Seven steps to be played in nine days – running such a dose could make an impression on players and fans a few years ago, when the Tour de Ski born. Now to the information that the ladies in a little over a week overcome distance 58.4 km, and men – 94.4 km, most of us shrug. There has also shocked Alpe Cermis, or mountain, which usually attracts skiers and riders to which TdS climbing up to the end of the struggle. Cycle that Vegard Ulvang and Joerg Capol – two former runners, and now the FIS activists – came up once, bored in the sauna, inscribed in the landscape of the World Cup.
The Poles know the main features of the event well because it helped us get to know Justin Kowalczyk, arguably the biggest star in the hi story of the competition. On Saturday, twice Olympic champion and twice world champion status at the start of the year break. What do we meet?
There is no disparity is Justin
– We have very good news for Christmas for the fans. The Tour has been saved and will be in such form, as planned. Weather forecasts say the low temperatures and even snowfall – This Christmas Eve speech was indeed Ulvanga Christmas gift for the Polish fans. A year ago, the organizers of the winter was less kind, which came up with the idea to modify the program compete in such a way that only two of the seven stages of force classic style (three starts now will be a “classic” and four “skate”). Kowalczyk found that is a bonus for the Norwegian rivals and boycotted the event. Ulvang admitted later that broadcasts the competition without a lot of women lost their audience. Now, although the form of Justine is not great, the fans-viewers certainly is appended.
300 000 and 400 points
Whatever talk about TdS (and it is said that it is far in terms of prestige and the cycling Tour de France, and the Four Hills Tournament), without the World Cup would not be the same again. For Kowalczyk priority will probably not fight for points in the general classification, or the money. But as it has always been famous with instant recovery and coping with crises, it’s probably on the way to the mold for February’s World Cup in Falun in the Tour de Ski and World Cup earn, and financially. The prize money is 560,000 Swiss francs, as per buck gives almost two million (for the winner comes out a little more than 300 thousand. Zł). You can earn 400 points for winning the whole competition and 50 for the triumph at each stage.
We’ll be counting the seconds
If you want to keep a close eye Kowalczyk fight with the rest of the world, we know that to be made beyond the point where the general classification of the World Cup bonuses are second TdS classification. And so, 15, 10 and 5 seconds of the first three competitors will get:
– Saturday’s prologue,
– Sunday’s race at 10 km chaser “classic”
– “classic” 5 km scheduled for January 7,
– 15 km “skate” on investigation (January 8),
– the penultimate stage, which is 10 km classic style mass start ( January 10).
January 6, in the sprint freestyle, or competition in which this winter Kowalczyk has not scored points, bonus seconds will get the 30 best players. First up 60, 30 – one. And on the penultimate stage – mass start race at 10 km “classic” – the ladies will compete for another bonus for the intermediate sprint. On the “earn” the 10 fastest players – get the first 15 seconds, the next 12, the next eight, six, five, four, three, two and one.
“Skate” continues to neglect? How strong “classic”?
The most difficult for Kowalczyk look three stages “skate” which – as she says – treated with neglect, putting everything on the “classic” because This “classic” is going to give her success at the World Championships in Falun. In the prologue in German Oberstdorf, in the sprint in the Swiss Val Muestair and run on the 15 km pursuit at the Italian Toblach Polka unlikely to fight for many seconds discount, just about to lose to rivals like the least. Well ward Alexander Wierietielnego should be a fall in the disciplines of “classic” because they have a three-week break before the World Cup starts to fall down promising – it was twice fourth and seventh time in runs for 10 km, although – as many times emphasized – was still in the run-up to the season (by personal problems began to almost two months later than usual).
won four times, will now be the fourth?
If the “classic” Justyna work out what they lose in the “skate” on ending Tour stage of climbing the Alpe Cermis should defend a good place, because there has always shown, as is strong. In general, the Tour de Ski is her kingdom. In the list of the most important data before the start of the ninth edition of the FIS time and again repeated the name “Kowalczyk”. With its four victories Poland wysforowała in first place in the classification of the most successful nations of the event. The International Ski Federation points out that 16 of his last 20 stages Justin finished on the podium, not only stood on it in two sprints “skate” and two stages of the Alpe Cermis, which have not had to bother, just quietly bring victory. You can also look at the classification of the players who won the most stages TdS. Kowalczyk has no such victories 14, the second, with the number eight triumphs, Virpi Kuitunen is that his career has end ed. Bjoergen is third, has won six stages. Of course, the best in the world Norwegian had not gone to them as much as a Pole, but is more impressive is the number of 18 podiums in 33 starts and two second places in the general, or whether the 28 podiums in 54 races and four final victory? Of course now it Bjoergen has a better chance of winning. The rankings are bookmakers candidate number two. Behind her triumph can get a little more than twice brought rate (the rate at 2.25 Fortuna), followed by Justine – as much as 13-fold raise. The two great champions Therese Johaug beats. The course that the winner of last year again proves to be the best, is only 1.6. Before Kowalczyk addition to the two mentioned above is listed Norweżkami another runner, of course countrywoman Johaug and Bjoergen – Heidi Weng.
Prologue for Jaśkowiec, sprint for Staręgi?
The Norwegians have a galaxy of stars, the men can count on such notables as defending the trophy Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Petter Northug and we silently we hope that in this year TdS of Poles outside Kowalczyk reliable blink once someone else. Last season beautifully surprised Sylwia Jaśkowiec, taking third place in the prologue. This winter was the world champion young riders in racing “skate” has already gained points in Lillehammer and Davos, maybe so he runs well, where success will be harder for the older and more award-winning team colleague? With the team will run TdS Kowalczyk still Maciej Kreczmer her sparring partner. A leading cadre A mix Janusz Krężelokiem contest show up Kornelia Marek, Sebastian Gazurek, Jan Antolec and Maciej Starega. The latter their five minutes should have in Switzerland. 25-year-old from Siedlce in the sprint is scored more often, and two times in his career in the top placed the “10″ of the World Cup ̵ 1; was ninth year in Asiago and also the ninth less than three weeks ago in Davos. It’s a shame that TdS Ewelina Marcisz not see that at the beginning of December twice scored points in Lillehammer. Leading it in the youth squad coach Wieslaw Cempa decided that for his ward is an event so demanding that impede the preparations for the World Cup in Falun.
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