Before the season for the long distance circuit
Yesterday, in parallel to the second match of the season of FIS Cross-Country World Cup, it was held the first evidence of what in recent years is emerging as the most prestigious circuit for long distance races, the Visma Ski Classics.
Monday 28 November 2016 5 minutes reading time
As can be imagined from the name of this circuit, reached the seventh edition, is composed exclusively of classic technique races, interpreted by almost all top athletes with a single movement: the slide-push. With the 'exception of the prologue yesterday, time trial, and open only to professional team, all the other races of the season will be played online, and will be open to amateurs.
The opening round of the season of the long distances was held in Pontresina, Switzerland, and has seen 110 of the professional team athletes clash on a heavily reworked path of 8km, obtained by repeating five times the short track saved by inclement weather of the '' last week.
In the men's trial to emerge winner was Petter Eliassen Team Lease Plan, which begins the season confirming itself as one of the greatest interpreters of the slip-thrust, after the success in the overall standings of the last two seasons.
The Norwegian, author of a race in progress, managed to transform a delay of 12 seconds after little more than two kilometers in a lead of eight seconds and a half on the French Team Rossignol Bastien Poirrier. Third another Norwegian, Morten Eide Pedersen, Team BN Bank.Miglior Italian Bruno Debertolis, Team Sport Xcalibur Lill, twenty-fifth trailing by 1''51 ".In dopogara, for the site vismaskiclassics.com the winner said:" I feel who are in great shape, but I was not sure if I could win today. It was a bit '' hard to do in a slip-driven, because my sticks continued to sink into the soft snow. Apart from that, I had no problems on the track. "
In the women's competition, held on the same track, the winner was Katerina Smutna Team Santander, able to anticipate of 0.66 seconds, the champion of the Ski Classics 2016, Britta Johansson Norgren.
The Czech Team Santader, passed the first intermediate with more than 6 seconds behind, was the star of un''ottima acceleration that has allowed it to eat away at first and then cancel the separation from the Swedish Team Lager 157.Terza detached to the finish twenty seconds 'other Swedish Sara Lindborg, the Serneke.Quinta Team classified Seraina Boner, appreciated on several occasions in the top ten of world and Olympic Games, the Swiss is the' most titled athlete of the Ski Classics, with its 13 hits individual 3 overall. No Italian to via.La winner Katerina Smutna after the race he suffered severe abdominal cramps, these are his words to Vismaskiclassics.com:"È was a tough race, the track was still very soft, but this was a great start to the season . Now I am leaving for Livigno, and I'm ready for the next race on Saturday. " The runner Britta was very happy with his second place but admitted that today was not one of his best days.
male complete results:
http://www.vismaskiclassics.com/race/split-times?ridm=763 (mysteriously without the winner)
female complete results:
http://www.vismaskiclassics.com/race/split-times?ridw=764
The Visma SkiClassics back in action next weekend in Livigno, with LaSgambeda.
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