Cross country Russians tried to surpass Norwegians throughout the race but were defeated by one Swede
Russian men achieved second place in World Cup team race in Davos (Switzerland). On the one hand, it's a great success, on the other… The race went in a very interesting way. |
First stage: second Norway team is leading (Hjelmeset), half a minute lag has first one (Estil). One minute later goes Russia (Denisov). Second stage: Russians first (Ivanov), then Norway-1 (Jevne) and Germany. Norway-2 is far behind. Third stage - Alsgaard and Vilissov go together, but in the end Norwegian goes beyond (0,7 sec.). All the rest are over 20 seconds behind. |
Sweden team: first stage - 13th place, 26 seconds lag. Second stage - 5th place, 23 seconds lag. Third stage - 5th place, 22 seconds. In the fourth stage Per Eloffson is the first. |
World Cup stage, Switzerland |
Men |
Team Race 4X10 km |
1.Sweden-1 (Lindgren/Fredriksson/Junsson/Eloffson) - - 1:39.42,00 |
2.RUSSIA - 1 (DENISOV/IVANOV/VILISSOV/BOLSHAKOV) - lag 2,20 |
3.Norway-1 (Estil/Jevne/Alsgaard/Hjetland) - 6,30 |
4.Italy - 12,20 |
5.Germany - 35,60 |
6.Norway-2 - 1.16,30 |
7.RUSSIA-2 (ROCHEV/GOSTYAEV/TISHKIN/KRYANIN) - 1.44,80 |
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