History of the Tour de Ski Female Edition 2012

The sixth edition of the Tour de Ski & egrave; what you disput & ograve; between 29 December 2011 and l & rsquo; 8 January 2012. Let us relive what happened in the women.

Saturday 26 December 2015 10 minutes reading time

PROLOGUE TL OBERHOF It promises to be a heads up tight between the domination of the sport. Justyna Kowalczyk won the last two editions in which instead Marit Bj Ã¸ rgen preferred to give up, focusing successfully on the main event. The prologue of Oberhof makes sense now that there will be difficult & agrave; space for other: Kowalczyk wins with a second margin on Bj Ã¸ rgen, the rest of the group, led by Sweden's Hanna Brodin, & egrave; gi & agrave; behind by over 10 seconds. Home Italy, after withdrawals of Follis, Longa and Genuin, there & rsquo; & egrave; no ambition, and the best of stage & egrave; Elisa Brocard twenty. 10 KM TC CHASE OBERHOF Contrary to expectations, Kowalczyk and Bj Ã¸ rgen not make empty, indeed, they are reabsorbed from the rest of the group led by Aino Kaisa Saarinen particularly perky. In the final & egrave; for & ograve; Therese Johaug attacking putting the strings Bj Ã¸ rgen, losing a few seconds from rivals. Sprint Kowalczyk Johaug beats, keeping the red bib with 5 second margin on the young Norwegian and 17 of Bj Ã¸ rgen, also third at the finish line of the stage in front of Saarinen. SPRINT TC OBERSTDORF Change location, changing the format but do not change the stars. In the sprint in Oberstdorf alternate Kowalczyk achieved with a superiority & agrave; embarrassing the third consecutive win, stretching in the overall standings. Second, it is in the stage in the standings, & egrave; Marit Bj Ã¸ rgen, third instead revived Astrid Jacobsen. He loses contact as forecast Therese Johaug, however good to qualify and to get 13 bonus seconds thanks to the eighteenth position. SKIATHLON OBERSTDORF The first stage of 2012 & egrave; the Skiathlon Oberstdorf. Kowalczyk does everything to increase their lead, mainly in the classical technique, but Bj Ã¸ rgen and Johaug hold its queues until & rsquo; last descent. Here the pi & ugrave; great distance runner of all time uses unusual materials to gain a few meters decisive win in a sprint finish its first stage in the Tour de Ski 2012. Kowalczyk & egrave; second, but considering the bonus seconds gleaned along the way still increases his lead in the overall standings. Now commands with 30 seconds on Bj Ã¸ rgen and a minute on Johaug, also third stage; the rest of the group & egrave; well over 2 minutes late. 3 KM TL DOBBIACO After the first rest day we depart from & rsquo; Italy: Dobbiaco hosts a 3 km free technique in which renews the duel between the two extraordinary champions who will play the final success. How to check the Oberstdorf Marit Bj Ã¸ rgen, beating 4 seconds Justyna Kowalczyk and returns to 17 of detachment in the overall standings. Another podium for the newfound Astrid Jacobsen, while Therese Johaug lost another 30 seconds, probably irreparable. The final podium & egrave; still firmly in his hands. SPRINT TL DOBBIACO After three consecutive victories Kowalczyk, arriving three consecutive wins for Bj Ã¸ rgen. The Norwegian is also needed in the sprint freestyle Dobbiaco, taking advantage of rebates and returns at 4 seconds behind Kowalczyk in the overall standings. Polish closes the third stage, also beaten by Kikkan Randall, while Therese Johaug, despite the second consecutive qualifying format in less congenial to her, paying over 2:30 by two champions who will play the Tour de Ski. TRACKING DOBBIACO The 15 Km follower Dobbiaco gives the fourth consecutive victory and the breastplate of leading Marit Bj Ã¸ rgen. The Norwegian returns quickly on Kowalczyk, still increases the margin over the rest of the world and won the final sprint. It does not happen more, because & eacute; Johaug & egrave; increasingly & ugrave; third but increasingly & ugrave; far from the first two, a bit & rsquo; pi & ugrave; interesting the fight for fourth place that sees a group formed by Krista LÃ¤hteenmÃ¤ki, Kikkan Randall, Marthe Kristoffersen and Charlotte Kalla enclosed within 10 seconds. 10 KM TC MASS START VAL DI FIEMME In 10 km in the alternating of the Val di Fiemme changes again l & rsquo; inertia of the Tour de Ski. Justyna Kowalczyk can detach Marit Bj Ã¸ rgen and stock up on bonuses: at the start of & rsquo; last stop is presenter & agrave; with twenty-second lead over rival, the square d & rsquo; honor even at the finish line of Lake Tesero. The podium of stage & egrave; complemented by Charlotte Kalla is rewriting technique to her less congenial result that saves a Tour de Ski very disappointing for her that he had won in 2008. CLIMB TO CERMIS The climb to the Alpe Cermis gives Justyna Kowalczyk in the third consecutive Tour de Ski. Marit Bj Ã¸ rgen fact, while managing to get back on the tails of the Polish in the initial flat section, proves to be less suitable for a hard climb as the Cermis, losing in the final and remaining dry in what & egrave; l & rsquo; only competition of a certain weight that still lacks in the prize list. Therese Johaug completed the podium by winning the final for the third time l & rsquo; last stop in front of the two champions that precede it in the general classification. Among the rest of the world marks the fourth Krista LÃ¤hteenmÃ¤ki, good to pull a Charlotte Kalla in clear difficulty & agrave; (Sar & agrave; seventh at the end) and to resist the return of Marthe Kristoffersen, fifth, and Katrin Zeller, sixth. For the & rsquo; the best Italian at the finish line of the Cermis & egrave; Virginia De Martin Topranin, seventeenth in over 12 minutes of separation from Kowalczyk. TOUR DE SKI FEMALE 2012 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. KOWALCZYK Justyna (POL) 2: 52: 45.0 2. BJ & Ã˜ RGEN Marit (NOR) +28.2 3. Therese Johaug (NOR) +3: 57.8 4. LÃ¤hteenmÃ¤ki Krista (FIN) +6: 48.6 5. KRISTOFFERSEN Marthe (NOR) +6: 55.1 Click here for the complete ranking & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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