Today, January 7, at 16:30 Moscow time, at the VII stage of the 12th traditional ski race Tour de Ski-2018 in the Italian Val di Fiemme, a 9 km free style pursuit race starts with a finish at the top of the legendary Alpe di Cermis mountain. Nine of the 11 leaders managed to win the Tour de Ski after the penultimate race. Only Dario Cologna in 2013 and Petter Nortug in 2010 missed out on the uphill lead. Both skiers ended up second. We bring to your attention the statistical facts about the final stage of the Tour. MEN, 9 km, FREE STYLE, PURSUIT RACE
Nine of the 11 leaders managed to win the Tour de Ski after the penultimate race. Only Dario Cologna in 2013 and Petter Nortug in 2010 missed out on the uphill lead. Both skiers ended up second.
All of the previous 11 Tour de Ski winners were in the top 2 overall before the last race. Alexander Legkov in 2013 and Lukasz Bauer in 2010 started second. The gap between Legkov was 6.5 seconds, Bauer's - 8.3 seconds.
Only two of the last six uphill race winners (in net time) managed to climb the podium in the race: Martin Jonsrud Sundby in 2015/16 (first) and Chris Jespersen in 2013/14 (second).
Bauer in 2010 and Tobias Angerer in 2007 also showed the best time and won the race.
Sundby (2) and Bauer (2) are the only ones to have won the Tour de Ski pursuit more than once.
Only Sundby managed to win two pursuit races in the same Tour in 2015/16 (the second pursuit was added to the race program in 2014/15). This year Dario Cologna won the 15 km pursuit at stage III in Lenzerheide.
No athlete has won more World Cup pursuit races than Maurice Manifica, who has 4 wins. Sundby and Bauer have won such races three times.
Four of Manifica's nine World Cup victories are in pursuit.
Ustyugov wins the Tour de Ski sprint. This finish is worth revisiting
Russian skier Sergei Ustyugov won the 1.5 km sprint at the Tour de Ski stage in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.
The 25-year-old athlete showed the result of 2 minutes 57.28 seconds. This is the first victory of the season for Ustyugov.
After the two-time world champion from Russia, the Italian Federico Pellegrino finished.
Recall that Ustyugov is the winner of the Tour de Ski season 2016/17.
Another Russian Alexander Bolshunov, who will turn 21 on December 31, managed to reach the semifinals on Saturday.
“I am very glad that I won. You yourself know what our circumstances are. We have to go out and fight to the end, ”Ustyugov said in an interview after the race.
Tour de Ski. 1st stage. Lenzerheide (Switzerland)
Men. Sprint
1.Sergey Ustyugov (Russia) - 2.57.3
2. Federico Pellegrino (Italy) - +0.99
3. Luca Shanava (France) - +2.76
The sensational winner among women was Lauren van der Graff, the owner of the track. American skier Sophie Caldwell came second to the finish line, Norwegian Maiken Kaspersen Falla came third.
22-year-old Russian Natalya Nepryaeva, who ran for the first time in the sprint final, finished fourth with 46 bonus seconds.
On December 31, skiers and female skiers in Switzerland will run a 15-kilometer and 10-kilometer pursuit. The Tour de Ski will end with a traditional ascent on January 7, 2018.
Women. Sprint
1. Lauren van der Graff (Switzerland) - 3.25.80
2. Sophie Caldwell (USA) - +1.42
4. Natalia Nepryaeva (Russia) - +3.17
Photo: RIA Novosti / Alexey Filippov
The second day of the prestigious stage race turned out to be less successful for Russia than the first.
After the success at the start of the Tour de Ski, we all waited for the continuation of the banquet. Fortunately, the current team has enough strong skiers. One is worth it. And he, fortunately, is not alone. There are others who are capable of winning medals at big starts.
DRAMA BOLSHUNOVA
Even at the 11 km mark in the men's race, everything was going great for us. All - this, who drove the closest pursuer for 4 seconds, and even 10. I wanted to believe that the ward Yuri Borodavko will make himself a wonderful gift, because the athlete turned 21 on December 31. However, the last part of the distance was given to the Russian too hard ...
At the 13.5 km cutoff, Bolshunov was already third, ahead by 3.8. At the same time, the Norwegian had an earlier start number, and Alexander ran, focusing on his time. But it didn't help either. The Russian struggled, of which there were not many by the end of the distance, threshed at the finish, but eventually lost to Sundby a meager 0.9. The frustrated athlete beat his fist in the snow with anger and left the stadium in a terrible mood. Bolshunov did not succeed in making a gift to himself. Although for a person who spends his first season in the World Cup, fourth place is not so bad.
Moreover, in the sum of the first two races, Alexander is the third. He is only 12.7 behind the leader. The first place is still the triumphant of last year's "Tour de Ski" Sergei Ustyugov. “Losenko” did not really succeed in today's race - he is tenth at 37.1 points from the victorious Cologne. At the same time, the two-time world champion did not look immensely tired after the finish. Maybe the servicers weren't quite right with the ski ointment, or maybe Ustyugov was just in a bad mood. After winning yesterday's sprint, Sergei made no secret of the fact that he went to the start without any special emotions, and a couple of days ago he seriously intended to miss the race. The point is 11 suspended Russian skiers, for whom our athlete is very worried.
As for the denouement of today's cut, it turned out to be dramatic. Cologne was ahead of Alexei Poltoranin by some 0.6. As a result, the Swiss is now only 1.6 behind Ustyugov in the overall standings of the round, and Poltoranin has risen to fourth position. He is 22 seconds from the leader. Tomorrow we will have a free style pursuit and it promises to be very interesting.
WOMEN: OUT OF THE TEN
Hopes for Russian medal Sunday did not disappear after the men's race. A few hours after its end, on the same track, women were the classics in the 10 km cut. And this season she managed to teach everyone that she is capable of fighting world leaders, including in this discipline. The 22-year-old athlete, curiously, was one of the last to start. After her, there were no top distance women, that is, Nepryaeva ran, knowing the results of most of her rivals.
The beginning turned out to be optimistic. On the first cutoff (1 km) Natalya was in the top three. Alas, our athlete failed to keep the pace. With each next kilometer, her gap from the leaders grew, and in the protocol she sank lower and lower. Probably, the point here is also inexperience. Still, the day before, Wartko's ward left a lot of strength and emotions, reaching the final of the sprint, and the difficult track against the background of underrecovery was not easy for her.
As a result, Nepryaeva finished 12th and became the best of ours, ahead of even the one that was faster at the 8.5 km cutoff. Natalia is now the fifth in the overall standings. If we proceed from the fact that Yuri Borodavko, before the start of the Tour de Ski, set her the task of finishing in the top six following the results of the entire race - so far everything is going according to plan. But the athlete herself is completely unhappy with her performance today. And this is a good sign.
The Russian is 1.6 seconds ahead of the Swiss, who became the best in today's race by 15 kilometers.
Men. 15 km COP. 1. Colony (Switzerland) - 35.29.5. 2. Poltoranin (Kazakhstan) - 0.6 (lagging behind). 3. Sundby (Norway) - 13.1. 4. BOLSHUNOV - 14. 5. CHERVOTKIN - 15.2 ... 10. USTYUGOV - 37.1 ... 13. VOLZHENTSEV - 48.6 ... 23. LARKOV - 1.08 ... 29. YAKIMUSHKIN - 1.25.5 ... 37. MELNICHENKO - 1.38, 6 ... 40. SPOKES - 1.47.1 ... 43. VITSENKO - 01.49.9.
Overall credit: 1. USTYUGOV. 2. Colonies - lag 1.6. 3. BOLSHUNOV - 12.7 ... 8. CHERVOTKIN - 49.8.
Women. 10 km. COP. 1. Ostberg - 26.59.4. 2. Veng (both - Norway) - 25.7. 3. Bjornsen (USA) - 42.2 ... 12. NEPRYAEVA - 1.15.1 ... 16. SEDOVA - 1.21.2 ... 20. ZHAMBALOVA - 1.38.4 ... 54. DENSITY - 3.00.01 ... 56. NECHAEVSKAYA - 3.08.4 ...
Swiss Cologna - four-time winner of the Tour de Ski; Alexander Bolshunov - sixth
Today, January 7, in Val di Fiemme (Italy), the fifth stage of the World Cup in cross-country skiing - the “Tour de Ski” multi-day race, has come to an end. The men completed the final 9 km uphill race. The four-time winner of the Tour in the overall standings was the Swiss Dario Cologna. The second is the Norwegian Martin Jonsrud Sundby, the third is the Canadian Alex Harvey. The best Russian Alexander Bolshunov is sixth. Alexey Chervotkin (ninth) and Andrey Larkov (10th) also entered the top ten of the Russians. Champion "Tour" -2016/2017 Russian Sergei Ustyugov due to problems with back muscles did not participate in the uphill race.
Men. Race uphill. 9 km. Outcomes overall standings Tour de Ski
1. Dario Cologna (Switzerland)
2. Martin Jonsrud Sundby (Norway) - 1.26.5 backlog
3. Alex Harvey (Canada) - +1.30.6
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6. Alexander Bolshunov - +3.09.7
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9.Alexey Chervotkin - +3.33.5
10.Andrey Larkov - +3.37.8
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13. Denis Spitsov - +5.13.1
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18. Alexey Vitsenko - +5.51.2
19.Andrey Melchenko - +5.58.3
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21. Ivan Yakimushkin - +7.01.0
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26. Stanislav Volzhentsev - +8.10.8
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41. Gleb Retivykh (all - Russia) - +12.50.1.
Swiss skier Cologna wins Tour de Ski for the fourth time in his career
Swiss skier Dario Cologna won the Tour de Ski, a multi-day race that wrapped up Sunday in Val di Fiemme, Italy. On Sunday, Cologna won the pursuit with a time of 28 minutes 52.1 seconds. The second place was taken by the Norwegian Martin Sundby (+1.26.5), the third - by the Canadian Alex Harvey (+1.30.6). Russian Alexander Bolshunov finished sixth (+3.09.7). Russian Sergei Ustyugov, who was in third place in the overall standings before the final race, was unable to start due to a back injury. Cologna won the Tour de Ski for the fourth time in his career.
Skier Hirscher wins slalom at the World Cup in Switzerland
Austrian Marcel Hirscher won the slalom at the Alpine Ski World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland. Hirscher, following the results of two attempts, showed a time of 1 minute 50.94 seconds, his compatriot Michael Matt became the second (+0.13 seconds), the bronze went to the Norwegian Henrik Christoffersen (+0.16). Russian Alexander Khoroshilov (+2.62) took 19th place, Pavel Trichichev did not qualify for the second attempt, Alexander Andrienko did not finish in the first.
Austrian Hirscher excelled in slalom at the Swiss stage of the World Cup; Alexander Khoroshilov - 19th
Today, January 7, in Adelboden (Switzerland), the 12th stage of the Alpine Skiing World Cup among men ended. Austrian Marcel Hirscher won the special slalom, 0.13 seconds ahead of compatriot Michael Matt, 0.16 seconds ahead of Norwegian Henrik Christoffersen. Russian Alexander Khoroshilov took 19th place.
Men. Slalom
1.Marcel Hirscher - 1.50.94
2. Michael Matt (both - Austria) - 1.51.07
3. Henrik Christoffersen (Norway) - 1.51.10
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19. Alexander Khoroshilov (Russia) - 1.53.56.
Skier Sedova considers seventh place in her debut race "Tour de Ski" a good result
Russian skier Anastasia Sedova said she considers seventh place a successful result in her first multi-day Tour de Ski, which ended on Sunday in Val di Fiemme, Italy. Sedova on Sunday finished in seventh position at the final stage - in the free style pursuit at a distance of 9 kilometers. The athlete lost 4 minutes 49.6 seconds to the winner, Norwegian Heidi Veng (time - 32.13.3 seconds). Norwegian Ingvild Flugstad Estberg (+48.5 seconds) became the second in the "Tour de Ski", the American Jessica Diggins (+2.23.2) became the third. “I am certainly happy with the result,” said Sedova, whose commentary was provided to RIA Novosti by the press service of the Russian Ski Racing Federation. “For the first time at the Tour de Ski and getting into the top 10, I think this is a very good result to start with. I fulfilled my plan, I am gaining experience and next season I will try to show more best result". Now we will go home for three days, and then to Seefeld for the training camp," the skier continued, "There I won my Youth Olympics, so I am glad that it is there that I will prepare for the adult Olympics."
American Shiffrin - winner of the Slovenian stage of the World Cup in slalom; Ekaterina Tkachenko - 26th
Today, January 7, in Kranjska Gora (Slovenia) the 11th stage of the Women's Alpine Skiing World Cup finished. American Mikaela Shiffrin won the special slalom. The second was the Swede Frida Hansdotter, the third was the Swiss Wendy Holdener. Russian Ekaterina Tkachenko took 26th place.
Women. Slalom
1. Michaela Shiffrin (USA) - 1.43.50
2. Frida Hansdotter (Sweden) - 1.45.14
3. Wendy Holdener (Switzerland) - 1.45.37
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26. Ekaterina Tkachenko (Russia) - 1.52.41.
Skier Ustyugov due to injury will not take part in the final race "Tour de Ski"
Russian skier Sergei Ustyugov will not take part in the final race of the Tour de Ski due to injury, the press service of the Russian Ski Racing Federation (FLGR) told RIA Novosti. "Due to damage Ustyugov will not be able to take part in the final stage," a spokesman for the press service said. Before the final stage, Ustyugov, two-time world champion, took third place. He was supposed to start after 1 minute 21.5 seconds after the leader - Swiss Dario Cologna.
Skier Ustyugov will undergo an MRI scan on Monday due to a back injury
Decision to withdraw Russian skier Sergei Ustyugov from the final stage of the Tour de Ski was taken for precautionary reasons, on Monday the athlete will undergo an MRI, after which it will be clear how serious the back injury is, Elena Vyalbe, president of the Russian Ski Racing Federation (FLGR), told RIA Novosti. “It all started with that fall in Oberstdorf, yesterday I was“ twitching ”, it got worse. We decided to keep it. Of course, Sergey is offended, but he took everything fine. It seems to be nothing serious, but tomorrow we will do an MRI. Then we will definitely understand what happened to the back.” , - said Vyalbe on the phone. Before the final stage of the Tour de Ski, two-time world champion Ustyugov took third place. He was supposed to start after 1 minute 21.5 seconds after the leader - Swiss Dario Cologna.
Alpine skier Shiffrin wins slalom at the World Cup in Slovenia
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won the slalom at the World Cup in Kranjska Gora (Slovenia). Shiffrin finished first on Sunday with a time of 1 minute 43.50 seconds. The second place was taken by the Swede Frida Hansdotter (+1.64 seconds), the third - by the Swiss Wendy Holdener (+1.87). Russian Ekaterina Tkachenko finished 26th (1.52.41).
Kryanin hopes skier Ustyugov will recover from back injury within 2 weeks
Russian skier Sergei Ustyugov should get rid of back problems within the next two weeks, the injury is not a serious one, but only a detailed medical examination will give the full picture, Vice-President of the Russian Cross-Country Skiing Federation (FLGR) Sergei Kryanin told RIA Novosti. Ustyugov will miss the final stage of the Tour de Ski due to a back injury. Two-time champion world was supposed to go to the race third, behind the leader Swiss Dario Cologne 1 minute 21.5 seconds. “I think Sergei's injury is not a serious one, but it gives him some discomfort, he has problems with his back. I think he will cope with this problem in a week or two. In order not to aggravate it, such a decision was made. than to fight for the second or third places, "Kryanin said over the phone. "It is necessary to conduct a detailed examination. It will be carried out in the near future. Now it is not worth giving extra workload," the agency's interlocutor emphasized.
Sergei Ustyugov resigned as the champion of the "Tour de Ski"
Today, January 7, in Val di Fiemme (Italy), the fifth stage of the World Cup in cross-country skiing - the “Tour de Ski” multi-day race, is coming to an end. The men will have the final 9 km uphill race. Third place in total reigning champion"Tour" Russian Sergei Ustyugov due to problems with back muscles finished the fight ahead of schedule, as reported by the organizers of the race. In the fight for second place, he was inferior to Alexei Poltaranin from Kazakhstan - seven seconds. No one doubts the overall victory of the Swiss Dario Cologna (1 minute 14 seconds advantage over Poltoranin). Now the main hope of the Russians will be Alexander Bolshunov (fourth and 25 seconds from Poltoranin).
Norwegian skier Veng won the Tour de Ski for the second year in a row, Sedova 7th
Norwegian skier Heidi Veng won multi-day race"Tour de Ski", which ended on Sunday in Val di Fiemme (Italy). The four-time world champion won the final stage in the 9 km free style pursuit, showing a result of 32 minutes 13.3 seconds. The second in the Tour de Ski was her compatriot Ingvild Flugstad Estberg (+48.5 seconds), and American Jessica Diggins (+2 minutes 23.2 seconds) rounded out the top three. Russian Anastasia Sedova (+4.49.6) took seventh place, Natalya Nepryaeva (+7.13.5) - 11th, Anna Nechaevskaya (+8.44.5) - 18th, Alisa Zhambalova (+9.53.1) - 20- e, Yana Kirpichenko (+12.57.0) - 30th, Maria Gushchina (+13.16.4) - 31st. Weng won the Tour de Ski for the second time in a row.
Main news skiing in Russia and worldwide today, January 7: Norwegian Weng won the Tour de Ski race; Anastasia Sedova - seventh
Today, January 7, in Val di Fiemme (Italy), the fifth stage of the World Cup in cross-country skiing - the “Tour de Ski” multi-day race, is coming to an end. The women completed the 9 km uphill race. The "Tour" in the overall standings was won by the Norwegian Heidi Veng, ahead of compatriot Ingvild Ostberg by 48.5 seconds. The third was American Jessica Diggins. The best Russian woman Anastasia Sedova is the seventh.
Women. Race uphill. 9 km. Results of the overall standings "Tour de Ski"
1. Heidi Veng
2. Ingvild Ostberg (both - Norway) - 48.5 backlog
3. Jessica Diggins (USA) - +2.23.2
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7. Anastasia Sedova - +4.49.6
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11. Natalia Nepryaeva - +7.13.5
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18. Anna Nechaevskaya - +8.44.5
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20. Alisa Zhambalova - +9.53.1 ..
30. Yana Kirpichenko - +12.57.0
31. Maria Gushchina (all - Russia) - +13.16.4.