Cross Country Skiing - Tour de Ski
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We conclude the review of the nine editions of the Tour de Ski with that of last year. Here will come & agrave; treated the female sector.
Tuesday 29 December 2015 9 minutes reading time
PROLOGUE TL OBERSTDORF At palmares of Marit Bj ø rgen missing only the Tour de Ski competition between the top level. The pi & ugrave; great distance runner ever thus appears to Oberstdorf to win and l & rsquo; & egrave beginning; nothing short of amazing: it requires trimming in the prologue in just 3 Km 10/2 to Heidi Weng and 12 Ragnhild Haga. Among the rivals of Bj ø rgen fourth & egrave; Therese Johaug while Justyna Kowalczyk, who, however, results in hand does not seem pi & ugrave; able to compete for the ultimate success of the Tour de Ski & egrave; tenth to 20 seconds.
10 KM TC CHASE OBERSTDORF L & rsquo; pursuit of the next day allows Marit Bj ø rgen of driving a wedge almost decisive. The Norwegian fact increased by one meter intervals his advantage, presenting himself to the finish line by 56 seconds over Heidi Weng and Therese Johaug, cuffs, in turn, the rest of the group. Fourth a talented Stina Nilsson, never at this level in a race distance, fifth & egrave; Nicole Fessel and sixth Justyna Kowalczyk, who already pay & agrave; 1:39 by Bj ø rgen.
SPRINT TL M & uuml; NSTAIR Val Monastery staged l & rsquo; only Sprint's 2015 Tour de Ski, which took place in freestyle. Marit Bj ø rgen does not give anything to anyone, and win with ridiculous ease & agrave; the third consecutive stage, bringing his lead in the overall standings of Heidi Weng, the square d & rsquo; honor, in turn, for the third consecutive time, at 1:11. Completing the podium stage Ingvild Flugstad & Ø StBerG, while Therese Johaug defends how can ograve ;, & finishing fourteenth and remained third in the standings, but with a gap down & agrave; more than two minutes. Reviewing a & rsquo; blue among the top ten: Gaia Vuerich arrives until the semifinals, where it is eliminated by getting an eighth place finish that will & agrave; the best result of an Italian cross-country skier of the season.
5 KM TC DOBBIACO The 5 km classic technique Dobbiaco & egrave; a race that passer & agrave; history. The fourth victory in four Marit Bj ø rgen & egrave; also the 108th of his career, a number that gives the car the freestylers Conny Kissling at the top of most athletes & ugrave; Winning races in top-level sport in the snow. For Norway & egrave; a & rsquo; the other triplet, with Therese Johaug Heidi Weng second and third: the two are on the overall podium positions reversed with a gap that does not seem to allow them to be able to undermine Bj ø rgen. It ranked fifth in the stage and Justyna Kowalczyk, who after struggling with Bj ø rgen until & rsquo; last kilometer, gives a crash, losing the podium stage.
15 KM TL TRACKING DOBBIACO Despite the & rsquo; wide margin accumulated, Marit Bj ø rgen not feel secure enough, or perhaps & egrave; simply another planet. Cos & Igrave; in & rsquo; tracking Dobbiaco comes the fifth consecutive victory (its also the best time net, proving of & rsquo; & agrave embarrassing superiority;) and his lead over Heidi Weng comes close to selling two minutes. Always third Therese Johaug, which pays 2:51, & more ugrave; interesting the fight for fourth place which involves Emma Wik & eacute; n, Ragnhild Haga, Justyna Kowalczyk, Anna Haag and Nicole Fessel; their detachment from the summit & egrave; However in & rsquo; order of the four and a half minutes.
10 KM TC MASS START VAL DI FIEMME The penultimate stage of the 2015 Tour de Ski & egrave; a 10 km classic technique with mass start. News & egrave; the defeat of Marit Bj ø rgen, who is beaten in the sprint by Therese Johaug and sees cos & Igrave; stop at 5 the number of consecutive wins. & Egrave; again triplet norge with third place of the usual Heidi Weng, and the & rsquo; only point of interest to follow the climb to Alpe Cermis will & agrave; just the fight for second place in the final standings. Bj ø rgen fact partir & agrave; with 2:11 and 2:50 on Johaug of Weng; the fourth in the standings, Ragnhild Haga, pays even 6:47.
CLIMB TO CERMIS Marit Bj ø rgen never liked the slopes of Cermis, but the colossal advantage gained the move up with tranquility & agrave ;, going to fill that gap in the CV that was the Tour de Ski. Therese Johaug instead manages to get the better of Heidi Weng and win the second place as well as & eacute; the best time to stop & ndash; obtained for the sixth time in his career & ndash; with a minute of Weng and little more & ugrave; on Bj ø rgen. The domain Norwegian & egrave; completed by Ragnhild Haga, who resists comeback Elizabeth Stephen to close in fourth place with US fifth. Seven more stages & ugrave; the final eight hat-tricks for the vassals of King Harald, never had been a domain of this magnitude in the Tour de Ski. In Italy the best home & egrave; Ilaria Debertolis, who crosses the finish line of the Alpe Cermis for the nineteenth, Virginia De Martin Topranin & egrave; twenty-third and thirty-third Francesca Baudin.
TOUR DE SKI FEMALE 2015 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. BJ & Ø RGEN Marit (NOR) 2: 34: 44.6 2. Therese Johaug (NOR) +1: 39.2 3. WENG Heidi (NOR) +1: 59.5 4. Ragnhild Haga (NOR) +7: 32.2 5 . STEPHEN Elizabeth (USA) +7: 41.8
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