9 de jan. de 2011

FIS Tour De Ski - Men's Final Climb


          
      Neste dia 8 de janeiro ocorreu a última etapa do FIS Tour De Ski, em Val di Fiemme, Itália. Mais uma vez o Dario cologna da suiça ficou com o 1º lugar e também consegiuu o 1º do rank depois das 8 etapas.  Petter Northug Jr. foi agressivo a prova toda para tentar alcançar o Cologna, mas acabou ficando com o 2º lugar. E quem fez uma excelente prova foi o Lukas Bauer que largou em décimo e 3 min depois do Cologna, chegou em 3º lugar a apenas 1:44.1 min depois do Dario Cologna. Tendo assim o melhor tempo de prova.





Dario Cologna


 “I was a bit nervous about Northug, because it is not normal to lose that much time in only 6 kilometers. In Cortina Toblach I did not lose any time, so my skis might not have been that good today. In the final climb I felt comfortable and understood I would win.
My goal for the Championship in Oslo is of course to be on the podium, I will do my best to have the same shape there. Right now I look forward to recover, give my body some time to relax and then come back in the World Cup and Championship”.

Petter Northug

“My plan was to attack Dario, and that was my only goal. The difference down to Martin Jaks (third) was 2 minutes, and I had to attack Dario. I attacked the whole way to Alpe Cermis. After 1 kilometer in the hill I was really tired, and I had to go back to my normal pace. Dario increased the gap again, but I managed to win a couple of further seconds in the last hill.
I will relax and take it easy when I get back home. I will probably race in Otepää and of course the Championship in Oslo. We will send my little brother to the World Cup in Liberec next weekend, so he will do my job there.
My second biggest goal this season was to fight for the podium in Tour de Ski. I wanted of course to win, as I have been second three times. After a bad start in Oberhof, and considering Dario was really strong I realized it would be harder than I had first thought”.

Lukas Bauer

“Right after the start I did not have a good feeling about my performance. I had problems to catch up with the group in front of me, but in the beginning of Alpe Cermis I felt better and better and in the end I guess I was more lucky than the others. Being the fastest one today is very good for me considering I won Tour de Ski last year. The stage victory to me is super.
Tour de Ski was my first goal of this season, in the beginning I had several problems, in the end I was lucky that my dream about being top three in the Tour was reality. I know that I have some reserve, especially in classical style in the distance races, which I will do my best to work on before the Championship in Oslo”.


Rank final 8/8:

rank        Name                                                     Nation           Tot.Time
1            COLOGNA Dario                                                     4:28:02.0
2            NORTHUG Petter jr.                                                 4:28:29.3
3            BAUER Lukas                                                           4:29:46.1
4            PERL Curdin                                                              4:30:00.2
5            CLARA Roland                                                         4:30:08.5
6            GAILLARD Jean Marc                              FRA              4:30:29.5
7            KERSHAW Devon                                                    4:30:33.7
8            JAKS Martin                                                              4:30:41.9
9            RICKARDSSON Daniel                                           4:31:02.2
10          HARVEY Alex                                                          4:31:11.2


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