Cross Country Skiing - Tour de Ski
L & rsquo; eighth edition of the Tour de Ski takes place between 28 December 2013 and 5 January 2014. Retrace the seven stages of the men's field.
Monday 28 December 2015 9 minutes reading time
PROLOGUE TL OBERHOF With Dario Cologna absent through injury, Petter Northug overdue condition causes virus, and defending champion Alexander Legkov that punter & agrave; all about the Sochi Olympics, the Tour de Ski Men's 2014 promises to be uncertain. The prologue in Oberhof & egrave; historic in its own way: we are seeing that today & egrave; l & rsquo; only two goals in a Canadian class race, with Alex Harvey who wins ahead of Devon Kershaw. Third place went to Chris Jespersen, the revelation of the first half of the season, while Northug as expected does not go beyond a modest twenty-fifth place. Italian adrift: the best & egrave; David Hofer forty-eighth.
SPRINT TL OBERHOF The scarcity & agrave; snow forced organizers to replace the & rsquo; chase alternating with a Sprint skating. Calle takes advantage Halfvarsson, winning what is now & egrave; l & rsquo; only race of his career. L & rsquo; Italy bounced back thanks to Federico Pellegrino, who finished second by getting the first podium of the season. Third & egrave; Martin Johnsrud Sundby, leader of the World Cup qualifier but never even in a sprint career, demonstrating how this format & Outdoors; interior of the Tour de Ski lends itself to the results are nothing short of amazing. In the overall standings Alex Harvey, out in the semifinals, remains leader before Halfvarsson and Kershaw.
SPRINT TL LENZERHEIDE we move to Switzerland for what was l & rsquo; only Sprint originally scheduled & Outdoors; interior of the Tour de Ski. Still it surprises: it imposes a burden Simeon Hamilton, the first (and only) career success. The US precedes Alex Harvey, who strengthens his lead in the overall standings, and Martin Johnsrud Sundby, the second consecutive podium in what, outside of events multistage, & egrave; the format to him less suitable. Another good race Federico Pellegrino, which however must be content to remain at the foot of the podium arriving fourth. In the overall standings behind Harvey there are Halfvarsson, sixth in Lenzerheide, trailing by 22 seconds, and Sundby to 27. It dates Petter Northug, the seventh stage and now fourth in the overall standings.
15 KM TC MASS START LENZERHEIDE New Year's Day in Lenzerheide takes place a 15 km classic technique with mass start. As usual, the candidates for the final victory of the Tour de Ski will squeeze for rebates places the intermediate sprints and sprint are beaten by those who do not have ambitions. Vince cos & Igrave; Alexey Poltoranin, that he sees himself at the head of a race after an early season bad enough; second place and first podium for the German Hannes Dotzler, third for Russian Stanislav Volzhentsev. In the overall standings, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, with 30 bonus seconds gleaned along the way, goes over both Calle Halfvarsson Alex Harvey, taking the red bib with a margin of 31 seconds over the Swede and the 35 Canadian.
CORTINA-DOBBIACO L & rsquo; traditional appointment with the Cortina-Dobbiaco allows Martin Johnsrud Sundby to close or almost the Tour de Ski. The Norwegian fact, the party with the most & ugrave; 30-second margin over his pursuers, increased by one meter intervals their lead, arriving at the finish line with more & ugrave; a minute Petter Northug, who won the sprint for second place with seven, and Alex Harvey. In the group that will play & agrave; the final podium are also Calle Halfvarsson fourth, Alexander Legkov fifth, Johannes D & uuml; rr sixth, seventh and Chris Jespersen Ilia Chernousov eighth.
10 KM TC VAL DI FIEMME The penultimate stage of the Tour de Ski in 2014 & egrave; a 10 km classic technique. & Egrave; a triumph Norwegian wins Petter Northug, a clear recovery although this will be & agrave; his only win of the season; behind him are placed the usual Martin Johnsrud Sundby, who partir & agrave; the climb to Alpe Cermis 48 seconds ahead of compatriot and Chris Jespersen, dating back to the third place in the overall standings, bench & eacute; trailing by 1:26. The feast of the subjects of King Harald & egrave; completed by the fourth Sjur R ø tea, while the optical yield in the final podium is Calle Halfvarsson Alexander Legkov.
CLIMB TO CERMIS L & rsquo; wide margin accumulated in the previous stages, allowing Martin Johnsrud Sundby to walk on the Cermis and win his first Tour de Ski. After seven editions without acute, Norway monopolizes the podium, just as happened in the women. Behind Sundby are placed in fact Chris Jespersen, who had the best time of the stage, and Petter Northug, with many thanks to Johannes D & uuml; rr that, on the field and the third winner of the final will come & agrave; then excluded after testing positive in a doping control. On the podium stage we also find Sjur R ø tea and Ivan Babikov, while in the overall standings, in addition to the top three, the Norwegians also occupy the fourth place with R ø tea and the sixth with Tord Asle Gjerdalen, with only Alexander Legkov capable to fit in fifth place. For the & rsquo; the best Italian & egrave; l & rsquo; eternal Giorgio Di Centa, seventeenth and author of a good sixth time climbing. Numbers in hand, beyond the & agrave; Podium Pellegrino in Oberhof & egrave; This is the worst year's Tour de Ski for our kids.
TOUR DE SKI MALE 2014 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) 3: 05: 52.2 2. JESPERSEN Chris (NOR) +36.0 3. Petter Northug (NOR) +1: 49.5 4. R & Ø THE Sjur (NOR) +1: 55.7 5. Legkov Alexander (RUS) +1: 55.7
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