Cross Country Skiing - Tour de Ski
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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 to the men.
Sunday 27 December 2015 9 minutes reading time
PROLOGUE TL OBERHOF Despite the short distance (4 km), the prologue of Oberhof put endured in those who will play the final success. It imposes Petter Northug, able to trim 6/2 Marcus Hellner and 7 Alexander Legkov, result, also considered the allowances, enable & agrave; leaving in & rsquo; pursuit of the next day with more & ugrave; 20 seconds ahead of the group led by Dario Cologna, fourth, and which also includes David Hofer, Giorgio Di Centa and Roland Clara.
15 KM TC CHASE OBERHOF Despite a margin that would allow him to go on the run, Petter Northug gets reabsorbed by the group, from which, also due to a fall that breaks it, run away in seven. In the sprint check Maxim Vylegzhanin, burning photo finish Alexander Legkov giving Russia a splendid double. Northug completed the podium, Dario Cologna, Alex Harvey, Ilia Chernousov Matti Heikkinen and the lot of those who, after only two stages, appear the only ones able to fight for the final classification. Best blue Dietmar N & ouml; ckler, very good at recovering from the thirty-sixth to twelfth place.
SPRINT TL M & uuml; NSTAIR L & rsquo; only Sprint Tour de Ski 2013 & egrave; that which took place in skating in Val Monastero. Vince surprise Finn H & aring; January Krogh, a guy who turned out to be two seasons before the Finals in Falun, but by then he had more & ugrave; nailed a race. Behind him square Federico Pellegrino, showing the & rsquo; Italian on the podium in a stage of the Tour de Ski in almost two years in the second place of Roland Clara on Cermis. Third place went to the Canadian Len Väljas, while in the overall standings Maxim Vylegzhanin remains the leader, but Dario Cologna, fourth in the sprint held on home snow, shows only 2 seconds behind. Northug & egrave; third at nine seconds, lose a bit & rsquo; Legkov of land and Harvey, respectively 27 and 28 seconds off the pace.
The DOBBIACO-CORTINA Cortina-Dobbiaco narrows to four the number of contenders for the Tour de Ski. Petter Northug and particularly Alexander Legkov, in fact, they report on Maxim Vylegzhanin and Dario Cologna, digging a gap of more than a minute and a half irrecoverable for others. The stage win goes to Northug, who resists attacks Legkov and beat him in the sprint, completed the podium Cologna. Back blues: Giorgio Di Centa, it recovers valuable time, but remains in twenty-second position with a gap that can not & ograve; allow it to get any better than a top-ten finish.
5 KM TC DOBBIACO In 5 km classic technique of Dobbiaco you review Alexey Poltoranin. The Kazakh, great protagonist of the early season, but the author of a Tour de Ski anonymous until now, won thanks to a powerful ending that allows him to gain his first win of the season. Behind him are placed Petter Northug and Dario Cologna, who earn precious seconds on Alexander Legkov, fifth, and Maxim Vylegzhanin, tenth, thanks to the bonus. Norway remains the leader with 15 seconds on the Swiss and about 30 on the two Russians.
15 KM TC MASS START VAL DI FIEMME The traditional penultimate stage of the Tour de Ski, a 15 km with mass start classic technique, gives Alexey Poltoranin the back-to-back: the Kazakh exploits the big fight of the intermediate sprints for get cool on the final straight and burn Canadians Len Väljas and Alex Harvey, second and third respectively in front of a Giorgio Di Centa extremely perky and ready to tell her the Cermis. But the surprise pi & ugrave; you are in big crisis Petter Northug: the overall leader is on the ropes since the fifth kilometer, when it attacks Luka & scaron; Bauer, failing pi & ugrave; to trace and ending twenty-eighth at 30 seconds Poltoranin. The red bib passes cos & Igrave; on the shoulders of Dario Cologna: l & rsquo; Swiss uses a 15-second penalty for misconduct in the sprint imposed on Alexander Legkov to start in front of everyone & rsquo; last stage. Legkov Vylegzhanin and are still in the trail and you will play with the Swiss the three positions on the podium of the Tour de Ski 2013. The same Northug & egrave; still in the race, but given its chronic difficulties & agrave; on Cermis, it seems unlikely his paw.
CLIMB TO CERMIS The top four in the overall standings is bunched, and the Tour de Ski is decided when the slopes of the Cermis make prohibitive. The check Alexander Legkov, who argues his skills as a climber to pull the rivals and appear solo at the finish line: & egrave; the first victory for Russia & ndash; including women & ndash; Tour de Ski. Second place went to Dario Cologna, who must cos & Igrave; give up poker, Maxim Vylegzhanin third, fourth as expected a Petter Northug not yet ready to compete in a race like that. The stage is instead won by Marcus Hellner, who thanks to the fastest time back up to fifth; second & egrave; Ivan Babikov, good test of the blues with Roland Clara third, Thomas Moriggl fifth and sixth Giorgio Di Centa, a result that allows the carnico to get the better of us and to finish in the top-ten (eighth) the overall standings.
TOUR DE SKI MALE 2013 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. Legkov Alexander (RUS) 3: 29: 28.6 2. Dario Cologna (SUI) +18.7 3. Vylegzhanin Maxim (RUS) +40.7 4. Petter Northug (NOR) +1: 07.7 5. Marcus Hellner (SWE) +1: 12.4
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