29 de dez. de 2013

FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Vierschanzentournee (Four Hills Tournament) 2013 - Oberstdorf Day 2

Michael Hayboeck
Gregor Schlierenzauer

Simon Ammann

Noriaki Kasai

Thomas Morgenstern

Marinus Kraus

         Yes, the blog is Back!! Nada como começar a voltar a postar com FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Vierschanzentournee (Four Hills Tournament) em Oberstdorf, Alemanha. Simon Ammann da Suiça começou bem vencendo a primeira montanha.


 Anders Bardal, Simon Ammann, Peter Prevc, Thomas Diethart

Simon Ammann

RankAthleteCountryResults
1AMMANN SimonSUI301.9
2BARDAL AndersNOR297.9
3DIETHART ThomasAUT297.3
3PREVC PeterSLO297.3
5MORGENSTERN ThomasAUT296.8
6KASAI NoriakiJPN294.5
7HAYBOECK MichaelAUT284.6
8KRAUS MarinusGER282.0
9SCHLIERENZAUER GregorAUT281.6
10FREUND SeverinGER279.3
11NEUMAYER MichaelGER274.2
12TAKEUCHI TakuJPN273.4
13STOCH KamilPOL272.0
14MURANKA KlemensPOL268.2
15WANK AndreasGER263.5
16ITO DaikiJPN262.9
17ZIOBRO JanPOL262.4
18KOFLER AndreasAUT261.7
19TEPES JurijSLO260.5
20HLAVA LukasCZE260.3
21HILDE TomNOR260.2
22LOITZL WolfgangAUT258.9
23MAEAETTAE JarkkoFIN258.7
24ZYLA PiotrPOL257.3
25AHONEN JanneFIN255.7
26BOYD-CLOWES MackenzieCAN253.5
27BIEGUN KrzysztofPOL252.3
28KOT MaciejPOL249.2
29WELLINGER AndreasGER243.2
30JACOBSEN AndersNOR224.5
31HVALA JakaSLO128.6
32INGVALDSEN Ole MariusNOR128.2
33FREITAG RichardGER127.2
34WATASE YutaJPN127.0
35DESCHWANDEN GregorSUI125.7
36SCHMITT MartinGER125.1
37QUECK DannyGER124.7
38KOIVURANTA AnssiFIN123.7
39MATURA JanCZE122.9
40LAMY CHAPPUIS RonanFRA122.6
41KRANJEC RobertSLO122.2
42JUSTIN RokSLO120.4
43WENIG DanielGER117.6
44HAJEK AntoninCZE116.7
45NAGLIC TomazSLO116.1
46KORNILOV DenisRUS115.2
47DAMJAN JernejSLO112.9
48HAZETDINOV IlmirRUS110.7
49KOZISEK CestmirCZE109.5


Simon Ammann - SUI
Simon Ammann 
It was extreme for us jumpers. Already at noon I thought that I used up all the adrenaline, I just wanted to make it through. Right from the start they were jumping on 140 m. I stayed positive and showed my best jump of this season in the first round. In my second jump the skis were not really stable. I saw the green line, but I didn't know if it was enough to win. At the end I was just happy when I saw the 1 on the monitor. The audience was amazing. For me ski jumping is still as much fun now as it was the first time and to share this feeling with 25 000 people is great. It can't get any better. We'll see how it goes until Bischofshofen.


Anders Bardal - NOR
Anders Bardal
It was a good day for me, the two jumps were good, but not perfect. I was hoping it will be enough for the podium and it was. For me the conditions were not too difficult, but this hill is sensitive to changing winds. I don't think about winning the 4-Hills-Tournament yet, I just take one competition at a time. Let's count the points after Bischofshofen.


Peter Prevc - SLO
Peter Prevc
I didn't expect to be on the podium today, but that's why I'm even happier about it. It was a tough competition because the wind was changing. I was lucky in the first round and took advantage of it. So far I was only on the podium once in Planica and the atmosphere here is very different.


Thomas Diethart - AUT
 Thomas Diethart
It's an amazing feeling to be on the podium here and I can't really express how great it is for me. The competition was a bit difficult, the wind was changing quite much, but it was not a problem for me. It's difficult to say why I'm jumping so well now. Everything feels easy for me, but I don't really know why.


Mais/more: http://www.fis-ski.com


Fotos:  Stanko Gruden/Agence Zoom/Getty Images Europe

29 de jul. de 2013

F1 - GP of Hungary 2013


Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Romain Grosjean, Felipe Massa,  Kimi Räikkönen,

Pitstop: Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Nico Hulkenberg, Nico Rosberg,

Pitstop Red Bull: Sebastian Vettel


Kimi Räikkönen,  Ross Brawn, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel

Team Mercedes
Team Lotus

Drivers Classification



Constructors Classification

Lewis Hamilton - GBR
Lewis Hamilton

It’s been a great weekend, really a great weekend. Really didn’t expect it coming in. It’s probably been one of the toughest weeks for me. Obviously we hadn’t had the test, we didn’t do the test, we were on the back foot when we came in. Really wasn’t even expecting to be on pole. Really surprised with that and then yeah, at the start of the race the pace was OK. I think maybe Sebastian perhaps was just as quick or a little bit quicker but fortunately he was behind and my tyres went off just maybe a lap or two before his. I think I called the pitstop just right - the first one - and after that it was just managing the gap. I had to make sure I got past people. I normally get held up in my… I thought when I came behind Jenson I thought it was just my luck because that’s what usually happens. But I got past him and was surprised to see Sebastian and the others get stuck behind him as well. I guess he did me a favour there. But I think generally we had the pace on everyone today. I know I was really controlling the pace, particularly through the second, third and last stint, particularly on the last stint. This is just down to an exceptional job from the team. We came here with upgrades and constantly doing work to try and understand these tyres. I think today we bolted them on and they just worked for us. I really was not inspecting it.


Kimi Räikkönen - FIN
Kimi Räikkönen

Obviously I keep making my life difficult on Saturdays so then we pay a price but I had a good car and we managed to do two stops so that was the only way really to jump people. In the end it was a bit tight with Seb but in the end it paid off for us and we gained some points in the Championship. So that’s good.
I knew it was going to be a bit tight but I felt that the tyres were good still in the last ten laps. So maybe last two laps they drop off quite badly but I didn’t really have any doubts that I couldn’t keep him behind. I had good speed through the last sector so I knew that in the first corner they will not have a chance. Obviously you take a chance always when you make so many laps with a set of tyres - but like I said, the team worked well, everything worked well for us and unfortunately yesterday wasn’t an easy day so otherwise we could probably have fight for a win. But anyhow, we are here.
Obviously I don’t have anything for next year so I mean it does matter what happens on a race circuit for that matter. I knew that my tyres are pretty OK and I was good through the last sector so I was pretty sure there was no chance to try to overtake me into the first corner but then obviously turn two was a bit more tricky for me all race. He got a good run, Sebastian once before and then second time and I defended. Maybe I’m over a bit on the right and it’s a bit tight but then I kept him behind and that was the only time he had a good run on me. In there it is very difficult to overtake because it is so narrow on top of the hill. After that I had no issues. That was the only part of the circuit that I really had some problems with the tyres. But it was good work for the team, the car was working well but unfortunately I keep making Saturdays… after Saturdays making the race a bit difficult for myself. Hopefully we can fix that a little bit and be a bit more on the front at the beginning of the race.


Sebastian Vettel - GER
Sebastian Vettel

Generally happy. Not the best circuit to be stuck in traffic because it’s quite difficult to overtake. I think we had not enough speed on the straights to put people under enough pressure so yeah, obviously got stuck behind Jenson for a long time. Damaged my front wing as well which dropped us back and after that obviously it was about the fight back as much as we could. In the middle of the race I didn’t know where I was. I just tried to hang in there and try to come back as much as we can. In the end obviously quite close with Kimi. We were faster, I had fresher tyres but as I said, no way past. Once I was pretty close up the hill. I think I didn’t have enough room on the outside but it’s pretty difficult to judge. Obviously I couldn’t go around the outside and pass him but I was trying to maybe put him under pressure for the next couple of corners and try to create my chance but yeah, was not a decent gap anyways. So, I tried, didn’t work, we have to be happy with third. The car was good all weekend, there wasn’t much missing. But as I said, I should have done a better job with Jenson in the beginning and especially not damaged my front wing - and then it could have been a different race. But would, could, should. In the end I think we’re happy with third. 


Mais/more: http://www.fia.com
                  http://www.formula1.com

Fotos: Mark Thompson/Getty Images Europe
           Lars Baron/Getty Images Europe

28 de jul. de 2013

Le Tour de France 2013 - Final

Christopher Froome

Kanstantsin Siutsou, Ian Stannard, David Lopez Garcia, Christopher Froome, Peter Kennaugh, Richie Porte, Thomas Geraint

Nairo Quintana, Christopher Froome, Juaqin Rodriguez

Andrew Talansky, Nairo Quintana, Christopher Froome, Peter Sagan

Michael Rogers, Sergio Paulino, Nicolas Roche, Jesus Hernandez Blazquez, Alberto Contador, Daniele Bennati, Ramon Kreuziger, Matteo Tosatto


Christopher Froome

Very late, but Christopher Froome deserves all congratulations.


Mais/more: http://www.letour.fr

Fotos: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Europe
          Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Europe