Thread: Mass Starts
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Old January 6th 12, 03:24 PM posted to rec.skiing.nordic
Jim[_3_]
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On Jan 3, 3:28*am, Terje Mathisen "terje.mathisen at tmsw.no" wrote:
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I'm not sure if quiet after some years is agreement. The skiers,
especially those who've been around for awhile, still seem to
appreciate individual start distance races.


Most plain mass start events, particularly skating where drafting helps
even more, tend to become rather boring.

It is just our luck that Petter N should turn up just at the time when
being able to sprint after (or in the middle of) a long race has become
so crucially important, but something like the men's 50k last year in
Holmenkollen had just two interesting questions:

1) Would Petter avoid any accidents/falls?

2) Who would end up in the second/third place?

It must be said that the TdS mass start version, with many bonus
points/seconds to be had in the middle of the race, is much better at
keeping the speed up.

Terje
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I must say that Petter's performance in the most recent TdS race was
rather disappointing in that he didn't help the other 3 guys at all
and then flew by at the end. That's his normal MO, but I don't see
how this can be satisfying for him, and furthermore if he would have
helped out a bit he would have helped his own position in the TdS vs
Cologna.

Jim
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