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At the end of the weekend in Park City you were played the first sprint races & nbsp; of the season. A race format strongly supported by the International Federation introduced last year and which provides for a competition organized on distance un''unica descent and flying start.
Sunday 13 December 2015 5 minutes reading time
If gi & agrave; last season the Sprint Race was unconvinced by offering & nbsp; a miserable spectacle, quest''anno concept goes again reiterated, because & egrave; who was included in the calendar of the World Cup in a format that is completely distorted the 'essence of the snowmobile can not & ograve; to be criticized. & nbsp;
Proof & egrave; the result of competition of doubles, which saw the success of the Blues Christian Oberstolz and Patrick Gruber. Anyone who follows closely sledding knows that under normal conditions or with the traditional format & nbsp; the two veterans in South Tyrol would have no chance of winning because & egrave; the gap with the two double Germans & egrave; unbridgeable.
That said, the association Italian & nbsp; quest''oggi has had the merit of having made the most of the run-in phase of throwing in the timed section with the most & ugrave; high peaks of speed & agrave; and outperforming the fearsome German competition. Oberstolz-Gruber back cos & Igrave; to win in the World Cup after almost two years since their last great satisfaction took place at the Europeans in Sigulda 2014. Behind Blues have placed the winners of the traditional format Wendl-Arlt while the third place have positioned the head -classifica World Cup Eggert-Benecken.
Even in the single men's no lack of satisfaction for the Italian colors. Dominik Fischnaller after the disappointing sixth place in the race traditional & egrave; promptly redeemed in the Sprint Race, finishing in second place. The 'South Tyrolean on this occasion & egrave; It was greatly aided by luck as both the 'expected Chris Mazdzer that German Ralf & nbsp; Palik have compromised their performance during the in-run when they went to slam against the right side of the track and lost a major speed & agrave; before the timed section. Fischnaller & egrave; It was preceded dall''austriaco Wolfgang Kindl that has trimmed all''italiano the beauty of 186 thousandths of a path of just 28 seconds. For the Tyrolean then it reaches its second victory of his career, the first in the Sprint Race, a victory which accompanied the previous three podiums allows Kindl to think big in key Crystal Ball. The podium & egrave; It was completed by Felix Loch who touched an accomplice initial void of direct comparison with Fischnaller for only 13 milliseconds. Kevin Fischnaller & egrave; instead he came fifteenth.
Among women instead & egrave; It was confirmed much of the ranking of the traditional format. A win & egrave; Summer was again Britcher that preceded compatriot Hamlin and Germany Eitberger. Andrea Voetter unique blue qualified to race & egrave; placed twelfth.
The next round of the Sprint Race & egrave; scheduled for next weekend on the track at Calgary.
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