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World Cup Sprint Finland Men: Quick GPS…

The nice course at the World Cup  Sprint in Lohja (Finland) deserves some analysis. There were several legs were significant parts of the field took a slower choice as you can see in the leg-by-leg GPS-analysis below. An excellent example of how a  good modern sprint course can be made…
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in flat terrain. Green means fast – red means slow. An example of one of the most decisive legs is shown above – the leg to the 17th control. Looking at this specific leg, you lose 6-8 seconds by running left – even though the length difference is marginal. The reason for the time loss must lie in the extra corners and more complex running. Here is also a comparison Kyburz vs Michiels (from official split times): Michiels goes into two of the course setters traps – to the third control were he loses around 5-6 seconds due to routechoice and to the…

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