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Continue the golden moment of Alex Harvey. Who won the team sprint Toblacher paired with Len Väljas, the Canadian has emerged for the first time this season in an individual race, the 15 km free technique of Ulricehamn. Beat Martin Johnsrud Sundby, who preceded on the podium Marcus Hellner.
Saturday 21 January 2017 5 minutes reading time
Harvey has set the fastest time in the very first of the three laps to 5km, and then gradually take off already in the second. His lead was never really challenged in the final, despite an extraordinary finale Sundby.
The points leader in the World Cup, perfectly in the race for the podium until two thirds of the race, it seemed to go back nell''ultima difficulty finding himself fifth at 2100 meters from the finish line, at the last intermediate, with 7/2 and half late from the podium and 16 from Harvey. Upon arrival, the passive from the leaders was reduced to just six seconds, for a place of honor is worth 80 points of enormous weight in the race for the Crystal Ball against Sergey Ustiugov, absent today.
As already happened in the women's field, the fight for the podium was much more heated than for success. To emerge after continuously disturbing ranking intermediate to intermediate, was Hellner, who gave the second podium of the day of the home crowd after that of Charlotte Kalla. Mocked for only 4/10 Dario Cologna, who in the middle phase of the test was the only one who seemed to be able to counter the dominance of Harvey.
Another second and a half behind, concluded the amazing Norwegian Daniel Stock, 24-year old who until now had set foot in the World Cup in only three editions of 50 km of Holmenkollen, never going beyond the 25th place. Immediately behind Stock, which the survey of 12.9 km was even second, he finished Andrew Musgrave, who was also in contention all the way to a place on the podium.
More detached everyone else, beginning with Daniel Rickardsson, according to the hosts. Eighth was Finn Haagen Krogh, fastest in the opening but declined with each passing kilometer. In the ten even Petr Sedov and the Japanese Keishin Yoshida, for the first time in the top ten in career.
Race to forget for the Blues, all out of the points. The best was Sebastiano Pellegrin, 32nd. A little further back Dietmar Nöckler, 34th. Giandomenico Salvadori was 43rd, while Francesco De Fabiani in black day has ended in 59th position.
In the overall standings of the World Cup Sundby it makes a significant extension on Ustiugov, bringing their lead to 257 lengths (1218 points against 961). Matti Heikkinen, the pits as the Russian, remains third at 741, but finds himself surrounded Harvey (694) and Hellner (648).
15 KM TL ULRICEHAMN MEN - FINAL
1. Alex Harvey (CAN) 32: 46.2
2. Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) +6.0
3. Marcus Hellner (SWE) +14.3
4. Dario Cologna (SUI) +14.7
5. Daniel STOCK (NOR) +16.2
6. Andrew MUSGRAVE (GBR) +18.7
7. Daniel Rickardsson (SWE) +25.0
8. Finn Haagen Krogh (NOR) +32.2
9. Petr SEDOV (RUS) +33.9
10. Keishin YOSHIDA (JPN) +34.2
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