As will Swedish crack Northug – Aftonbladet

The Swedes are planning a new tactic moves.

By braking and accelerating at the right moment to be teammates help forward Calle Halfvarsson in the Tour de skis penultimate stage.

– Calle get seconds, says Daniel Richardson.

Calle Halfvarsson is in second place ahead of the penultimate stage of the Tour de Ski.

Just as earlier in the tour gets the winner of fifteen-kilometer race fifteen second deduction from his total time, but what makes today’s event special is that the rewards awaiting the gentlemen at two places along the path. Sprinting Prices are placed after six and eleven kilometers, and both are behind a dress ttring.

Benefit to Norway

Calle Halfvarsson attaches great importance to the bonus seconds.

– The big goal is not to lose the Petter, Sundby or Belov, he says and adds:

– We’re talking a bit tactics but there is nothing I shall go out with the media. We keep it to ourselves.

You will flag words for a Swedish team tactics to help you?

– I will not reveal anything, but it would possibly be so …

Daniel Richardson fight to become fifth in the Tour. Still, he thinks assist Calle as much as possible.

The 32-year-old sees three methods that he and Marcus Hellner can support his fellow countryman with:

1. If Halfvarsson are tired, they can go up in the dense and slow down the field.

2. If any other top skaters leads they can sprint if only to snatch the highest deductions .

3. If Halfvarsson is alongside one of the Swedes with a few meters left to spurt price so they can let go before him.

– Will we are close to each other, he may come first. Even if I run the iron I certainly believe that he was sprinting down me, but it is clear that Calle get seconds, says Daniel Richardson.

How does it affect the Calle is only Swede in the top while the Norwegians have both Sundby and Northug?

– Both Petter and Sundby want seconds, so I think we have an advantage there.

“Have another mode”

Head coach Richard Griffin hymlar not that we should expect a team effort today.

Sure, all riders follow its own plan, but he also intends to direct them to

benefit Halfvarsson.

– It’s really hard to say exactly how, because it is about how the race developed, but the most important part in the tactical work consists in which directives we give our riders during the event, says Grip.

Is there an advantage to Calle is the only Swede in dense while Norway has two?

– Yes. Petter and Martin wants to take as many seconds as possible, so it is clear that Calle has a mode other than them.

Gas!

Martin Johnsrud Sundby is a strong climber while Petter Northug good sprinting. About Calle losing ground can Hellner or Richardson invest heavily in to be the first to spurt prices, so that the Norwegians have to settle for lower deduction. “Maybe I can pick one second from Calle’s worst competitors,” says Richardson.

Brake!

About Calle losing ground, both Richardson and Hellner go up in the lead. From there you can control the tempo. “If he gets tired you can go up and slow down the field,” says Richardson.

Dropping forward!

Is the Swedes close to each other before the spurt prices then Hellner and Richardson drop Halfvarsson before him. “It is very likely that Calle takes such a spurt, but had he done yet,” said Richard Griffin with a smile.

How the bonus seconds on Stage 6:

The winner of the race gets 15-second deduction on their time. The runner-up receives ten seconds, and third grade five.

At two places on the course, after six and eleven kilometers, divided more seconds out to the first ten riders. They are distributed according to a sliding scale: 15 seconds to one, 12 to second, then 10, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and the first