A Dario Cologna in great shape easily wins the prologue of the Tour de Ski

The three-time winner of the Tour de Ski conquest victory in the first stage of Oberstdorf very convincingly, ahead podium Calle Halfvarsson and Petter Northug.

Saturday 3 January 2015 4 minutes reading time

The Swiss show a marked improvement in their physical condition andandosi to impose margin in the prologue in free technique of Oberstdorf, before a convincing Calle Halfvarsson and Petter Northug that confirms competitive on short and very short distances. Fourth & egrave; Ilia Chernousov arrived, the first important result in this season so far stingy of satisfaction for him, while fifth Marcus Hellner, he revived after a poor start to the season. Two other Russians in the top 10 with sixth Belov and surprise Larkov seventh, went strong in the first half of the race. Eighth Swiss Jonas Baumann, Maurice Manificat ninth and tenth only the leader of the World Cup Martin Johnsrud Sundby, author of a very slow start. Two Italians came in the points, although not in high office: they are twenty-second and twenty-third respectively David Hofer and Roland Clara. Far all others: forty-sixth Giorgio Di Centa, Dietmar Noeckler fiftieth, fifty-fifth Federico Pellegrino, fifty-sixth and fifty-ninth Fabiani Francesco De Mattia Pellegrin. In the overall standings of the World Cup stretches Sundby taking advantage of & rsquo; Krogh absence of the Tour de Ski rising to 557 points against the 505 of his compatriot. Recover slightly Halfvarsson and Northug respectively to 421 and 321 points, while Dario Cologna with today's victory moves into fifth place at 269 points. Tomorrow l & rsquo; tracking of 15 km classic technique, in which the gaps seen quite small, in all likelihood promises & agrave; l & rsquo; final sprint of a small group of athletes. Cologna partir & agrave; 10 seconds ahead of Halfvarsson, 15 of Northug and 22 seconds on Chernousov, Sundby with 27 seconds away. Italian pinned hopes of tomorrow in comebacks of Francesco De Fabiani and Mattia Pellegrin, which will start at 51 and 53 seconds off the pace, as well as at least in the estate of the placement today by Roland Clara. 4.4 KM TL MALE DAVOS & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. Dario Cologna (SUI) 9: 54.2 2. HALFVARSSON Calle (SWE) +5.0 3. Petter Northug Jr. (NOR) +5.5 4. Chernousov Ilia (RUS) +7.0 5. Marcus Hellner (SWE) +8.2 Click here for the complete ranking