Third career win for Sprint Pl Golberg in Lillehammer

The Norwegian P & aring; l Golberg wins the sprint free technique Lillehammer before Alexey Petukhov and Finn H & aring; January Krogh.

Friday 5 December 2014 4 minutes reading time

Golberg evidently is wonder in Lillehammer as the & rsquo; last year on these snows had won in a 15 km classic technique first career victory. Than today & egrave; his third ever, the first-level stages of multistage events, a result that confirms what the Norwegian cross-country skier is becoming a complete able to excel in both sprint races in that distance in both techniques. Golberg beats at the end of a long sprint Russian Alexey Petukhov, the fifteenth career podium and only non-Norwegian & ndash; including women & ndash; able to get on the podium today. Third place for Finn H & aring; January Krogh, who aimed to break the bank on attacking & rsquo; last climb, but you have to give up on the final straight to his rivals. Fourth place for the surprise of the day, Juho Mikkonen, the best career result which shows how the Finns are growing after the & rsquo; Niskanen and exploits Jauhoj & auml; rvi in â€‹â€‹Ruka. Beaten in the final Alex Harvey, fifth and best of those who theoretically will be played the final of this event multistage, and l & rsquo; another Norwegian Emil Iversen, in turn the best ever races in the first level. Among the candidates to win the race multistage, Petter Northug is downgraded in the semifinals when it still would not be able to reach all & rsquo; final act. Eliminated in battery instead Maxim Vylegzhanin and Martin Johnsrud Sundby. In the overall standings of the World Cup Eirik Brandsdal, ninth today, takes the leadership solitary result absolutely still provisional, as the Norwegian & egrave; a specialist of sprint. L & rsquo; only Italian able to overcome the obstacle of qualifications, David Hofer, sadly closes in sixth and last place its battery coming cos & Igrave; classified in twenty-ninth position. SPRINT TL MALE LILLEHAMMER & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. GOLBERG P & aring; l (NOR) 2. Alexey Petukhov (RUS) 3. KROGH Finn H & aring; gen (NOR) 4. Juho Mikkonen (FIN) 5. Alex Harvey (CAN) 6. IVERSEN Emil (NOR) Click here for the complete ranking & Nbsp;

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