History of the Tour de Ski Female Edition 2013

The Tour de Ski 2013 & egrave; It consists of seven stages and takes place between 29 December 2012 and 6 January 2013. We revisit here what happened in the women.

Sunday 27 December 2015 9 minutes reading time

PROLOGUE TL OBERHOF The dominator of the first part of the season, Marit Bj Ã¸ rgen, does not appear to Oberhof. This time not so much to prepare for the main event, the World Championship in Val di Fiemme from which still come out & agrave; triumphant, but due to a & rsquo; cardiac arrhythmia which forces them to a period of forced rest. The woman to beat is therefore Justyna Kowalczyk, who started well and finished in third place in the prologue beaten by Kikkan Randall, the first and only career victory in a race distance, and Charlotte Kalla. 10 KM TC CHASE OBERHOF Justyna Kowalczyk does not mind tactics, and in & rsquo; tracking Oberhof, after quickly sewed up the gap to Randall, he takes it and goes away by itself, triumphing over 40 seconds on Therese Johaug, only credible rival of Polish optical ultimate success. The podium of the stage, which coincides with the partial ranking, & egrave; prerogative of Anne Kyll & ouml; nen, which regulates the group ahead of Denise Herrmann, despite being good at defending a sprint specialist, and Kristin Steira. SPRINT TL M & uuml; NSTAIR L & rsquo; only Sprint Tour de Ski 2013 & egrave; that which took place in skating in Val Monastero. Not register any surprise: Kikkan Randall & egrave; the pi & ugrave; strong in the world in this format and in this technique, and with ease & agrave; disarming is imposed in all rounds, getting the second win in three stages. Second place went to Ingvild Flugstad & Ã˜ StBerG, the first podium of his career, third for Heidi Weng, while Justyna Kowalczyk, not more & ugrave; competitive as it used to in the skating step, however comes seventh, gleaning valuable bonus seconds in the presence of Therese Johaug, however, in turn, good at close to tenth place. TRACKING DOBBIACO The 15 Km follower Dobbiaco reopen the Tour de Ski. As mentioned, not Kowalczyk & egrave; pi & ugrave; dominant freestyle as the years passed, therefore, while cutting the finish line first stage, you see several seconds from the most gnawing & ugrave; immediate pursuers. A trio of Charlotte Kalla, Therese Johaug and Kristin Steira, who are ranked in this order, & egrave; in fact trailing by just 18 seconds from the Polish when missing three stages including the climb to Alpe Cermis decidedly favorable to their characteristics. Not yet cut off even Kyll & ouml; nen, Randall, Herrmann and Jacobsen, who come together at 45 seconds behind Kowalczyk. 3 KM TC DOBBIACO The breathing down the neck of the enemy forces Justyna Kowalczyk in force, and in a particularly favorable to her leg as 3 kilometers alternated Dobbiaco, detachments returning important: the Polish triumphs trimming the beauty of 15/2 & ndash; a & rsquo; & agrave enormity; considered the distance & ndash; Krista Lahteenamki and 16 Astrid Jacobsen. Therese Johaug and Charlotte Kalla close respectively sixth and ninth, losing, net of rebates, pi & ugrave; 40 seconds that they slide in more & ugrave; a minute off the pace. 10 KM TC MASS START VAL DI FIEMME Another stop in alternating and another show of Justyna Kowalczyk: 10 Km to the pursuit of the Val di Fiemme, the leader of the Tour de Ski attacks from the first meter, going to win all the intermediate sprints and gaining another minute on direct opponents. Therese Johaug, fourth at the finish, it is located now at 2:08 of detachment, and despite his ability & agrave; in climbing the Cermis, it seems unlikely to undermine the success of the final Kowalczyk. For the record on the podium stage rise Kristin Steira, now third in the standings, and Krista Lahteenmaki, while Charlotte Kalla surrenders completely abandoned any velleit & agrave; of the final podium. CLIMB TO CERMIS As expected Justyna Kowalczyk can & ograve; afford to stroll along the climb to Alpe Cermis: l & rsquo; large advantage gained in the previous stages allows it not to take any risks and to win for the fourth consecutive time the final victory in the Tour de Ski. Therese Johaug proves once more & ugrave; particularly to like the ripidit & agrave; Cermis, clocking the fastest time for the fourth time in his career, coming less than 30 seconds behind Kowalczyk and getting his third consecutive podium in the pi & ugrave; major stage race of the cross country skiing. Disperse the other: Kristin Steira podium but detached 2:39, Krista LÃ¤hteenmÃ¤ki & egrave; Astrid Jacobsen fourth and fifth, both with more than 3 minutes. As for the riders on each stage, from the back Elizabeth Stephen recorded the second time, rising for the first time on the podium of his career, while third & egrave; Heidi Weng, a result that allows it to climb to sixth place in the final standings. The pi & ugrave; will have noticed that there & egrave; He never has been cited a & rsquo; Italian in this report: the 2013 Tour de Ski & egrave; It was probably the worst ever for our girls, with only Debora Agreiter, author of Cermis and twenty-ninth time on the finish line, able to get a placing in the top 15 in & rsquo; span all seven stages. TOUR DE SKI FEMALE 2013 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. KOWALCZYK Justyna (POL) 2: 52: 45.0 2. Therese Johaug (NOR) +27.9 3. Kristin Steira St Ã¸ rmer (NOR) +2: 39.5 4. LÃ¤hteenmÃ¤ki Krista (FIN) +3: 04.7 5. Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) +3: 13.5 Click here for the complete ranking & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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