On the Monte Bondone stockpiled by Matteo Tanel
Emanuele Becchis roars back to Trento
For the fifth time, the City of Trento and its Monte Bondone Alp have hosted two important stages, strategics for the general classification of skiroll World Cup events.Two competitions in different disciplines, which took place on two suggestive technical routes.
In the individual classic uphill on the distance of 5 km the Italian Matteo Tanel took the lead, author of a high-speed performance from the first to the last meter, setting impossible frequencies for the opponents and closing its performance with the time of 17'15 ". Place of honor for the Romanian Paul Costantin Pepene, who finished just 7 seconds from the winner, while Luca Curti from Bergamo finished in third place, with a delay of 18 seconds. At 41 seconds we find the expert Russian Eugeniy Dementiev, at 54 seconds Petrica Hogiu than seventh Michael Galassi from Friuli Venezia Giulia.
The Swedish Linn Soemskar triumphs in the 2.5 km from Norge to Vason women's challenge with the time of 10'58 ", 12 seconds faster than the Russian Marina Chernousova, then third is the other Swedish Moa Olsson . Only fifth was the Cup leader Alena Prochazkova, .
In the two Italian junior competitions Riccardo Lorenzo Masiero from Verona was able to repeat himself on the same goal of twelve months ago, winning and improving by 23 seconds his own chrono. He got the 2,500 meters of the route with 250 meters of elevation, establishing the time of 9'33 ", at 4 seconds the Norwegian Amund Korsaeth and at 13 seconds theSwedish Johan Ekberg.
Proof of authority in the women's junior for the Ukraine Daryna Kovalova, who closed with a time of 11'47 ", ahead of 16 seconds from the Russian Olga Potapova and 24 seconds from Laura Mortagna from Belluno.
Emanuele Becchis got The Sprint
From the 2000 meters of altitude of Monte Bondone we moved on to the sprint in the city the next day. Italian specialists come back to smile at the first race in a sunny day with summer temperatures and dry asphalt. On the route along 165 meters of via Santa Croce the king of the explosive challenges Emanuele Becchis roars for the eighth time between international and National Competitions. Emanuele Becchis was the absolute protagonist of the day. He has dominated since the qualifications, establishing the time of 15 "40, the same performance registered by the home athlete Alessio Berlanda, passing in the knockout stages the Latvian Arturs Brants in the eighth-final, the Norwegian Sigurd Braathen Reigstad in the quarterfinals, the other Norwegian Jostein Olafsen in the semifinals and the fearsome Russian Dmitriy Voronin in the final, athlete who in qualifying had established the third best time for only 4 hundredths of delay from the italian couple. The challenge for the third place between the Norwegian Jostein Olafsen and Alessio Berlanda has seen shining the Scandinavian.
World Cup leader Matteo Tanel took the 18th place, getting other points in the general ranking. In the feminine the Russian Olga Letucheva won the photo finish against the Swedish Linn Soemskar.Third place for Cup leader Alena Prochazkova.
In the junior women's category, the Norwegian Julie Henriette Arnesen dominates (faster also in qualifying) against the italian Alba Mortagna. The final for third place goes to the German Merie Richter against the Italian Giulia Cozzi.
In the men's field, the Russian Iliya Proskurin won, able to beat the Swedish Johan Ekberg in the final. The first of the Azzurri is Gianmarco Gatti, fifth, while Alberto Tognetti concludes eighth.
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