Cross Country Skiing - Long Distances
A little over a week away from the Chinese away, the thrust sliding specialists are back on track for the fourth stage of the most prestigious circuit nell''ambito the marathon: the Visma Ski Classics. For the 'occasion the athletes are addressed in the second edition of the Kaiser Maximilina Lauf, on the snow twice the scene of Olympic competitions in Seefeld. After a tough race, characterized by an incessant snowfall, they were to dominate the Norwegian Andreas Nygaard and 'Austrian''s adoption Katerina Smutna.
Friday 20 January 2017 8 minutes reading time
Created last year to make up for the cancellation of the renowned Konig Ludvig Lauf, Kaiser Maximilian Lauf has seen more than 250 skiers and skiers tackled on a 60km route under un''incessante snowfall.
As usual in the Ski Classics circuit, the women of the Elite category are games 15 minutes earlier than men. Under the thick snow, the athletes have "beaten track" in the fresh snow for the first 15km, when the leading group of men reached them, giving them the nell''impresa change.
The male platoon remained composed of forty units up to a dozen kilometers from the finish, when the forcing of a handful of athletes, including the protagonists's Last Sgambeda Gjerdalen and Chernousov, began to thin the group files , until it is twenty skiers.
Among the victims of this excellent change of pace the plurimedagliato Olympic and World Lucas Bauer and the 'gold team sprint Vancouver 2010 Oystein Pettersen. The two ended their race in half a minute from the head respectively in 21th and 23rd place.
Just ahead of the two best Italian of the day, 19th and 20th, and Bruno Mauro Brigadoi Debertolis, both authors of a good test, this competition view.
he tried to pull the twelve athletes were in top group A little over a kilometer from the finish line the Czech Petr Novak. His attempt, having gained half a dozen metrid the advantage, it has been absorbed by the joint efforts of the two Norwegians of Santader Team, Andreas Nygaard and Thord Asle Gjerdalen. Just quest''ultimo, once he reached the fugitive, continued to lead the group up at the entrance on the final straight. Here his companion Nygaard, born in 1990, has been shown to have disposed of quickly fatigue and jetlag accumulated in the Asian trip, going to get his second victory in the Ski Classics -e consecutively circuit. In third place, as in the Vasaloppet China, Stian Hoelgaard Team LeasePlan Tigers.
In the women's competition, for the first time this season, to impose itself was un''atleta game with wax seal and not, as has become the norm in the world of long distance, with fully waxed skis. Immediately after the start, it has formed a quintet led by the winners of the two last editions of the circuit, Katerina Smutna and Britta Johansson Norgren. Of the five, the Czech naturalized austrica and Swedish Astrid Oeyre Slind have opted for the kick wax, Norgren and the other for the usual push slip.
The group continued compact for two thirds of the race, when the first to break away was the leader of the overall standings Norgren, journeyed with 34 seconds of delay per kilometer forty-eight. The top four remained together for a couple of kilometers yet, so the two athletes with ski suit made to alternate the vacuum. Having saved energy compared to their opponents thanks to the different choice, and Smutna Slind dug between himself and the other a gap of 3''30 "seconds. Nell''ultimo kilometer the Swedish has had to surrender to progression dell''austriaca, going repeating the second place obtained in the last edition. For Katerina Smutna arrives rather win number 7 in Ski Classics race, the second in the season after the prologue Pontresina.
On the General ranking still leads Britta Johansson Norgren with third today. The Swede was able to recover thirty seconds that separated her from the third to ten kilometers from the finish, and has 135 points ahead of Katerina Smutna before pursuer.
As for Nygaard men, thanks to this double victory, exceeds the more famous teammate Gjerdalen. The two are separated by only ten points.
In the women's race, Katerina Smutná, Team Santander, and Astrid Slind DECIDED to have some kick wax on Their skis, Which turned out to be the right move. Smutná won the race by 10 seconds while Slind took home the second place. Britta Johansson Norgren finished third and Admitted That double poling on a course like the one in Seefeld was really challenging but she was happy to be on the podium. She is currently leading in the overall standings while Smutná is 135 points behind. "It was the right decision to go with kick was today," Smutná Admitted with a smile on her face. "It was hard for us to be in the lead and open the tracks for men. We waited for them to catch up and do the work on our Behalf. I noticed it was tough for Britta Because She was double poling. I know, Astrid and I Decided to work together in the final section of the course, and it worked perfectly. "Today's bad winner Nygaard Became a double jersey holder as he is leading the sprint competition as well. The same goes to Johansson Norgren who holds Both bibs at the moment. In the youth category, Hoelgaard is in a strong lead and Svenja Hoelzle, Synefjell Team, passed Kristin Antonsen and is holding the pink jersey. Santander is the team number one team blackberries than 500 points ahead of Lager 157 ski team.
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