Cross-Country Skiing FIS Tour de Ski 2019 - 2020

[heywoodu 15,141]

34 minutes ago, Vojthas said:

Well, after the crazy bullshit Putin said lately about WWII, I doubt any Pole is happy with any Russian sportsman getting success.

 

Sure, sure, but otherwise it's just a matter of keeping complaining about everything, so if someone mentions any non-Norwegian win is good, any non-Norwegian win counts  

[Kirkpatrick 144]

Ustiugov is either brilliant or, well, poor. Remember commentators saying that as well. Today, certainly brilliant.

 

Apparently, in tomorrow's pursuit start list is based only on this race, and that means Klaebo will start more than a minute behind. Will he even race on the last day?

[heywoodu 15,141]

27 minutes ago, Kirkpatrick said:

Ustiugov is either brilliant or, well, poor. Remember commentators saying that as well. Today, certainly brilliant.

 

Apparently, in tomorrow's pursuit start list is based only on this race, and that means Klaebo will start more than a minute behind. Will he even race on the last day?

 

So how on earth will that pursuit work? That means there will be a winner of the pursuit race (1st to cross the finish), someone who gets the best points (fastest times) AND then there's still something to calculate in the standings?  

[Kirkpatrick 144]

I always struggle with Tour de Ski calculations.

 

Bring me my sprint -> pursuit biathlon simplicity. :D

[Kirkpatrick 144]

Thank you, Oestberg. Just 3 seconds behind Johaug at 7 km.

 

 

 

Soooooo close at the end. Just 0.7 ahead of Oestberg.

Edited December 31, 2019 by Kirkpatrick

[heywoodu 15,141]

I'm not a fan of Johaug winning, but if she does, at least let it be in this way: having to give absolutely everything she's got to win by less than a second  

[Quaker2001 251]

2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I'm not a fan of Johaug winning, but if she does, at least let it be in this way: having to give absolutely everything she's got to win by less than a second  

 

The American commentators calling the races agree that this all is somewhat of a shock to Johaug to have her closest pursuers on her heels.  And if I understand correctly, the start order of the pursuit tomorrow is based solely on today's results rather than overall standings.  So Oestberg will be with her from the start.

[heywoodu 15,141]

5 minutes ago, Quaker2001 said:

 

The American commentators calling the races agree that this all is somewhat of a shock to Johaug to have her closest pursuers on her heels.  And if I understand correctly, the start order of the pursuit tomorrow is based solely on today's results rather than overall standings.  So Oestberg will be with her from the start.

But it's a classic race, so Oestberg will be happy if she's still with Johaug after 1km  

[Kirkpatrick 144]

Oestberg doing pretty good for now, still skiing together with Johaug after half the race.

[Kirkpatrick 144]

So, Oestberg wins actually. But then Johaug wins by 0.3 if wiki is correct?

 

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 In fact, stage 4 finish times are combined results of stages 3 and 4