Federer91 2,127 Posted January 4, 2017 #121 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Stina Nilsson outsmarting the norwegians again. Same with Ustiugov on the mens side, but unfortunately for them, their advantage will be evaporated at the final climb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,216 Posted January 4, 2017 Author #122 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Nilsson skis to her strength and wins on homestretch Stina Nilsson (SWE) began the stage 4 Pursuit with a slim lead over the Norwegian duo of Heidi Weng and Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg and they quickly became a group but in the end it was Nilsson back in the lead and still in the Tour leaders bib. Despite some in race discussion about who should take the lead the trio still increased their lead over the rest of the field and all three recorded the top 3 times on the day. Krista Parmakoski of Finland fought hard to close the gap to the leading three but was unable to and skied the entire race on her own. Same for the USA's Jessie Diggins who remains in 5th despite recording only the 18th fastest time on the day. Parmakoski was able to ski the 4th fastest time of the day but did lose some time in the overall and now sits back +42.4 back from Nilsson. With bonus seconds available in the finish Weng lost just over 2 seconds to Nilsson in the overall and is still second sitting +6.7 seconds back. Oestberg managed to get a little bit of time back in the overall and is +11.8 second behind heading into stage 5 in Toblach, Italy. Diggins lost almost over minute on today's stage in the standings but still sits safely in 5th place with tomorrow's rest day as the Tour moves to Italy. Full Results Women Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,216 Posted January 4, 2017 Author #123 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Ustiugov sets Tour record with 4th consecutive win Russia's Sergey Ustiugov has set a Tour de Ski record for men with his 4th consecutive Tour stage victory. He not only won the stage four 15 km Pursuit competition in free technique but increased his lead over Martin Johnsrud Sundy (NOR) now to 42.2 seconds heading into tomorrow's rest day. Sundby stayed in second place today +37.2 behind Ustiugov's winning time. Canada's Alex Harvey was caught early by Dario Cologna (SUI) and the two raced together for most of the competition. Harvey who appeared to have faster skis used it to his advantage and overtook Cologna coming off the final downhill into the stadium to take 3rd place +1:08.8 on the day and remains third in the overall Tour standings. Cologna sits just behind him in 4th place in the standings. Finland's Matti Heikkinen had the Fastest time of the Day again for the second time this season and moved up from 12th in the overall Tour standings after stage three to 5th now after four stages. Six different nations are represented in the top 6 for the first time in many years with Sweden's Marcus Hellner sitting in 6th place. The Tour will take a rest day now as the focus shifts to Toblach, Italy for stage 5 of the Tour. Full Results Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,216 Posted January 6, 2017 Author #124 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Ustiugov 5/5 this time only by 0.4. Also Great race from Maurice Manificat today, so close to win. btw for Ustiugov it´s first ever World Cup win if we count only the interval starts events. In other side very very bad day for Sundby and disastrous day for Harvey. edit it´s already 1:34 the margin between Ustiugov and Sundby after todays stage, I think any drama or exciting finish is over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted January 6, 2017 #125 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Haha, Ustiugov If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,127 Posted January 6, 2017 #126 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I think Ustiugov wants to win every single stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,587 Posted January 6, 2017 #127 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Wow. What a race in the women's Tour. Top 3 all lose some time for the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted January 6, 2017 #128 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Only 32 women will start in Val di Fiemme tomorrow. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,127 Posted January 6, 2017 #129 Share Posted January 6, 2017 5km free is the perfect discipline for Jess Diggins, she is unbeatable in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,216 Posted January 6, 2017 Author #130 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Ustiugov keeps streak alive Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) had already set a Tour de Ski record for men with his 4th consecutive win after stage 4 and has now won his 5th in a row Toblach, Italy. No male athlete had won more than four stages in the previous 10 editions of the Tour de Ski. Today's win in the 10km free technique was also his first ever win in an individual start competition on World Cup. France's Maurice Manificat put in another strong effort in Toblach to take second place just +0.4 seconds back. Simen Hegstad Krueger of Norway recorded his first ever World Cup podium with a third place finish +16.6 seconds behind Ustiugov. Krueger took third place away from Finland's Matti Heikkinen but just 0.7 seconds. Norway's Martin Johnsrud Sundby struggled on today's stage and finished in 14th place and lost valuable time to Ustiugov in the overall standings. He remains in second place but is now 1:34 back. Switzerland's Dario Cologna has moved up to third in the overall +2:07.5 back and just 0.5 ahead of Canada's Alex Harvey. With his result today Manificat has moved up to 5th in the overall. Third to ninth place in the overall are separated by less than 40 seconds with just two stages remaining. Full Results Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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