History of the Tour de Ski Men Edition 2011

The fifth installment on the history of the Tour de Ski regarding the male 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 prologue skating Oberhof is won by Marcus Hellner, the first success in a stage of the Tour de Ski, and one of the three big favorites to win the competition along with the usual Dario Cologna and Petter Northug. The Norwegian one is from an early season full of ailments, therefore appears to have less chance & agrave; of its rivals. Ci & ograve; despite close third in the prologue behind even the sprinter Russian Alexey Petukhov, great to defend itself over a distance a bit & rsquo; pi & ugrave; life than those in & egrave; a specialist. Very well Loris Frasnelli, that after the sixth of & rsquo; last year finishing fifth ahead of Cologna. 15 KM TC CHASE OBERHOF The gaps are tight to the prologue we witness, as is often the case, to a sort of starting online. The group proceeds compact up to a few hundred meters from the finish line when attacking Cologna, who carries Devon Kershaw and Alexander Legkov; l & rsquo; Swiss won in front of Canadian and Russian, gaining some precious seconds over rivals pi & ugrave; accredited. Fair trial Blues, with the & rsquo; eternal eleventh Giorgio Di Centa, Valerio Checchi sixteenth and twentieth Roland Clara, all three in the large group. 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. Emil J & ouml; nsson & egrave; the king of this cuisine to agrave; and he won easily in front of a Devon Kershaw in great shape. Third Cologna who maintains the lead in the standings with only 3 seconds ahead of the Canadian. Losing ground Hellner (eighth stage and fifth in the standings) and Northug (only fifteenth stage and seventh in the standings). With the twenty-second place Loris Frasnelli becomes the best blue overall. DOUBLE TRACKING OBERSTDORF Back double tracking in the program of the Tour de Ski. The race & egrave; bustling from intermediate sprints they see the favorites racking to earn bonus seconds, but when they get to the final sprint have pi & ugrave; energies. Matti Heikkinen took advantage, that after a race relaxing attacks in the final meters and took home a prestigious victory. According to the & rsquo; stainless Cologna, third the surprising Czech Martin Jak & scaron ;. The Swiss leads his lead to 45 seconds on Kershaw, putting a serious threat to the final victory, also because & eacute; Hellner and Northug are separated by more than a minute. SPRINT TL DOBBIACO The fifth stage & egrave; the second sprint, this time in skating, as well as & eacute; the first in Italy. Devon Kershaw was in great shape, it was understood, but he could win a sprint free technique if you would have imagined a few. Yet, thanks to the illness that forced the withdrawal J & ouml; nsson and Petukhov, the Canadian wins before the three tenors Cologna, Hellner and Northug, strengthening its second position in the overall standings. Holds well Frasnelli, seventeenth stage and thirteenth in the standings, just ahead of best Italian Di Centa and Clara. CORTINA-DOBBIACO Back l & rsquo; meeting with the 35 km between Cortina and Dobbiaco with the guys that start according to postings accumulated up to that point. Cologna is generous and maintains an abundant advantage of over a minute on Hellner and Northug, exceeding a Kershaw satisfied by what has been achieved in the first five stages. Extraordinary comeback from behind Roland Clara, that with the fastest time of the race goes back to the net & rsquo; eleventh place just 7 seconds Northug. For the & rsquo; Tyrolean open the doors of a final podium impronosticabile the eve of the Tour de Ski. 20 KM TC MASS START VAL DI FIEMME The penultimate stage & egrave; the 20 km classic in alternating Val di Fiemme. Northug is unleashed, scraping together the beauty of 1:30 in rebate in the intermediate sprints and going to win the stage in front of a Cologna that does not give a moment (one minute rebate for him thanks to sprints) and & Outdoors; now no longer & ugrave ; Kershaw surprising. The Norwegian & egrave; now second overall at 1:18 from Cologne; Marcus Hellner collapses losing nearly two minutes from his rivals, giving goodbye to hopes of podium. It holds up very well instead Roland Clara, sixth and ninth stage in the overall standings to 3 minutes from Cologne, but only 17 seconds behind the third place of Martin Jak & scaron ;. CLIMB TO CERMIS Cologna has a safety margin on Northug, why salt with extreme caution by cutting the finish line first with & ldquo; only & rdquo; 30 second advantage. For the Swiss arrive cos & Igrave; the second final success in the Tour de Ski. Northug conveniently reached second, while third place goes back an incredible Luka & scaron; Bauer, who even though he never pointed out in the previous stages, the Cermis becomes: will & agrave; clearly his best time of the race and took third place at the Tour after the two triumphs of 2008 and 2010. Fourth & ndash; and third stage & ndash; the surprising Swiss Curdin Perl, while fifth & egrave; Roland Clara, which is the second fastest time on the Cermis, getting the best result in his career. Benin also Giorgio Di Centa, thirteenth, and Thomas Moriggl, but with the eighteenth & rsquo; eighth time climbing. TOUR DE SKI MALE 2011 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. Dario Cologna (SUI) 4: 28: 02.0 2. Petter Northug (NOR) +27.3 3. BAUER Luka & scaron; (CZE) +1: 44.1 4. Curdin Perl (SUI) +1: 58.2 5. CLARA Roland (ITA) +2: 06.5 Click here for the complete ranking & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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