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Russia I (Dmitry Japarov, Bessmertnykh Alexander, Alexander Legkov and Maxim Vylegzhanin) wins the men's relay at Lillehammer mocking the three teams in Norway.
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The race was decided in the third quarter of fact. After the two segments classic technique in fact the leading group still boasts eleven separate units; Legkov attacks here, bringing Martin Johnsrud Sundby (Norway I) and Sjur Rothe (Norway II), reaching change by more than thirty seconds on all the other teams. In the fourth stage, however, the three front (Vylegzhanin to Russia I, Northug of Norway I and Norway Krogh II) while not being seen to look progressively shrinking the advantage, so much so that a couple of kilometers from the finish line also includes Tord Asle Gjerdalen ( Norway III). Vylegzhanin attack in the last kilometer, the three Norwegians can not keep up with him and are so beaten, with Russia coming back to win a relay race in nearly three years after the success of Rybinsk dated 6 February 2011.
Norway seen so mocked, with its top three teams forced to settle for second, third and fourth place. This result, however, suggests the impressive quality of the Norwegian movement, so as to afford to deploy Gjerdalen bronze medal in the 15 km freestyle in Val di Fiemme, the third team. Fifth place went to Sweden, which after having suffered a bad locality of Calle Halfvarsson, fails with Marcus Hellner came back almost in the wake of the quartet head before having to raise the white flag attack Vylegzhanin. Very good also the sixth of France.
Italy (Matt Pellegrin, Dietmar Noeckler, Roland Clara and David Hofer) closes tithing. The Blues have never been in the race, with Pellegrin detached from the first fraction and the only author Roland Clara of sufficient evidence.
RELAY 4X7, 5 KM LILLEHAMMER - FINAL STANDINGS
1. RUSSIA 1:19:04 "7 2. NORWAY II 1" 6 3. NORWAY The 1 "8 4. NORWAY III 9" 3 5. SWEDEN 21 "0 .. 10. ITALY at 1:18" 3
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Vylegzhanin insult the men's relay at Lillehammer in Norway
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