Speed ​​Skating - CDM to Hamar
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The fifth stage of & nbsp; World Cup & nbsp; long-track is & egrave; ended at & nbsp; & nbsp Vikingskipet; Hamar with a bit & rsquo; bitter taste in the mouth after expectations & ndash; for the Italian colors & ndash; & nbsp; Start Mass. & nbsp; Nothing podiums blue, but the skaters Italian confirmed protagonists of the first order in the discipline of the group. The last two matches of the weekend Norwegian carry a & nbsp; fourth & nbsp; & nbsp; Andrea Giovannini, while also behaves well & nbsp; Francesca Lollobrigida, seventh & nbsp; in the women's race.
Sunday 1 February 2015 17 minutes reading time
In the afternoon, then, has also honored by winning the wind & rsquo; East Europe. In the two individual races against the clock, the triumph three times Olympic champion Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute; & Ndash; in the women's 3000m & ndash; and the Russian Denis Yuskov, Quest & rsquo; last less accustomed to success than the Czech. Besides them, the Mass Start Men saw the & rsquo; yet another triumph of the Korean Lee Seung-Hoon, while female l & rsquo; Holland has found the seal of specialist Ireen Schouten.
Beginning with the Mass Start Men, c & rsquo; & egrave; to say that & rsquo; effect Lee Seung-Hoon is released again in the last few meters of the 6400 total. The Korean is the cue winning & ndash; and sufficient for the third triumph stagionale- with a & rsquo; irresistible acceleration that leaves rivals in place. L & rsquo; Asian resumes the fugitive German, Marco Weber & ndash; according to the finish and in the overall standings - and triumphs with arrogance. Third Belgian & ndash; Another great specialist with some difficulty & agrave; too much this season & ndash; Bart Swings. The final sprint earned him the decisive points (20, which adds to the 5 of the intermediate sprints) that they surpass the & rsquo; blue Andrea Giovannini & nbsp; (in the cover photo in second position behind the group leader Lee), was locked in a final & ldquo; moved & rdquo; and ousted from the final sprint.
Yet the race Giovannini & egrave; was sensible. L & rsquo; blue, observed by the special group, controls the situation from the front and place it in the wake of the tread. In fact to -12 laps earns the first three points & ldquo; intermediate & rdquo; reaching behind the & rsquo; Austrian Hager and before Shane Williamson. Five are in the lead, but the group sews the disadvantage. In the second intermediate sprint move skaters pi & ugrave; Listed: divide the mail Swings, on Lunde Pedersen and Heidegger. Giovannini is closed.
L & rsquo; blue defer & rsquo; s important action and test & rsquo; decisive extension to 2000 meters (5 rounds) from the end. Nell & rsquo; last intermediate sprint resists the return of the Chinese Sun and Lunde Pedersen, gaining another 5 points. Before the final sprint & egrave; he l & rsquo; man to beat. Play d & rsquo; advance the German Weber, who turns to -2.5 test flight. Behind him, moving the big boys. Ed & egrave; back Lee, excitedly final sees two oranje (Stroetinga and Bergsma) slip and end up against the guards and Giovannini slowed, find the inspiration in the last 200 meters. The Korean passes the fugitive to speed & agrave; much higher. Swings try to return, but can not & ograve; nothing. German terr & agrave; the position in the final sprint. Besides Pinetano, good quarter, the second blue to via Nicola Tumolero you square in sixteenth position.
In the ranking of specialty & agrave; expands the advantage of Lee, who touches share 450 points. Giovannini defends well from & rsquo; onslaught of rivals and stands at a height of 286. So damage & ldquo; limited & rdquo; against the third party in the Mass Start today, Bart Swings, which stood at 237 lengths, gnawing only 10 points in the Trentino.
Women see the award winning tactic of & rsquo; Holland winning with Ireen Schouten, relegating & ndash; not without effort & ndash; the leading specialty & agrave; Ivanie Blondin in second place, ahead of the second oranje & ndash; newcomer in Mass Start for this season - Mariska Huisman. Again l & rsquo; blue Francesca Lollobrigida, does not hold back in the battle and ends in seventh place overall, equaling the best finish the season got in Berlin.
The Roman & egrave; in the top positions in check during the first laps, and overlooks one of the best at the intermediate sprint of -4 laps at the end. L & rsquo; blue not conquer the stakes full & ndash; 5 points & ndash; because & eacute; finished second behind the Belarusian Zuyeva, good to launch the sprint. Francesca could play for a major placement in the final sprint, but can not find the shot, also because of some fall in front of her. The important points in key victory & ndash; 60, 40 and 20 assigned in the sprint decisiva- if they take the Oranje. Works great their team game that rewards Shouten, arrived first for 4 cents thanks to the recovery on the leading specialty & agrave ;, the Canadian Blondin. Behind them c & rsquo; & egrave; the Huisman. L & rsquo; blue, thanks to both the positive and sprint to the three points in the intermediate sprints dowry, finishes in seventh place overall.
Ranked specialty & agrave; resists the command Ivanie Blondin, but the advantage of Ireen Shouten is reduced from 30 to just 10 points. The winner of specialty & agrave; 2014-15 Premier & agrave; one of the two after the & rsquo; ultimate commitment to the World Cup Finals. Francesca Lollobrigida salt in ninth place in the ranking, confirming & ndash; despite him can no longer ugrave; win back the Cup Mass Start & ndash; one of the best performers in the world.
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As regards the races against time, Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute; rule with brilliance five Dutch in the 3000 meters in Division A. The Czech champion, Olympic gold over the distance in Vancouver in 2010, won in 4 & rsquo; 03 & rsquo; & rsquo; 68. For the 27-year-Nov & eacute; M & # 283; & # 283 Morav'm na; comes the third win of the season in the Cup, as well as & eacute; the second row on the distance, after the success of Heerenveen. The S & aacute; blikov & aacute ;, after abdicating at the European Allround Chelyabinsk to his eternal rival, is cos & Igrave; revenge on & rsquo; eternal rival Ireen Wü; st. L & rsquo; Dutch, retired yesterday from 1500, does not go beyond the third place in 4 & rsquo; 05 & rsquo; & rsquo; 20. In front of her, driving the avalanche orange Carlijn Achtereekte. The 24 year-old rises again on the podium after the third place in Heerenveen. So the first three of the 3000 Hamar are the same race in December. Only difference, the & ldquo; & rdquo relegation; Olympic champion Wü; st.
Behind them, for & ograve ;, & egrave; important fourth place & ndash; in 4 & rsquo; 06 & rsquo; & rsquo; 70 - of Marije Joling, that combining the time trial of the 1500 Saturday earns the place for the World Allround March. Beat the competition's own Achtereekte. Netherlands again behind her: in & rsquo; order are placed behind the Joling, Jorien Voorhuis and Diane Valkenburg. Then, the rest of the world & ndash; S & aacute; blikov & aacute; Excluding & ndash; with Olga Graf (Russia) and Claudia Pechstein (Germany), seventh and eighth.
Ranked specialty & agrave; in 3000, Martina S & aacute; blikov & aacute; extends the advantage on & rsquo; Dutch to 80 points (430 to 350). They will fight for the cup in the Finals of Erfurt. Key in the overall ranking of the Grand World Cup, the Czech reduces the gap of 30 points from the points leader Ireen Wü; st. The fight & egrave; definitely open, with Heather Richardson, third, in large recovery of both.
Also in Division A, c & rsquo; & egrave; to signal a victory not easily predictable in the 1500 male. On the second attempt in group A & ndash; regard quest & rsquo; year & ndash; triumphant rider of Russia Denis Yuskov. Its time & egrave; hyper-competitive: 1 & rsquo; 45 & rsquo; & rsquo; 07. Unfortunately for one of the most favored,, Kjeld Nuis, you must sit on the second step of the podium. Cos & Igrave ;, after two podiums on the distance & ndash; a first and a third place - l & rsquo; Dutch & nbsp; not find a winner, due to a very fast start, which is not enough for & ograve; to maintain the advantage gained in the first half & agrave; race. Consoles for & ograve; with overtaking in the ranking of specialty & agrave; against the Polish Jan Szymanski, disqualified & ndash; incasser & agrave; cos & Igrave; a zero - just in the battery in which competed with the skater oranje. Nuis now leads with 336 points against the 285 of Sverre Lunde Pedersen.
Celebrate cos & Igrave; Yuskov, author of a chrono really noteworthy, that the hoist to third place in the world rankings this season. The runner-Cup distance in & rsquo; vintage last, is the third career victory in the 1500 World Cup, thanks to a last lap unmatched, 28 seconds flat: in & rsquo; last round made the difference for the win. The 25 year-old Russian confirmation of being in a phase of ascent of his last season, adding to the success prestigious second place in Division B of Heerenveen and bronze European allround early January. In addition to the second place of Nuis, c & rsquo; & egrave; to report back on the podium of the Canadian Denny Morrison third in 1 & rsquo; 46 & rsquo; & rsquo; 03. The Olympic bronze medalist in office on the distance, is her fortieth podium in his ten-year racing history in the World Cup. Also wins again on 1500 won only once, back in 2009.
In the positions of being tucked the other leading names in the circuit. Thomas Krol (Netherlands) & egrave; fourth, in front of the Latvian Haralds Silovs Sverre Lunde Pedersen and Norwegian. Still not brilliant and away from a podium sought, l & rsquo; American Shani Davis & egrave; seventh before the Olympic champion Zbigniew Br & oacute; dka. Far & ndash; only 12th - l & rsquo; Dutch in the race for third place at the World Allround oranje 2015: Wouter Olde Heuvel. In Canada andr & agrave; Douwe de Vries.
Click here to see the full results and standings.
The World Cup starts immediately in the next weekend. The caravan of the ice moves back to the mythical Thialf in Heerenveen (Netherlands). On 7 and 8 February, will race specialists 500 and 1000 meters, in what will be & agrave; a decisive step to delineate the participants at the next World Sprint Astana.
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