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Four races, four wins for Sergey Ustiugov in the Tour de Ski. The winning streak of the Russian 24-year, unprecedented in the event, it was not even arrested in the 15 km pursuit TL in Oberstdorf, on paper at favorable to restock Martin Johnsrud Sundby.
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On the contrary, the Norwegian party with a half a minute behind the leader and able to screw it in slightly more than half (16.5 seconds) to two thirds of the race, fell in the penultimate lap by 2 km and a half, and then yield sharply in 'last. At the finish line, the gap between the ruler of the Tour and the favorite of Eve stopped at 37.2 seconds, enlarged by a further five bonuses up for grabs.
The race is mainly lived on a remote head to head between the two suitors, forced to take the entire test in solitary. Behind them, Dario Cologna, fourth at the start, is back on Alex Harvey during the second round. The two have teamed up to finish line, and the numerical superiority allowed them to limit the deficit to just under one minute and 10 ''. Upon arrival, the Canadian anticipated from Switzerland, taking his first podium of the season.
Further back, star performer of the day was Matti Heikkinen, who started from 12th place, printing the best time of day has reached more than seven athletes. The delay of 1 'and 45 seconds leaves him still in contention for the lowest rung of the podium.
Down one position, however, Marcus Hellner, slipped to sixth place, now is a minute and 47 '' from Ustiugov. Swedish preceded by a narrow margin Didrik Tønseth, outdistancing the last hundred meters Simen Hegstad Krüger and Maurice Manificat, stable in eighth and ninth place respectively.
An abyss of over a minute separating the French by Andrew Musgrave, tenth at the finish line and consequently in the Tour standings. After a day of suffering, which has seen its delay Ustiugov grow by more than a minute, the Briton saved for breath the top 10 from the comeback of a band regulated by Hans Christer Holund.
The group has made long-hand, before yielding slightly in the final, Francesco De Fabiani, the best of the Italian again. The Val d'Aosta, 15th, has improved by one position the starting placement, undergoing overtaking Holund but bypassing Thomas Bing and Emil Iversen, collapsed from sixth to 31st place. Tor Arne Hetland told the Norwegian media not yet know the causes of the crisis.
Among the other blue, only to mark points was Giandomenico Salvadori, 28th. Giorgio Di Centa finished 41st, 44th Maicol Rastelli.
The ranking of the best modern times, valid for the allocation of FIS points, see, behind Heikkinen, the Norwegian duo Tønseth and Krüger. Follow Manificat, Cologna, Harvey, Ustiugov, Hellner, Andrey Larkov - Party with wave 3 minutes and 15 '' behind the leader - and Sundby.
The ranking of the Tour de Ski is the order of today's arrival, with the adjustment of 15 '' rebate to Ustiugov, 10 '' in Sundby and 5 '' in Harvey.
Optic crystal ball, Sundby continues to command wide, with 728 points against the 455 of Finn Haagen Krogh, still second. Ustiugov and Heikkinen, third and fourth with 450 and 432, however, are preparing to step over the second Norwegian. Fifth remains Emil Iversen (391), pursued now by Harvey (382).
15 KM TL TRACKING A MALE OBERSTDORF - FINAL
1. Sergey USTIUGOV (RUS) 37: 58.5
2. Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) +37.2
3. Alex Harvey (CAN) +1: 8.8
4. Dario Cologna (SUI) +1: 09.6
5. Matti Heikkinen (FIN) +1: 45.0
6. Marcus Hellner (SWE) +1: 47.6
7. Didrik Tønseth (NOR) +1: 47.6
8. Simen Hegstad KRÃœGER (NOR) +1: 52.4
9. Maurice Manificat (FRA) +1: 54.1
10. Andrew MUSGRAVE (GBR) +3: 15.5
RANKING TOUR DE SKI MEN
1. USTIUGOV Sergey (RUS) 1: 52: 18.1
2. Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) +42.2
3. Alex Harvey (CAN) +1: 18.8
4. Dario Cologna (SUI) +1: 24.6
5. Matti Heikkinen (FIN) +2: 00.0
6. Marcus Hellner (SWE) +2: 02.6
7. Didrik Tønseth (NOR) +2: 02.6
8. Simen Hegstad KRÃœGER (NOR) +2: 07.4
9. Maurice Manificat (FRA) +2: 09.1
10. Andrew MUSGRAVE (GBR) +3: 30.5
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