Split analysis: World Cup Otepää Men – 15 km Classic
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 |