OSLO / Canmore (Dagbladet): Therese Johaug was cursed and revenge after the fall of yesterday’s sprint.
Today the plan was to channel aggression in the same manner as an angry, but very fit Emil Hegle Svendsen did on Sunday – and thus turn sharply back on today’s 15 km mass start Purs in Canmore.
Johaug opened as hard as she announced, but never managed to get rid of Heidi Weng. Johaug turned repeatedly against Weng and tried to get her up in the lead, but the tour leader did as Petter Northug and refused to go.
Secondly continued the girl from this magazine with Northug familiar formula for success when she perfect tactical view exploited undertow to Johaug and spurtslo World leader on the run.
It was Wenger third World Cup victory and means she retains overall lead in the Tour Ski Canada narrowly ahead Johaug. Astrid Uhenholdt Jacobsen was no. 3, only 9.8 seconds behind tetduoen.
– Was angry
Jacobsen won the sprint in a group of seven runners, four of them were find. Krista Parma Koski, Anne Kyllönen and ingvild flugstad østberg followed on the next place.
But no one could do anything about Heidi Weng.
– I forgot bonus seconds today, but it will just be. Therese tried to get rid of me, but she managed luckily not. It was so tough that I almost started to cry, but the route suited me well. There was a lot of up and down. This was fun, says Weng told NRK.
– It was a tough challenge and a tough fight. Today Heidi strongest towards the end, summarizing Johaug.
Both were revenge-crazed and angry after yesterday’s fall. It admitted Weng in victory interview with FIS.
– I was angry and would come back after the fall in the Sprint. It was digg turning back, says 25-year-old.
Kari Øyre SLINDE was incidentally fifth best Norwegian in 10th place beating profiles Jessica Diggins (no. 11), Justyna Kowalczyk (no. 13), Charlotte Kalla (no. 15) and Maiken Caspersen Falla (no. 19).
Hard Johaug opening
Johaug opened habitual offensively and cracked up the field after just two minutes skiing. Only Weng managed to keep up with 27-year-old from Dalsbygda.
Justyna Kowalczyk has shown good promise in the past and considered hanging on the Norwegian duo, but dropped gradually down to the main field.
Today’s stage became a duel between the two best in summary, Johaug and Weng. In familiar style had Johaug do all drajobben.
After four kilometers lay Johaug and Weng over ten seconds ahead of his pursuers. Kowalczyk then at that time the strongest out of the peloton in the uphills and showed his best form of the season.
– Therese is not as raw as we’ve seen her at its very best, concluded NRK cross country expert Fredrik Aukland.
Johaug took important bonus seconds
at first asked point challenged Weng World Cup leader, but Johaug put as high pace a long climb that she hijacked all bonus seconds and took the overall lead with one tenth. In the main field was ingvild flugstad østberg fastest and took third most bonus seconds.
In Pursuit was pursuers, led by Finnish Kerttu Niskanen, roughly twelve seconds behind leader duo Johaug and Weng, who thus failed to outdistance his pursuers entirely on classical section.
on skate part was Johaug impatient, turned back and tried to elicit Weng in an attempt to gain impetus. Weng did however like Petter Northug would and remained uphill queen’s back.
Struggled to get luke
While tetduoen hesitated, approached pursuers gradually behind. After 11.25 of 15 km was the seven closest pursuers, which asked strong Nathalie von Siebenthal left, only nine seconds behind Johaug and Weng.
Where Johaug previously only increased and increased mass start, she tore to outdistance competition in Canmore today. After 13 kilometers, the distance was increased to 16 seconds to the peloton which half was find.
In the last hill tried actually Weng to overtake Johaug, but the World Cup leader responded and came first into the run. It proved to be a disadvantage. Weng benefited from getting behind and spurtslo Johaug.
takes the Weng its third World Cup victory and retained the lead in the summary.
Astrid Uhreholdt Jacobsen sprinted into 3rd place, 9.8 seconds behind Weng. Krista Parma Koski, Anne Kyllönen and ingvild flugstad østberg followed on the next places.
Kari Øyre SLINDE became no. 10 beating profiles Jessica Diggins (no. 11), Justyna Kowalczyk (no. 13), Charlotte Kalla (no. 15) and Maiken Caspersen Falla (no. 19).
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