History of the Tour de Ski Female Edition 2011

The fifth installment on the history of the Tour de Ski regarding the female sector. We revisit the & rsquo; edition of 2011, consists of eight stages disputatesi between Germany and Italy.

Friday 25 December 2015 9 minutes reading time

PROLOGUE TL OBERHOF The favorite & egrave; always Justyna Kowalczyk, because & eacute; Also for this edition dominatrix Marit Bj Ã¸ rgen decides not to participate, preservandosi for the World Cup in Oslo. The Polish part of the best, winning the prologue ahead of Charlotte Kalla, again at the start with ambitions of victory, and Astrid Jacobsen. Bad Italian: the best & egrave; Magda Genuin eleventh, Arianna Follis & egrave; only seventeenth and Marianna Longa even twenty-fourth. The gaps are still very low and relatively positions count. 10 KM TC CHASE OBERHOF Kowalczyk does not mind tactics, going solo and reaching the finish line 30 seconds ahead of the peloton. Behind him, the cards are mixed, with the young Finn Krista LÃ¤hteenmÃ¤ki second, which won its first podium of his career; third Marianna Longa, immediately returned in the positions that count cos & Igrave; as Arianna Follis, but eighth in 7/2 from LÃ¤hteenmÃ¤ki. The victory seems already & agrave; assigned me the rest of the podium & egrave; wide open to any solution. SPRINT TC OBERSTDORF It remains in Germany, but you go to Oberstdorf for the first sprint of the Tour de Ski, raced in classic technique. Petra Majdi & # 263; & Egrave; still the queen of this specialty & agrave ;, and confirms the underdogs going to win ahead of Justyna Kowalczyk and Astrid Jacobsen. This step launches the Slovenian second detached for & ograve; 45 seconds from Polish; third & egrave; Aino Kaisa Saarinen, who already pay & agrave; pi & ugrave; a minute. Longa & egrave; fourth, eighth Follis, both have big ambitions but still. DOUBLE TRACKING OBERSTDORF Back double tracking in the program of the Tour de Ski. As often happens in the races with mass start are witnessing a battle exaggerated for intermediate sprints; Kowalczyk takes home 30 seconds of bonus, but in the final & egrave; forced to give green light to the opponent more & ugrave; fresh. Anna Haag won cos & Igrave; his first career race, Charlotte Kalla comes second and falls strongly in the fight, even if the gap 1:20 little hope of success to the winner of the Tour de Ski in 2008, and Marthe Kristoffersen is celebrating the first podium in a Tour stage de Ski. The Italians are in the top positions, with Longa Follis third and sixth. SPRINT TL DOBBIACO The fifth stage & egrave; the second sprint, this time in skating, as well as & eacute; the first in Italy. Petra Majdi & # 263; ruin the party blue, mocking photo finish Arianna Follis, who ended second, and Magda Genuin, excellent third and his first podium finish in a stage of the Tour de Ski. Male Kowalczyk, only twenty-second, which nevertheless continues to lead with 40 seconds margin of Majdi & # 263; and more & ugrave; a minute of Kalla. The Italian will continue climbing: Follis & egrave; fourth in the wake Kalla, Longa fifth a few seconds off the podium. TRACKING TL DOBBIACO Back l & rsquo; meeting with the 15 km pursuit of Toblach, the girls that start according to postings accumulated up to that point. And the Tour de Ski, surprisingly, is reopened. Kowalczyk s & Igrave; a great advantage, but it must run alone and without reference points. From behind instead it formed a formidable train consists Follis, Longa and Kalla: the three jump Majdi & # 263; and arrive in Dobbiaco just 20 seconds behind Kowalczyk, with two blue that they score the first (Longa) and third (Follis) race time. The fight for the podium & egrave; therefore wide open. 20 KM TC MASS START VAL DI FIEMME The penultimate stage & egrave; the classic 10km alternately in Val di Fiemme. Kowalczyk, fearing the return stroke Follis, Longa and Kalla, decides to force wins all intermediate sprints, gaining 45 seconds bonus, and crosses the finish line with 6/2 Therese Johaug, only to stand up to her, and more & ugrave; a minute on all the other, with Marianna Longa third. In the overall standings the Polish boasts more & ugrave; 2 minutes ahead of Longa and 2:30 on Follis, who will play the podium with Majdi & # 263 ;, which however seems to cut out given the lack of affinity & agrave; with the Cermis, and Johaug, which has instead in & rsquo; last stop its strength. Crolla instead Kalla, now sixth in the standings to nearly 4 minutes. CLIMBING AT & CERMIS Kowalczyk can ograve; afford to walk on the Cermis and went on to win his second consecutive Tour de Ski, launching also to the third crystal ball. Behind him is unleashed Therese Johaug: the young Norwegian seems to be going downhill instead of uphill, it takes all those that went before, and won second place finish detached from 1:20 Kowalczyk. The time of climbing & egrave; monstrous Johaug trim a minute to compatriot Marthe Elden, in turn author of an excellent time, and more & ugrave; two in all the other led by Marthe Kristoffersen, third stage. Marianna Longa defends the podium, getting the first top-three final at the Tour de Ski. L & rsquo; good test of Italian & egrave; completed by the fourth place of Arianna Follis: two blue in the first four probably not see more & ugrave; for a very long time. TOUR DE SKI FEMALE 2011 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. KOWALCZYK Justyna (POL) 2: 47: 31.0 2. Therese Johaug (NOR) +1: 21.5 3. Marianna Longa (ITA) +2: 40.7 4. Arianna Follis (ITA) +3: 19.9 5. KALLA Charlotte (SWE) +4: 27.7 Click here for the complete ranking & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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