History of the Tour de Ski Men Edition 2008

Continuing our review on the history of the Tour de Ski. In this episode we revisit the & rsquo; masculine edition of 2008, eight stages disputatesi between the Czech Republic (Prague and Nove Mesto) and l & rsquo; Italy (Asiago and Val di Fiemme). Germany returns the & ldquo; & rdquo favor; s & rsquo; previous year to the Czech Republic, by failing to organize the stages in Oberstdorf for lack of snow.

Tuesday 22 December 2015 10 minutes reading time

PROLOGUE NOVE MESTO is introduced to the so-called Tour de Ski Prologue, a 3.3 km classic technique (sar & agrave; free in subsequent editions) help to establish the & rsquo; starting order of & rsquo; pursuit of the next day. The gaps in fact it is assumed that they are tight to transforming the next test in a sort of mass start. The protagonists of the first half of the season are Luka & scaron; Bauer and Axel Teichmann, starting with the underdogs. The two prove to be the most & ugrave; strong coming first and second in the prologue, with the serious possibility & agrave; to run in & rsquo; tracking and transform the Tour de Ski after only two stages in a fight with two. Completed the podium of this first stage the Norwegian Odd-Bj Ã¸ rn Hjelmeset. 15 KM TL TRACKING NOVE MESTO not go as expected. It forms a couple ready to give themselves regular changes and to kill the competition. Bauer fact proves two categories pi & ugrave; Fort Teichmann doing vacuum alone, while the German group is sucked from finishing even thirty. The Czech instead will cut & agrave; the finish line with 47 seconds on the peloton led by Marcus Hellner, recording the second fastest time of the race net only beaten by Frenchman Emmanuel Jonnier, who however had paid nearly a minute in the prologue; the podium stage & ndash; & Outdoors; era saw themselves as net times in this format & ndash; & Egrave; complemented by Valerio Checchi is rewriting. SPRINT TL PRAGUE The third stage & egrave; yet in the Czech Republic and & egrave; The first of two Sprint skating. Bauer & egrave; a specialist in this type of race, and in fact does not qualify, reopening the Tour de Ski. Vince a bit & rsquo; to surprise the Russian Nikolay Morilov, & Outdoors; era not yet a big the sprint, preceding Simen & Ã˜ Stensen, that after the third place in the first edition confirms man from Tour de Ski, taking the lead in the overall standings with 12 seconds Bauer. Third place, both of which stop in the standings, Tor Arne Hetland. 15 KM TL TRACKING NOVE MESTO The tour returns to Nove Mesto, replacing a Oberstdorf free of snow, for a chase on the basis of the gaps accumulated in the first three stages. Playing at home is good for Luka & scaron; Bauer, who after a few kilometers and takes off Simen & Ã˜ Stensen. Behind it forms a train pulled by Pietro Piller and Valerio Checchi gnawing seconds of seconds to Czech. On the finish line, which effectively & egrave; also the general classification of the Tour, Bauer precedes compatriot Martin Koukal of 3/2, third & egrave; Piller, Checchi fourth, fifth and sixth Gjerdalen Di Centa. The first six are enclosed in less than 10 seconds for a Tour de Ski wide open also for Italians, who celebrate a splendid double in the classification stage: Piller fact recorded the fastest time of the day in front of Checchi and Jonnier. 15 TC NOVE MESTO L & rsquo; last stop in Nove Mesto & egrave; a 15 km classic technique with interval start, or the favorite race of Bauer, that nasty, dominating with a superiority & agrave; embarrassing second & egrave; Jens Arne Svartedal trailing by 30 seconds, third Nikolay Pankratov, the best in the standings over the sink and a half minutes of detachment that comes with Bauer cos & Igrave; the dreaded sprint Asiago with an advantage of 2:07 and 2:32 on Gjerdalen of Piller. The tour seems finally finished. SPRINT The Sprint TL ASIAGO Asiago see Bauer again in trouble & agrave ;, but the advantage gained allows him to sleep soundly despite the failure to qualify. He won his first stage in the Tour de Ski Petter Northug, dating back to fifth place overall, second & egrave; Kazakh Nikolay Chebotko third Tor Arne Hetland. The blues, especially the less used to this format, go beyond all expectations: Piller & egrave; fifth behind Christian Zorzi and before Gjerdalen, and Ranked remains firmly in third place off anyway 1:45 off the pace, but the podium of the Tour seems within his grasp. Well Di Centa, eleventh and seventh in the overall standings, in turn, in the fight for a place among the top three. 20 KM TC MASS START VAL DI FIEMME The penultimate stage & egrave; a 20 km classic technique with mass start. Bauer is not satisfied with advantage gi & agrave; accumulated, and at each intermediate sprint that gives bonus seconds humiliates competition, gaining another 45 seconds. In the final & ograve; leaving the stage victory to his opponents, cos & Igrave; to celebrate & egrave; Odd-Bj Ã¸ rn Hjelmeseth, photo finish beating compatriot Jens Arne Svartedal and reviving Franz G & ouml; ring. Ranked Bauer comes to climbing the Cermis with a 1:50 and 2:23 on Gjerdalen of Piller. CLIMB TO CERMIS The advantage gained allows Luka & scaron; Bauer to take the climb to Alpe Cermis very calm and serenity & agrave ;, also because & eacute; behind Gjerdalen and Piller are in crisis. Czech goes well & Igrave; to win in coach his first Tour de Ski, clocking, despite the relative tranquility & agrave ;, the seventh time in climbing. To do the fastest time & egrave; Rene Sommerfeldt, who recovers positions positions going to take second place in the Tour after a & rsquo; incredible sprint with Giorgio Di Centa: the Olympic champion of 50 km thanks to the fourth fastest time of the day is to win a prestigious podium, joined in seventh place final Piller and fifteenth of Checchi, gives & Outdoors; Italy what & egrave; still the best year ever in the Tour de Ski Men. For the record, on the podium of the second stage go up Christian Hoffmann and Martin Bai & # 269; i & # 269; ak third; both were leaving in the wave, resulting therefore not dangerous for top of the overall standings. TOUR DE SKI MALE 2008 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. BAUER Luka & scaron; (CZE) 3: 38: 07.4 2. Rene Sommerfeldt (GER) +2: 47.3 3. DI CENTA Giorgio (ITA) +2: 47.6 4. Gjerdalen Tord Asle (NOR) +2: 53.9 5. Tor Arne Hetland (NOR ) +3: 04.0 Click here for the complete ranking & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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