Split analysis: World Cup Otepää Men – 15 km Classic

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 16 Jan 2010@13:33

Lukas Bauer, Andrus Veerpalu and Jaak Mae dominated the different parts of todays 15 km classic race in Otepää. This was the third year in a row Bauer won the World Cup race here in Otepää.

The Splitsbrowser is used extensively in Orienteering to analyze the splits during a race. In the above Splitsbrowser-screenshot a flat line on a split means that an athlete is the fastest on a split. The steeper the line goes, the more an athlete looses on that split.

The splitsbrowser from this event shows that Bauer was dominant in the first part of the race – loosing some seconds to Veerpalu in the middle part and to Mae in the last part. Bauer might have put on the brake afters having such a big lead. Jaak Mae had a fantastic last split, taking out everything to secure a spot on the podium.

Martin Johansson did a good World Cup debut with a 14th place.

Overall (unofficial results from live timing)
1. 36:46 Lukas BAUER CZE
2. 37:03 +00:17 Andrus VEERPALU EST
3. 37:27 +00:42 Jaak MAE EST
4. 37:31 +00:45 Serguei NOVIKOV RUS
5. 37:37 +00:52 Alexander KUZNETSOV RUS
6. 37:42 +00:56 Jens Arne SVARTEDAL NOR
7. 37:46 +01:01 Eldar ROENNING NOR
8. 38:03 +01:18 Odd-Bjoern HJELMESET NOR
9. 38:07 +01:21 Artem ZHMURKO RUS
10. 38:12 +01:26 Egor SORIN RUS
11. 38:14 +01:28 Ilia CHERNOUSOV RUS
12. 38:16 +01:30 Anders SOEDERGREN SWE
13. 38:17 +01:31 Martin BAJCICAK SVK
14. 38:18 +01:32 Martin JOHANSSON SWE
15. 38:18 +01:32 Nikolay CHEBOTKO KAZ
Split 1
1. 02:42 Andrus VEERPALU EST
2. 02:43 +00:01 Ville NOUSIAINEN FIN
3. 02:43 +00:01 Alexander KUZNETSOV RUS
4. 02:43 +00:01 Lukas BAUER CZE
5. 02:43 +00:01 Serguei NOVIKOV RUS
6. 02:44 +00:02 Aivar REHEMAA EST
21. 02:49 +00:07 Jaak MAE EST
33. 02:52 +00:10 Jens Arne SVARTEDAL NOR
Split 2
1. 03:24 Alexander KUZNETSOV RUS
2. 03:25 +00:01 Artem ZHMURKO RUS
3. 03:27 +00:02 Lukas BAUER CZE
4. 03:30 +00:05 Andreas KATZ GER
5. 03:30 +00:05 Martin JOHANSSON SWE
6. 03:30 +00:06 Jaak MAE EST
9. 03:31 +00:07 Serguei NOVIKOV RUS
14. 03:32 +00:08 Jens Arne SVARTEDAL NOR
18. 03:35 +00:10 Andrus VEERPALU EST
Split 3
1. 05:50 Lukas BAUER CZE
2. 05:54 +00:05 Andrus VEERPALU EST
3. 06:00 +00:10 Jens Arne SVARTEDAL NOR
4. 06:00 +00:10 Eldar ROENNING NOR
5. 06:00 +00:11 Odd-Bjoern HJELMESET NOR
6. 06:01 +00:11 Jaak MAE EST
7. 06:01 +00:12 Alexander KUZNETSOV RUS
8. 06:02 +00:12 Serguei NOVIKOV RUS
Split 4
1. 02:51 Lukas BAUER CZE
2. 02:53 +00:02 Alexander KUZNETSOV RUS
3. 02:54 +00:03 Eldar ROENNING NOR
4. 02:56 +00:05 Andrus VEERPALU EST
5. 02:56 +00:05 Serguei NOVIKOV RUS
6. 02:56 +00:05 Aivar REHEMAA EST
12. 02:59 +00:07 Jaak MAE EST
17. 03:00 +00:09 Jens Arne SVARTEDAL NOR
Split 5
1. 03:31 Lukas BAUER CZE
2. 03:31 +00:01 Nikolay CHEBOTKO KAZ
3. 03:33 +00:02 Alexander KUZNETSOV RUS
4. 03:34 +00:03 Nobu NARUSE JPN
5. 03:35 +00:04 Petr NOVAK CZE
6. 03:36 +00:05 Andrus VEERPALU EST
8. 03:36 +00:06 Serguei NOVIKOV RUS
14. 03:39 +00:08 Jaak MAE EST
19. 03:39 +00:09 Jens Arne SVARTEDAL NOR
Split 6
1. 05:55 Andrus VEERPALU EST
2. 05:57 +00:02 Lukas BAUER CZE
3. 05:59 +00:04 Jaak MAE EST
4. 06:03 +00:08 Jens Arne SVARTEDAL NOR
5. 06:05 +00:10 Serguei NOVIKOV RUS
6. 06:08 +00:13 Eldar ROENNING NOR
20. 06:17 +00:22 Alexander KUZNETSOV RUS
Split 7
1. 02:53 Lukas BAUER CZE
2. 02:55 +00:02 Andrus VEERPALU EST
3. 02:58 +00:04 Alexander KUZNETSOV RUS
4. 02:58 +00:04 Jens Arne SVARTEDAL NOR
5. 02:58 +00:05 Martin BAJCICAK SVK
6. 02:59 +00:05 Jaak MAE EST
7. 02:59 +00:05 Serguei NOVIKOV RUS
Split 8
1. 03:32 Andrus VEERPALU EST
2. 03:34 +00:02 Lukas BAUER CZE
3. 03:36 +00:04 Alexander KUZNETSOV RUS
4. 03:37 +00:05 Martin BAJCICAK SVK
5. 03:38 +00:06 Jens Arne SVARTEDAL NOR
6. 03:38 +00:06 Serguei NOVIKOV RUS
8. 03:39 +00:07 Jaak MAE EST
Split 9
1. 05:54 Jaak MAE EST
2. 05:58 +00:04 Andrus VEERPALU EST
3. 06:00 +00:06 Lukas BAUER CZE
4. 06:01 +00:07 Anders AUKLAND NOR
5. 06:01 +00:07 Jens Arne SVARTEDAL NOR
6. 06:01 +00:07 Serguei NOVIKOV RUS
20. 06:12 +00:18 Alexander KUZNETSOV RUS

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