Northug convinced: – Has planned a impression top on Tuesday – NRK

– I still lack some speed and know I’m a little heavy in the body after being at altitude stay, says Petter Northug.

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28-year-old felt maybe a little heavy, but he still got a very good start to the Tour de Ski when he secured a third in the prologue.

Have placed impression top

This makes sure he goes out fifteen seconds behind winner Dario Cologna on tomorrow’s pursuit. Should we believe Northug, he’s going to go faster and faster beyond the tour.

– I have planned a impression top on Tuesday, maybe Wednesday. We’ll see if it succeeds. I use to get back the completely raw feeling 10-11 days after a height stays explains Northug.

He has long since written off himself as the favorite to win the Tour de Ski, and hold on to this – even about competitors constantly mentions his name when the question comes up.

– I look most forward to take the elevator down from Alpe Cermis after the last stage, joking Northug when NRK asked what he looks most forward to the tour.

BY Prolog: Northug says that he lacked some speed.

Refuse to go

He believes tomorrows stage will be like a normal mass, despite that it is a pursuit.

– It’s going to collect. I am glad that I have the bonus seconds I have. I can go out with low shoulders and dropping war no, says Northug, who in addition dismisses that he will be the one who leads the hunt for Dario Cologna.

– I’m not going to go, says Northug, who is known to very rarely have any desire to be foremost in a tetgruppe.

The job gives him thus Calle Halvfarsson, which was number two on the prologue.

Dario Cologna sails Now as the absolute biggest favorite to win.

– The plan has always been to get in shape for the Tour. The start of the season has not been very good, but now it seems the body to be kind. I have trained well at Christmas and have done what I should do. Now shape on top, says Cologna.

SURPRISED Dario Cologna did not think he would win the prologue by five seconds.

Sundby went wrong

One of the other major favotittene, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, crossed the finish 11.9 seconds behind and have a lot to catch up on the next stages. Sundby also went in the wrong trail during the race, but he gained nothing on it and get no punishment.

Results men 4.4 km prologue in Oberstdorf:

1.Dario Cologna
2.Call Halfvarsson 5.0
3.Petter Northug 5.5
4.Ilja Tsjernousov 7.0
5.Marcius Hellner 8.2
6.Jevgenij Belov 8.5
7.Andrej Larkov 9.0
8 .Jonas Baumann 11.6

Other Norwegians:

10. Martin Johnsrud Sundby 11.9
14. Niklas Dyrhaug 17.7
15. Eldar Rønning 17.8
20. Simen Andreas Sveen 19.9
27. Chris Jespersen 23.6
36. Simen Østensen 30.5
37. Sjur Røthe 31.1