Speed ​​Skating - CdM Final in Heerenveen
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The season and & nbsp; World Cup Finals & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp speed skating; close with yet another and expected, as well as & eacute; beautiful, & nbsp; & nbsp podium; Specialist of the & nbsp; Start Mass, which has become a certainty for the skating long track: & nbsp; Fabio Francolini. Skater born in 1986 get the & rsquo; silver & nbsp; in & rsquo; last test of & rsquo; vintage, updating cos & igrave; her score quest''anno with & nbsp; fourth consecutive podium, which includes two silver and one bronze. & nbsp; The & nbsp; ranking specialty & agrave; & nbsp; the Lombard skater, still in the running for the Cup on the eve of the finals, fails to take over the command to the detriment of & rsquo; Dutch & nbsp; Arjan Stroetinga & nbsp; & ndash; Third quest & rsquo; today & ndash; that defends the primacy admirably.
Sunday 13 March 2016 17 minutes reading time
In any case, the race with mass start of 16 laps from 2018 sar & agrave; Olympic is mine confirmation of satisfaction for the long track National led by Maurizio Marchetto and especially for a grand Francolini (right in the cover photo, during the award ceremony of specialty & agrave cup;). Quest & rsquo; last, within a year after its debut in the international circuit Ice & ndash; First it was one of the most & ugrave; strong inline skaters of the world & ndash ;, won six podium finishes in the Cup, which must be added a world championship silver in 2015 and a fourth place at the latest & nbsp; World of Kolomna. The blue team can memorize options share with confidence from him and his top skaters like Andrea Giovannini & ndash; fifth in & rsquo; last Mass Start and in evidence among the big names in long distance & ndash ;, dall''Inseguimento men's team - now firmly among the top teams in the world - and Francesca Lollobrigida, although this season the Roman skater not He has found acute podium.
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They were to memorize options two blue engaged in & rsquo; last male Start Mass with the best 12 performers of specialty & agrave ;. Fabio Francolini was all & rsquo; assault leadership Arjan Stroetinga, home idol in charge to defend the 42 lead over canturino points. In addition to canturino & ndash; two seasonal podiums but no wins & ndash; Andrea Giovannini was the second card that was played the National Marchetto. L & rsquo; progress of the race of 16 laps & egrave; uncertain, until & rsquo; own Giovannini attack, good in & rsquo; go and win 5 points reserved for the winner of the intermediate sprint after the first 4 rounds, in front of voste and Hager. The 21 year old financier remains in front of the group. It all comes down to the decisive attack Jorrit Bergsma & ndash; third overall & ndash; followed promptly by the same Francolini. Both reduce the gap until the second sprint won by Belgian Bart Swings, right on Bergsma and Belchos (Canada). Still Bergsma and tactics of the Dutch duo churning up the waters all & rsquo; last sprint. The strong cross-country skier's Orange wins the last 5 partial points of Swings and Stroetinga. At that point both the Blues are in contact early, ready to implement the & rsquo; last coordinated effort. But it moves again an inexhaustible Bergsma, all & rsquo; attack on -2 followed by Francolini and Swings, which sling on him. L & rsquo; blue fails to overtake the Belgian in the final straight. For the 25 year old Flemish & ndash; himself with a past in roller skating - comes the fourth win in Mass Start in career. But l & rsquo; Italy can memorize options still rejoice in the & rsquo; yet another podium finish of the 29-year & rsquo; H2O Varese who lives and trains in the Netherlands just for a good part of & rsquo; year. The second place of & rsquo; blue is not enough for the victory speech of the cup of specialty & agrave ;, because & eacute; & Ndash; despite the 120 points gained with his second place finish & ndash; the Stroetinga leader placed third. L & rsquo; blue perder & agrave; the second position in the cup, at the expense of the winner of the day Swings: This is the final ranking of the Cup for the Mass Start: Stroetinga 404, 380 and Swings Francolini 378. In today's race c & rsquo; & egrave; to report even the & rsquo; excellent fifth place by Andrea Giovannini, preceded by Jorrit Bergsma. The Trentino shut & agrave; Sixth & ndash; with 76 points - in the ranking of the men's Mass Start 2015-2016.
It was open male female Start Mass, the race in which they were departing two Italian. & Egrave; absolutely unfortunate Francesca Lollobrigida, blue top athlete, running or almost as & eacute; immediately to the ground, involved from dell & rsquo; Dutch slipped Irene Schouten just two laps from the start, leading the Cup. The two get up right away, and the companion of the & rsquo; oranje Carien Kleibeuker l & rsquo; waits to start an expensive pursuit for most of the race. Then to the intermediate sprint of -12 laps are placed in front of all, in & rsquo; order, the Japanese Misaki Oshigiri, l & rsquo; other blue Francesca Bettrone and Belarusian Anastasia Zuyeva: find 5, 3 and 1 point each. In the next sprint s & rsquo; imposes the Chinese Hao, of Richardson-Bergsma Peeters and the second sprint of -8. The race remains uncertain on the eve of & rsquo; last sprint, well set. -5 Snapping the trio that had lingered above. All & rsquo; last intermediate sprint & ndash; 4 laps from the end & ndash; where s & rsquo; imposes the Chinese Liu, in front of Zlotkowska and Peeters. All this before & rsquo; arrival: then break through the inertia of the Netherlands, with a splendid Kleibeuker to stretch the group, and Blondin and Schouten in his wake. The tactics of the landlord seems to be thwarted by & rsquo; sudden summary of Japan's Miho Takagi, brave and courageous to attack all & rsquo; last lap. Nell & rsquo; extension to memorize options ;, can not resist throughout the final straight. He comes from its code a & rsquo; excellent Irene Schouten, that s & rsquo; easily imposed in the last meters anticipating the direct rival, the Canadian Ivanie Blondin and the same Takagi. The podium of the & rsquo; last Mass Start seasonal rise sees these protagonists. Behind them, the group splits and Francesca Lollobrigida can not find on the first three: shut & agrave; fourth in the d & rsquo; arrival sprint, but in the final list will be & agrave; 12th & ndash; before athletes do not go to points during the sprints. Before her, thanks to the points scored in the first intermediate sprint, ends Francesca Bettrone, which closes seventh. & Egrave; his second best finish in the Cup after the fifth place in the Mass Start got more on the Thialf Arena ice, but in December.
In the general classification specialty & agrave ;, the Schouten is the victory after finishing second last year behind the Canadian Blondin. This time does not fail l & rsquo; appointment with the cup, stretching with 150 points scored in Heerenveen, and touching portion 466 against the 420 of the North American and the 240 of Oshigiri. Francesca Lollobrigida, victorious in the cup 2013-2014 closes the sixth-place result of its 188 total points this season.
The Thialf Arena also celebrated the last samples quest & rsquo; year. First, in the ranking of the Grand World Cup women, & egrave; arrived l & rsquo; announced success of American Brittany Bowe. The 28-year old Florida has finished in first place in the overall Cup with 1660 points. Depending on the winner of last year, Heather Richardson-Bergsma, fermatasi to 1389 quota, while in third place is & egrave; placed the Czech Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;, remained the pole at an altitude of 1070 view of his absence at the Finals. Among men & egrave; arrived l & rsquo; coronation Specialist in 1000 and 1500 meters Kjeld Nuis. The 26 year old from Leiden receives more & ugrave trophy; important so far conquered and triumphed in the overall standings with 1076 points despite the recovery of the Belgian Bart Swings (now up to 1014). Third & egrave; was the Russian & ndash; still and waiting for action because of his involvement in doping storm regarding its use of & ldquo; & rdquo prohibited; meldonium - Pavel Kulizhnikov, remained stuck at an altitude of 830.
In the other day distances, however, & egrave; arrived l & rsquo; yet another hurr & agrave; in this sixth and final stage of the Cup for the Queen of Brittany Bowe Cup. The US has at once sealed the leadership in the Grand World Cup, got his fourth win in the current weekend and certified & ndash; with fifth win in seven seasonal & ndash evidence; its superiority & agrave; absolute about 1,000 meters (specialty & agrave; he had already & agrave; won the cup with a test in advance). The sprinter Stars and Stripes has crushed the competition by closing his latest rentals 1 & rsquo; 14 & rsquo; & rsquo; 22. For the world champion at the recent World Sprint Seoul & egrave; arrived cos & igrave; the sixth consecutive success & ndash; 17 & deg; career - in this last part of the season. On & rsquo; last podium of the season are also climbs l & rsquo; Dutch Jorien ter Mors (1 & rsquo; 14 & rsquo; & rsquo; 44) and Heather Richardson-Bergsma (1 & rsquo; 15 & rsquo; & rsquo; 07).
In the other two trials Sunday, c & rsquo; & egrave; first to report the reawakening of the revived Dutch sprinter Ronald Mulder. The 30 year-old Olympic bronze medalist over 500 meters in Sochi 2014, finds the victory in the World Cup after nearly two years d & rsquo; abstinence. L & rsquo; last act of the sprint distance & egrave; Its thanks to the good time trial in 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 81. Nothing to do for the winner of the first series of Friday & igrave ;, the Russian Ruslan Murashow (34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 89) and the & rsquo; Finnish expert Mika Poutala (35 & rsquo; & rsquo; 02). Murashow However, thanks to the 120 points gained quest & rsquo; today, hooked & ldquo; l & rsquo; & rdquo afoot; Pavel Kulizhnikov topped the list of specialty & agrave; with 705 points. For now the official winner of the Cup & egrave; Quest & rsquo; last but easily the ranking could be compiled excluding the possible disqualifications.
Russia makes certain party in & rsquo; last act of the 1500 meters men, thanks to the & rsquo; yet another exploit of Denis Yuskov. The 26 year old Moscow gets success on the 4 rounds and 300 meters with 1 & rsquo; 45 & rsquo; & rsquo; 39, ahead of Sverre Lunde Pedersen and Bart Swings respectively to 7:26 cents. The reigning world champion over the distance wins cos & igrave; his fourth race of the season on the Cup and a half kilometers, thus obtaining & igrave; Also the specialty & agrave Cup; with 530 points, against 456 Kjeld Nuis, now only fifth. & Egrave; his first success in a ranking of specialty & agrave; in the World Cup.
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