Speed ​​Skating - CDM to Hamar
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In archive the first day of competition valid for the & nbsp; fifth stage & nbsp; of & nbsp; the World Cup. & Nbsp; From & nbsp; Hamar & nbsp; (Norway) come the first verdicts in the & nbsp; two races & nbsp; of Division A and the same number of tests & ldquo; B & rdquo ;. The & nbsp; ice & nbsp; of the track that was Olympic in 1994 and expected rewards acclaimed two samples: l & rsquo; Dutch & nbsp; Jorrit Bergsma & nbsp; and the US & nbsp; Heather Richardson. The two celebrated in their respective races - 5000 and 1500 meters - and two above both their countrymen.
Saturday 31 January 2015 17 minutes reading time
Over the weekend important that delineer & agrave; the names for the last useful places for the World Allround long-track (7-8), Jorrit Bergsma dominates the men's 5,000 meters and back on the podium & ndash; on the same oval that four years before the regal & ograve; his first Cup - the Vikingskipet. L & rsquo; Dutch advances cos & Igrave; his candidacy third element oranje at the World Cup in 2015, closely followed by & ograve ;, by Douwe de Vries, according to & rsquo; arrival today. As mentioned, for & ograve ;, the party is not just about the & rsquo; Holland, but also the US team. Girls, in fact, the American centrate a new shotgun & ndash; in the second season & ndash; thanks, in & rsquo; order, Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe. The 1,500 meters in Norway, cos & Igrave; as in Heerenveen, are their business.
Italians, five in the race on the ice Norwegian, with four men and a woman in the contingent, give mixed signals. Andrea Giovannini, takes a small step back in 5000 after the encouraging evidence in Division A in the last month and stands at 16th place among the big names. Positive notes by Andrea Tumolero, papal candidate to win a place & ldquo; World & rdquo; with Giovannini. The first takes advantage on the two brothers Stefani. In 5000 Andrea precedes surprise & ndash; and having a good time - the pi & ugrave; expert Luca. Try encouraging, however, to Francesca Lollobrigida, tenth group B on 1500. In anticipation of the second test tomorrow & ndash; 1500 for men and 3000 for women & ndash; Blues can still play their chances.
Starting, as usual, from & rsquo; Italian flagship, l & rsquo; only qualified in the first group of World Cup: Andrea Giovannini. The 21 year old finds himself in Trentino battery once again the Russian Yevgeny Serayev, cos & Igrave; as happened both in Berlin is in Heerenveen in the early 5000 courses in the Division A. It & rsquo; blue takes a small step back compared to previous performances, finishing in 13th place overall. In any case, maintains the presence in the first group of about over long distances, adding to its previous score, other 16 points (total 110).
To travel the 12 laps and a half of the race, the financier of Baselga di Pin & eacute; Test starting pi & ugrave; strong unlike her usual tactics. A choice that condizioner & agrave; the past rounds, closed without his usual recovery. These are partial lap 29’’8-30’’7-30’’9-30’’8-31’’1-31’’1-31’’3-31’’4-31’’5-31’’8-32’’1-32’’4. Freeze time to 6 & rsquo; 34 & rsquo; & rsquo; 12, remaining essentially just above the level of the course in his last exhibition in Germany and Holland. The reference to Serayev & agrave; better than two seconds.
The race for the win saw the super performance of Jorrit Bergsma, gi & agrave; cup winner over long distances in the last two seasons. This afternoon, the Olympic champion of 10 thousand and bronze in 5000, has produced one of his best season in precision timekeeping. 6 & rsquo; 17 & rsquo; & rsquo; 89 the trial that allowed him to win his third race & ndash; after the 5000 Berlin without Kramer, like today, and the Mass Start of Heerenveen & ndash; in the circuit this season. For the 28 year old is the win number 11 in the Cup, which also applies a reservation decided to take the pass & ndash; l & rsquo; oranje, as anticipated may earn only one after Hamar - to the World Allround.
On the podium & egrave; two for the & rsquo; Holland. Second place goes to fact Douwe de Vries, who gets the best finish of his career, improving the third place & ndash; single individual podium, between & rsquo; other & ndash; conquered in Berlin, on 6 December. 6 & rsquo; 23 & rsquo; & rsquo; 04 for just 17 cents ahead of the & rsquo; Sverre Lunde Pedersen Vikingskipet idol. Behind them are placed German Patrick Beckert and fresh European bronze & ldquo; allround & rdquo; Denis Yuskov.
Disappoint, however, the other Dutch expected to animate the fight. Wouter Olde Heuvel & egrave; seventh, while the Cup leader of 5 and 10 thousand meters, Bob de Jong slides back in eleventh place. Quest & rsquo; last lost important points for the conquest of the league specialty & agrave; and you see harassed by Lunde Pedersen, now just six points & ndash; 301 against 295 - from 38 year-old four times between 1998 and 2014, on the Olympic podium. They approach also Russian Rumyantsev & ndash; to -16 from de Jong & ndash; and the same Bergsma, 21 points off the pace.
In the race of Division B, the challenge between brothers goes to the pi & ugrave; young & ndash; 20 years - Andrea Stefani. Quest & rsquo; last stopped the clock at 6 & rsquo; 45 & rsquo; & rsquo; 57. A bad day for the & rsquo; Asiago can pull down his personal best & ndash; 6 & rsquo; 59 & rsquo; & rsquo; 66 obtained in late December to Italian Allround - of less than 14 seconds. The will be worth & agrave; 28th position out of 40 starters. Signals were expected much better from Luca Stefani, Italian champion Allround in office. L & rsquo; expert skater registered with the Police Force is unable to go beyond a disappointing 36th place. His final time, 6 & rsquo; 51 & rsquo; & rsquo; 23, & egrave; exceeding expectations. A step backwards from the last European and especially to the two outputs in World Cupa in December.
Positive feedback especially from Nicola Tumolero. The young debutant & egrave; sixteenth in 6 & rsquo; 40 & rsquo; & rsquo; 51, improving by almost nine seconds & ndash; but not the location - the experience obtained in the first time trial of the 5000 Cup. In any case & egrave; his third best & ndash; or rather, pi & ugrave; Quick - 5000 never raced in his career and could be the second Italian Giovannini with the World Allround March. Sar & agrave; obviously crucial that the 1500 correr & agrave; tomorrow.
Some curiosity & agrave; Race & ldquo; B & rdquo ;: victory if l & rsquo; & egrave; awarded Alexis Contin. The transalpine wins in 6 & rsquo; 23 & rsquo; & rsquo; 68, with the time that & rsquo; he placed fourth in Division A. The 44 year old American KC Boutiette, gi & agrave; Olympic champion in 1998 and 2002 to return to competition after nine years d & rsquo; absence, will square twenty. A good return for an ambitious path: qualify for the Olympics in 2018, when his paper d & rsquo; identity & agrave; conter & agrave; almost 38 springs.
If l & rsquo; Holland dominates among men, the female protagonists are still Heather Richardson and the United States. Together with partner Brittany Bowe, the protagonist & egrave; champion in 2014 in the overall standings, ahead of the competition by winning the victory in the 1500 meters in Division A. Great his lap time of 1 & rsquo; 56 & rsquo; & rsquo; 30, between pi & ugrave; fastest in the world this season. The 25 year-old companion fellow Jorrit Bergsma confirms that it has entered into an excellent form, winning his third consecutive win of the season after the first two hurr & agrave; & Ndash; in & rsquo; order in 1000 and 1500 & ndash; in the stage of Dicembrino Heerenveen. As said, the US celebrate doubly because & eacute; Brittany Bowe rises again on the podium. The 25 year-old native of Florida is the second important nesting season in 1500. And, just as happened in the Netherlands, going on the Richardson. The time of the second US & egrave; exactly top of a second compared to teammate winner. Third one of two Dutch & ndash; the Wü; st waived, enrolling only to 3000 meters on Sunday & ndash; present at the start of the first group: Marije Joling. For her, 27, is the second career podium in the World Cup: the first l & rsquo; he had obtained in November 2012, about 3000. They occupy the positions immediately behind the podium, the Russian Yuliya Skokova (1 & rsquo; 58 & rsquo; & rsquo ; 48), fourth in anticipation of a cent the second oranje Linda de Vries. Behind them the & rsquo; omnipresent Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;.
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L & rsquo; effect Netherlands, with many members oranje to Division B of the 1500 & ndash; in anticipation of qualifying for the World Cup Allround & ndash; is felt on the values ​​in the final standings. The triptych specializes in distances pi & ugrave; Long still monopolizes the top positions. Wins the challenge & ldquo; family & rdquo; Carlijn Achtereekte (1 & rsquo; 58 & rsquo; & rsquo; 32) in front of Jorien Voorhuis and Diane Valkenburg.Quinta Claudia Pechstein.
& Egrave; encouraging the tenth place of & rsquo; blue Francesca Lollobrigida. 2 & rsquo; 02 & rsquo; & rsquo; 11 improves by far his best season, stopped at 2 & rsquo; 03 & rsquo; & rsquo; 21 Berlin & ndash; obtained on December 7th. The Roman, unfortunately touches only the points, which would reward the ninth classified. Still get a good result, only 34 cents away from his personal best achieved in the fast Olympic Oval in Calgary. Just the track which will host the World Allround March.
In the ranking of specialty & agrave ;, remain firmly in the lead of the two Dutch Wü; st and Leenstra: only 20 points separate them. But the fight for s & rsquo; forcefully insert also Richardson, now separated by just 60 points behind the leader. It decider & agrave; all in & rsquo; last test, at the Finals of Erfurt in late March. Obviously, for the two ;, & ograve oranje seem ideal candidates for victory.
Click here to see the full results and rankings of the World Cup ISU.
The following times, the program and the Italians in the race in the second and final day of competition. Starts tomorrow from 9:15. & Egrave; can follow the live streaming of the races in the afternoon group A, by accessing this link.
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09:15 3000m Women Division B (Lollobrigida) Hours 10:40 1500m men Division B (Andrea and Luca Stefani, Giovannini and Tumolero) 13:15 3000m Women Division A Hours 14:12 1500m Men Division A Hours 15:02 Mass Start Women (Lollobrigida) Hours 15:24 Mass Start Men (Giovannini and Tumolero)
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