Cross-Country Skiing FIS Tour de Ski 2019 - 2020

[Quaker2001 258]

3 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Awful day for , top place only 20th. 

 

Not sure what happened to Diggins and Maubet Bjornsen.  That's a shame considering the Americans were off to such a good start in the World Cup season

[SalamAkhi 330]

Il y a 3 heures, heywoodu a dit :

Just like Enora Latuilliere.

 

Latuillière has switched to cross-country this year

[heywoodu 16,004]

5 minutes ago, SalamAkhi said:

 

Latuillière has switched to cross-country this year

That explains why I've seen her in cross-country so often this season  

 

Interesting choice, she was never specifically fast or something in biathlon.

Edited December 28, 2019 by heywoodu

[Kirkpatrick 144]

They could've put one tiny 30 km interval race. Mass starts suck most of the time.

[heywoodu 16,004]

2 hours ago, Kirkpatrick said:

They could've put one tiny 30 km interval race. Mass starts suck most of the time.

It's bullshit there hasn't been a single long stage in it for years anyway, and the last A-to-B-stage was already in 2013  

[dcro 10,210]

11 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

It's bullshit there hasn't been a single long stage in it for years anyway, and the last A-to-B-stage was already in 2013  

 

And it was always largely inconsequential. 

[heywoodu 16,004]

Just now, dcro said:

 

And it was always largely inconsequential. 

But still something somewhat unique in the World Cup.

 

FIS is fucking up the sport anyway, with it's eternal focus on shorter races and more freestyle.

[Olympian1010 8,230]

3 hours ago, heywoodu said:

But still something somewhat unique in the World Cup.

 

FIS is fucking up the sport anyway, with it's eternal focus on shorter races and more freestyle.

Yeah I like the classic races. I like it all; Sprint, Individual, and Mass Start. I do wish they’d focus on longer distances for the Tour De Ski. There should 1 (maybe 2) sprint(s), a short individual, a long individual, 2 (or 3) (very) long mass starts, and the final stage up the climb (in pursuit format). There should also be no break days either. Also, there should be 100% more @brunamoura in it 

[heywoodu 16,004]

18 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Yeah I like the classic races. I like it all; Sprint, Individual, and Mass Start. I do wish they’d focus on longer distances for the Tour De Ski. There should 1 (maybe 2) sprint(s), a short individual, a long individual, 2 (or 3) (very) long mass starts, and the final stage up the climb (in pursuit format). There should also be no break days either. Also, there should be 100% more @brunamoura in it 

The Tour de Ski should be as good of a mix of everything as possible and indeed a pursuit style final climb, as it's been since 'forever'....until now. I just really, really don't understand FIS' thought process in that change: how on earth is it better for any TV viewer to go from 'the positions you see on TV are the real positions' to 'you see things on TV, but without calculating you don't know the results'?

 

Also: mixed feelings about that last statement, it'd be absolutely awesome, but it'd make for a significantly more boring New Year's Eve here at home  

[Kirkpatrick 144]

Huh? The final climb is not a pursuit anymore?

 

 

 

Yep, wiki...

 

 

That's some thrill gone from the last day.

 

Also, two sprints. 

 

(ok, that's not new - used to be one or two last couple of years)

 

Edited December 29, 2019 by Kirkpatrick