Predictions for Sapporo (men's)

10 points if you pick first, 5 points if you pick 2nd, 3 points if you pick
3rd.
If you pick someone and they place but not where you predicted you still get
2 points. Everyone keep track of their own scores and post later. Winner
gets a free trip to the Swedish Vasaloppet courtesy of Oskar Svard. Just
delete my choices and add your own in the space below. Someone else can do
ladies.

Men's Individual Classic Sprint
1. Odd Bjorn Helmesett (Nor)
2. Jens Svartedal (Nor)
3. Andrew Newell (USA)

Men's Team Freestyle Sprint - don't have to pick names, i'm just guessing
who it will be...
1. Norway (Northugg and Oestensen)
2. Sweden (Fredricksen and Lind)
3. USA (Koos and Newell)

Men's 15km Interval Start Freestyle
1. Toby Angerer (Ger)
2. Petter Northugg (Nor)
3. Kris Freeman (USA)

Men's 15km+15km Pursuit
1. Vincent Vittoz (France)
2. Piller Cottrer (Italy)
3. Toby Angerer (Germany)

Men's 50km Classic Mass Start Marathon
1. Frode Estil (nor)
2. Alexancder Legkov (russia)
3. Kris Freeman (USA)

Men's relay 4x10km
1. Germany
2. Norway
3. Finland (its been a while)

Whee! My picks for the men (including the all-important doping
violation) and the women.

Men's Individual Classic Sprint
1. Jens-Arne Svartedal (NOR)
2. Tor-Arne Hetland (NOR)
3. Andrew Newell (USA)

Men's Team Freestyle Sprint
1. Norway
2. Russia
3. Sweden

Men's 15km Interval Start Freestyle
1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2. Alexander Legkov (RUS)
3. Sergej Shiriaev (RUS)

Men's 15km+15km Pursuit
1. Tobias Angerer (GER)
2. Anders Södergren (SWE)
3. Petter Northug (NOR)

Men's 50km Classic Mass Start
1. Andrus Veerpalu (EST)
2. Frode Estil (NOR)
3. Mathias Fredriksson (SWE)

Men's 4x10km Relay
1. Russia
2. Norway
3. Czech Republic

Doping Bust
Austria

Women's Individual Classic Sprint
1. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
2. Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
3. Petra Majdic (SLO)

Women's Team Freestyle Sprint
1. Finland (Kuitunen and Saarinen, probably)
2. Norway
3. Italy

Women's 10km Interval Start Freestyle
1. Katerina Neumannova (CZE)
2. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
3. Valentina Shevchenko (UKR)

Women's 7.5km+7.5km Pursuit
1. Katerina Neumannova (CZE)
2. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
3. Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)

Women's 30km Classic Mass Start
1. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
2. Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)
3. Marit Bjørgen (NOR)

Women's 4x5km Relay
1. Finland
2. Sweden
3. Norway

Men's Individual Classic Sprint
1. Jens Svartedal (Nor)
2. Vassili Rotchev (Rus)
3. Devon Kershaw(Can)

Men's Team Freestyle Sprint - don't have to pick names, i'm just guessing
who it will be...
1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. Canada

Men's 15km Interval Start Freestyle
1. Vincent Vittoz (France)
2. Tobias Angerer (Ger)
3. Petter Northugg (Nor)

Men's 15km+15km Pursuit
1. Tobias Angerer (Ger)
2. Frode Estil (Nor)
3. Vincent Vittoz (France)

Men's 50km Classic Mass Start Marathon
1. Frode Estil (Nor)
2. Alexander Legkov (Rus)
3. Tobias Angerer (Ger)

Men's relay 4x10km
1. Germany
2. Russia
3. Norway

MENS RACES
Men's Individual Classic Sprint
1. Eldar Rønning (Nor)
2. Jens Svartedal (Nor)
3. Andrew Newell (USA)

Men's Team Freestyle Sprint
1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. Russia

Men's 15km Interval Start Freestyle
1. Vincent Vittoz (Fra)
2. Tobias Angerer (Ger)
3. Christian Hoffman (Aut)

Men's 15km+15km Pursuit
1. Tobias Angerer (Ger)
2. Simen Østesen (Nor)
3. Pietro Piller-Cottrer (Ita)

Men's 50km Classic Mass Start Marathon
1. Frode Estil (Nor)
2. Evgeni Dementiev (Rus)
3. Odd-Bjørn Hjelmset (Nor)

Men's relay 4x10km
1. Germany
2. Russia
3. Norway

WOMENS RACES
Women's Individual Classic Sprint
1. Marit Bjørgen (Nor)
2. Aino Kaisa Saarinen (Fin)
3. Petra Majdic (Slo)

Women's Team Freestyle Sprint
1. Finland
2. Norway
3. Italy

Women's 10km Interval Start Freestyle
1. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
2. Arianna Follis (Ita)
3. Kristin Stoermer Stiera (Nor)

Women's 7.5km+7.5km Pursuit
1. Katerina Neumannova (Cze)
2. Marit Bjørgen (Nor)
3. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)

Women's 30km Classic Mass Start
1. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
2. Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)
3. Justyna Kowalczyk (Pol)

Women's 4x5km Relay
1. Finland
2. Russia
3. Norway

"tassava" wrote in message
oups.com...
Whee! My picks for the men (including the all-important doping
violation) and the women.

Men's Individual Classic Sprint
1. Jens-Arne Svartedal (NOR)
2. Tor-Arne Hetland (NOR)
3. Andrew Newell (USA)

Men's Team Freestyle Sprint
1. Norway
2. Russia
3. Sweden

Men's 15km Interval Start Freestyle
1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2. Alexander Legkov (RUS)
3. Sergej Shiriaev (RUS)

Men's 15km+15km Pursuit
1. Tobias Angerer (GER)
2. Anders Södergren (SWE)
3. Petter Northug (NOR)

Men's 50km Classic Mass Start
1. Andrus Veerpalu (EST)
2. Frode Estil (NOR)
3. Mathias Fredriksson (SWE)

Men's 4x10km Relay
1. Russia
2. Norway
3. Czech Republic

Doping Bust
Austria

Women's Individual Classic Sprint
1. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
2. Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
3. Petra Majdic (SLO)

Women's Team Freestyle Sprint
1. Finland (Kuitunen and Saarinen, probably)
2. Norway
3. Italy

Women's 10km Interval Start Freestyle
1. Katerina Neumannova (CZE)
2. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
3. Valentina Shevchenko (UKR)

Women's 7.5km+7.5km Pursuit
1. Katerina Neumannova (CZE)
2. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
3. Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)

Women's 30km Classic Mass Start
1. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
2. Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)
3. Marit Bjørgen (NOR)

Women's 4x5km Relay
1. Finland
2. Sweden
3. Norway



Agree about Virpi. She seems to be on her way to Worldcup overall title.
What's going on with the Norwegian girls?

Men's Individual Classic Sprint

1. Tor-Arne Hetland (NOR)
2. Jens-Arne Svartedal (NOR)
3. Emil joensson (SWE)

Men's Team Freestyle Sprint
1. NOR (northug hetland)
2. SWE
3. ITA

Men's 15km Interval Start Freestyle
1. Tobias Angerer (GER)
2. Emmanuel Jonnier (FRA)
3. Alexander Legkov (RUS)

Men's 15km+15km Pursuit
1. Petter Northug (NOR)
2. Vincent Vittoz (FRA)
3. Anders Södergren (SWE)

Men's 50km Classic Mass Start
1. Eldar Roenning (NOR)
2. Frode Estil (NOR)
3. Axel Teichmann (GER)

Men's 4x10km Relay
1. Norway
2. Czech Republic
3. France

Doping Bust
Austria

Women's Individual Classic Sprint
1. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
2. Astrid Jacobsen (NOR)
3. Petra Majdic (SLO)

Women's Team Freestyle Sprint
1. Finland
2. Russia
3. Norway

Women's 10km Interval Start Freestyle
1. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
2. Katerina Neumannova (CZE)
3. Valentina Shevchenko (UKR)

Women's 7.5km+7.5km Pursuit
1. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
2. Katerina Neumannova (CZE)
3. Marit Bjørgen (NOR)

Women's 30km Classic Mass Start
1. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
2. Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)
3. Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)

Women's 4x5km Relay
1. Finland
2. Sweden
3. Russia

good pick DOOGISKI
ur in the lead
JKal.

"doogiski" wrote in message
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Men's Individual Classic Sprint
1. Jens Svartedal (Nor)
2. Eldar Rønning (Nor)
3. Andrew Newell (USA)

Men's Team Freestyle Sprint
who it will be...
1. Norway
2. Russia
3. Sweden

Men's 15km Interval Start Freestyle
1. Vincent Vittoz (Fra)
2. Tobias Angerer (Ger)
3. Christian Hoffman (Aut)

Men's 15km+15km Pursuit
1. Tobias Angerer (Ger)
2. Simen Østesen (Nor)
3. Pietro Piller-Cottrer (Ita)

Men's 50km Classic Mass Start Marathon
1. Frode Estil (Nor)
2. Evgeni Dementiev (Rus)
3. Odd-Bjørn Hjelmset (Nor)

Men's relay 4x10km
1. Germany
2. Russia
3. Norway




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doogiski

Excellent call for the women!

Would someone who saw the men's race report on Newell's coming in 5.4
secs back. Were there any mishaps or did he just trail well back and
let off before the finish line?

wrote:

Women's Individual Classic Sprint
1. Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
2. Astrid Jacobsen (NOR)
3. Petra Majdic (SLO)

For those in the US there's a 1:20 video clip on the NRK web site that
shows the finish of the men's and women's sprint finals. (it's pretty
easy to find). Apparently US IP's aren't blocked like they are on
Europsort

www.nrk.no

bt

Could you be a little more specific as to where the video is?
Norwegian is not among my first four languages. Clips are usually
available to all on Eurosport, just not the live video feed.

rm

"sknyski" wrote:

For those in the US there's a 1:20 video clip on the NRK web site that
shows the finish of the men's and women's sprint finals. (it's pretty
easy to find). Apparently US IP's aren't blocked like they are on
Europsort

www.nrk.no

bt