girls start with the gaps accumulated in the four previous stages. Arianna Follis makes a masterpiece, recording the fastest time net stage, recovering all 31 seconds behind the leader and that he had cut the finish line first ahead of Dobbiaco Majdi & # 263; and to Kowalczyk. Obviously l & rsquo; d & rsquo order; arrival & egrave; also the general classification of the Tour de Ski, and for the & rsquo; blue starts very well, even if the remaining three stages are not really suited to its characteristics. Well Marianna Longa, fifth although separated by two minutes, and Magda Genuin, eleventh. 5 KM TC DOBBIACO The sixth stage takes place always in Dobbiaco and & egrave; a 5 km classic technique with interval start. Kowalczyk wins with 12 seconds on Saarinen and 15 of Majdi & # 263; and he is shooting the head of the overall standings. Follis is defended as pu & ograve ;, closing sixth in less than 30 seconds from the Polish but slipped to third place disconnected 23 seconds; the podium is still a concrete target for the Aosta Valley. 10 KM TC MASS START VAL DI FIEMME The penultimate stage & egrave; l & rsquo; now familiar 10 km classic technique with mass start in Val di Fiemme. & Egrave; a strange stage, with that big damn themselves the & rsquo; blood in the intermediate sprints and at the finish arrive exhausted. Only Petra Majdi & # 263; It preserves the energy to win the stage at the photo finish on carneade Kazakh Elena Kolomina and our Marianna Longa. The Slovenian, thanks to 45/2 total rebate, finds himself in the lead in the Tour de Ski with a margin of 30 seconds on Kowalczyk and 56 of Follis. However for her stand on the Cermis it seems a & rsquo; enterprise prohibitive as not suitable, in the presence of rivals pi & ugrave; accredited to climb cos & Igrave; hard. CLIMB TO CERMIS Majdi & # 263; It confirms in great difficulty & agrave; on the slopes of Cermis, cos & Igrave; Justyna Kowalczyk & nbsp; He can detach it and take it in the most & ugrave; hard. The Polish arrives at the finish line 24 seconds ahead of Slovenia, partying cos & Igrave; his first success in the Tour de Ski to the crowns as one of the most racers & ugrave; Complete ever. In third place resists Arianna Follis, for the second time on the podium of the Tour de Ski; Fourth & egrave; Saarinen, fifth Kristin Steira, who recorded the fastest time of ascent before Riitta-Liisa Roponen and Evgenia Medvedeva; discreet l & rsquo; eighth place finish of Marianna Longa. TOUR DE SKI FEMALE 2010 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. KOWALCZYK Justyna (POL) 2: 37: 49.5 2. Majdi & # 262; Petra (SLO) +24.2 3. Arianna Follis (ITA) +1: 17.2 4. SAARINEN Aino Kaisa (FIN) +1: 39.7 5. Kristin Steira St Ã¸ rmer (NOR) +2: 08.1 Click here for the complete ranking & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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