Davos 30 km: Splits analysis

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 10 Dec 2011@15:52


Northug crushed everybody in the downhill parts today – nobody else was even close! 11 seconds faster than the second fastest skier on the first loop, 10 seconds faster on the second loop, 17(!) seconds faster on the third loop and around 10-15 seconds faster on the last loop*!

In the uphill part of the race, several skiers had a “real fight” with Northug – but with Northug’s dominance downhill this was a real knock-out! Impressive! Northug shows again that he is very good in the easy parts of the course – and the skis must have been fantastic as well. This is also part of Northug’s usual tactics: Save as much power as possible uphill, and then give it all in the easier parts. Thus this is a combination of a great shape, good tactics and good skis!

- The mission today was to ski as evenly as possible uphill, and then give it all downhill towards the stadium. I had very good skis and strong skis today, Northug said to NRK after the race.

- When you are as fat as I am, you need to exploit the downhills.

*Note! No official splits available for the downhill-part on the last loop is the live timing system from FIS which is available online – but Northug was 14 seconds faster than Bauer who is the second fastest from 24.5 km to 30 km based on the splits shown on the TV broadcast.

Uphill and Downhill results


Now let us take a look at results for uphill and downhill separately to see how much faster Northug really was. The course in Davos and the placement of the splits makes it possible to make a nice analysis also without GPS-data. First the downhill results. As you see Northug is a minute faster than the next skier downhill! Bauer looses 1:17 downhill (or actually 1:31). Hellner looses 1:43 (or actually close to 2 minutes)!

Note that the split at 26.5 km is missing in the online splits, and thus the part from 24.5 km to 30 km which consists of 2 km uphill and 3.5 km downhill is counted as only downhill. Thus Northug is acutally another 10-15 seconds faster in the downhill and slower in the uphill.

Next the uphill results. Here the story is very different. Hellner is on top – nearly 30 seconds faster than Northug. Bauer, Manificat and Babikov are also faster than Northug. But cross country skiing is not only about getting fast to the top – you also have to get down again…

Northug: Graphical display

In the splitsbrowser above, split 2-3, 5-6, 8-9 and 10-Finish are the downhill parts of the race. Here Northug has a flat curve, showing that he has the best split. In the other parts of the race, Northug looses time.

Detailed analysis – Runner ups

Taking a look at Bauer, his curve is very different. He is extremely strong in the uphills – having a flat curve for splits 3-4, 6-7 and 9-10. Thus the Tour de Ski shape of Bauer is definitely there!

Next up, Hellner. He is also extremely strong in the uphills – but looses some time in the end.

Manificat is also strong in the uphill parts, but not as strong a tendency as for Bauer:

See the interactive splitsbrowser here.

XC Prediction results

Results from the XC Predictions from Davos have been updated. A very tricky day in the mens class – bastoun-38 won today’s predictions ahead of Hulda.

Unofficial splits

Total time at split 1 2 km (up loop 1)
1. 05:42 Marcus HELLNER SWE (05:42)
2. 05:47 +00:06 Ivan BABIKOV CAN (05:47)
3. 05:48 +00:07 Thomas MORIGGL ITA (05:48)
4. 05:49 +00:07 Lukas BAUER CZE (05:49)
5. 05:49 +00:08 Noah HOFFMAN USA (05:49)
6. 05:49 +00:08 Roland CLARA ITA (05:49)
7. 05:49 +00:08 Maxim VYLEGZHANIN RUS (05:49)
8. 05:50 +00:08 Remo FISCHER SUI (05:50)
9. 05:51 +00:10 Calle HALFVARSSON SWE (05:51)
10. 05:52 +00:10 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (05:52)
11. 05:52 +00:10 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (05:52)
19. 05:55 +00:14 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (05:55)
25. 05:57 +00:16 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (05:57)
Split 1 only 2 km (up loop 1)
1. 05:42 Marcus HELLNER SWE (05:42)
2. 05:47 +00:06 Ivan BABIKOV CAN (05:47)
3. 05:48 +00:07 Thomas MORIGGL ITA (05:48)
4. 05:49 +00:07 Lukas BAUER CZE (05:49)
5. 05:49 +00:08 Noah HOFFMAN USA (05:49)
6. 05:49 +00:08 Roland CLARA ITA (05:49)
7. 05:49 +00:08 Maxim VYLEGZHANIN RUS (05:49)
8. 05:50 +00:08 Remo FISCHER SUI (05:50)
9. 05:51 +00:10 Calle HALFVARSSON SWE (05:51)
10. 05:52 +00:10 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (05:52)
11. 05:52 +00:10 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (05:52)
19. 05:55 +00:14 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (05:55)
25. 05:57 +00:16 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (05:57)
Total time at split 2 4 km (up loop 1)
1. 10:42 Marcus HELLNER SWE (05:01)
2. 10:56 +00:14 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (05:04)
3. 10:57 +00:15 Dario COLOGNA SUI (05:02)
4. 10:58 +00:16 Ivan BABIKOV CAN (05:11)
5. 10:59 +00:17 Lukas BAUER CZE (05:10)
6. 11:00 +00:18 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (05:08)
7. 11:00 +00:18 Maxim VYLEGZHANIN RUS (05:11)
8. 11:00 +00:18 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (05:05)
9. 11:01 +00:18 Matti HEIKKINEN FIN (05:07)
10. 11:01 +00:19 Alexander LEGKOV RUS (05:06)
11. 11:01 +00:19 Calle HALFVARSSON SWE (05:10)
22. 11:08 +00:26 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (05:11)
Split 2 only 4 km (up loop 1)
1. 05:01 Marcus HELLNER SWE (10:42)
2. 05:02 +00:01 Dario COLOGNA SUI (10:57)
3. 05:04 +00:04 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (10:56)
4. 05:05 +00:04 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (11:00)
5. 05:06 +00:05 Alexander LEGKOV RUS (11:01)
6. 05:06 +00:05 David HOFER ITA (11:22)
7. 05:07 +00:06 Matti HEIKKINEN FIN (11:01)
8. 05:07 +00:07 Martin JAKS CZE (11:04)
9. 05:08 +00:07 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (11:00)
10. 05:09 +00:08 Jean Marc GAILLARD FRA (11:12)
11. 05:10 +00:09 Calle HALFVARSSON SWE (11:01)
14. 05:10 +00:10 Lukas BAUER CZE (10:59)
20. 05:11 +00:11 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (11:08)
Total time at split 3 7.5 km (down loop 1)
1. 16:23 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (05:23)
2. 16:25 +00:02 Marcus HELLNER SWE (05:43)
3. 16:38 +00:15 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (05:42)
4. 16:38 +00:15 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (05:38)
5. 16:39 +00:16 Dario COLOGNA SUI (05:43)
6. 16:43 +00:20 Ivan BABIKOV CAN (05:44)
7. 16:43 +00:20 Toni LIVERS SUI (05:41)
8. 16:44 +00:21 Matti HEIKKINEN FIN (05:43)
9. 16:45 +00:22 Alexander LEGKOV RUS (05:45)
10. 16:46 +00:23 Calle HALFVARSSON SWE (05:45)
11. 16:46 +00:23 Maxim VYLEGZHANIN RUS (05:46)
16. 16:49 +00:26 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (05:41)
17. 16:49 +00:26 Lukas BAUER CZE (05:50)
Split 3 only 7.5 km (down loop 1)
1. 05:23 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (16:23)
2. 05:34 +00:11 Tom REICHELT GER (16:52)
3. 05:38 +00:15 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (16:38)
4. 05:38 +00:15 Jens FILBRICH GER (16:49)
5. 05:39 +00:15 David HOFER ITA (17:00)
6. 05:40 +00:17 Michail SEMENOV BLR (17:09)
7. 05:41 +00:18 Toni LIVERS SUI (16:43)
8. 05:41 +00:18 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (16:49)
9. 05:41 +00:18 Sergei DOLIDOVICH BLR (17:09)
10. 05:41 +00:18 Petr SEDOV RUS (16:49)
11. 05:42 +00:18 Ville NOUSIAINEN FIN (16:53)
12. 05:42 +00:19 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (16:38)
16. 05:43 +00:20 Marcus HELLNER SWE (16:25)
37. 05:50 +00:27 Lukas BAUER CZE (16:49)
Total time at split 4 9.5 km (up loop 2)
1. 22:14 Marcus HELLNER SWE (05:49)
2. 22:20 +00:07 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (05:57)
3. 22:33 +00:19 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (05:55)
4. 22:34 +00:20 Ivan BABIKOV CAN (05:51)
5. 22:36 +00:22 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (05:57)
6. 22:40 +00:26 Lukas BAUER CZE (05:50)
7. 22:42 +00:28 Matti HEIKKINEN FIN (05:58)
8. 22:43 +00:29 Dario COLOGNA SUI (06:03)
9. 22:43 +00:29 Maxim VYLEGZHANIN RUS (05:57)
10. 22:45 +00:31 Daniel RICKARDSSON SWE (05:55)
11. 22:47 +00:33 Martin JAKS CZE (06:00)
17. 22:55 +00:41 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (06:06)
Split 4 only 9.5 km (up loop 2)
1. 05:49 Marcus HELLNER SWE (22:14)
2. 05:50 +00:01 Lukas BAUER CZE (22:40)
3. 05:51 +00:02 Ivan BABIKOV CAN (22:34)
4. 05:55 +00:06 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (22:33)
5. 05:55 +00:06 Daniel RICKARDSSON SWE (22:45)
6. 05:56 +00:07 Axel TEICHMANN GER (23:03)
7. 05:57 +00:08 Maxim VYLEGZHANIN RUS (22:43)
8. 05:57 +00:08 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (22:36)
9. 05:57 +00:08 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (22:20)
10. 05:58 +00:09 Matti HEIKKINEN FIN (22:42)
11. 06:00 +00:11 Jean Marc GAILLARD FRA (23:03)
34. 06:06 +00:17 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (22:55)
Total time at split 5 11.5 km (up loop 2)
1. 27:29 Marcus HELLNER SWE (05:15)
2. 27:38 +00:08 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (05:17)
3. 27:43 +00:14 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (05:10)
4. 27:50 +00:21 Ivan BABIKOV CAN (05:16)
5. 27:53 +00:24 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (05:17)
6. 27:56 +00:27 Lukas BAUER CZE (05:16)
7. 27:59 +00:30 Matti HEIKKINEN FIN (05:17)
8. 28:01 +00:32 Dario COLOGNA SUI (05:19)
9. 28:06 +00:37 Daniel RICKARDSSON SWE (05:22)
10. 28:09 +00:40 Alexander LEGKOV RUS (05:19)
11. 28:12 +00:42 Toni LIVERS SUI (05:20)
19. 28:18 +00:49 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (05:23)
Split 5 only 11.5 km (up loop 2)
1. 05:10 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (27:43)
2. 05:11 +00:01 Noah HOFFMAN USA (28:13)
3. 05:15 +00:05 Graham NISHIKAWA CAN (28:38)
4. 05:15 +00:05 Marcus HELLNER SWE (27:29)
5. 05:16 +00:05 Jean Marc GAILLARD FRA (28:18)
6. 05:16 +00:06 Fabio SANTUS ITA (28:27)
7. 05:16 +00:06 Ivan BABIKOV CAN (27:50)
8. 05:16 +00:06 Ville NOUSIAINEN FIN (28:19)
9. 05:16 +00:06 Lukas BAUER CZE (27:56)
10. 05:17 +00:07 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (27:38)
11. 05:17 +00:07 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (27:53)
24. 05:23 +00:13 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (28:18)
Total time at split 6 15 km (down loop 2)
1. 33:14 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (05:36)
2. 33:37 +00:23 Marcus HELLNER SWE (06:08)
3. 33:39 +00:25 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (05:56)
4. 33:44 +00:30 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (05:51)
5. 33:50 +00:36 Ivan BABIKOV CAN (06:00)
6. 33:50 +00:37 Matti HEIKKINEN FIN (05:51)
7. 33:54 +00:40 Lukas BAUER CZE (05:58)
8. 34:02 +00:49 Dario COLOGNA SUI (06:01)
9. 34:03 +00:50 Tom REICHELT GER (05:46)
10. 34:05 +00:51 Toni LIVERS SUI (05:53)
11. 34:05 +00:52 Daniel RICKARDSSON SWE (05:59)
13. 34:11 +00:57 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (05:53)
Split 6 only 15 km (down loop 2)
1. 05:36 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (33:14)
2. 05:46 +00:10 Tom REICHELT GER (34:03)
3. 05:48 +00:12 Sergei DOLIDOVICH BLR (34:21)
4. 05:51 +00:15 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (33:44)
5. 05:51 +00:15 Matti HEIKKINEN FIN (33:50)
6. 05:52 +00:16 Kris FREEMAN USA (34:36)
7. 05:53 +00:17 Martin JAKS CZE (34:06)
8. 05:53 +00:17 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (34:11)
9. 05:53 +00:17 Giorgio DI CENTA ITA (34:21)
10. 05:53 +00:17 Toni LIVERS SUI (34:05)
11. 05:54 +00:18 Finn Haagen KROGH NOR (34:54)
16. 05:56 +00:20 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (33:39)
23. 05:58 +00:22 Lukas BAUER CZE (33:54)
52. 06:08 +00:32 Marcus HELLNER SWE (33:37)
Total time at split 7 17 km (up loop 3)
1. 39:14 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (06:00)
2. 39:38 +00:25 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (06:00)
3. 39:41 +00:27 Marcus HELLNER SWE (06:04)
4. 39:50 +00:37 Ivan BABIKOV CAN (06:01)
5. 39:51 +00:37 Lukas BAUER CZE (05:57)
6. 39:53 +00:39 Matti HEIKKINEN FIN (06:03)
7. 39:55 +00:41 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (06:11)
8. 40:11 +00:57 Daniel RICKARDSSON SWE (06:06)
9. 40:15 +01:01 Martin JAKS CZE (06:09)
10. 40:17 +01:03 Toni LIVERS SUI (06:12)
11. 40:18 +01:04 Dario COLOGNA SUI (06:16)
14. 40:20 +01:07 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (06:10)
Split 7 only 17 km (up loop 3)
1. 05:57 Lukas BAUER CZE (39:51)
2. 06:00 +00:03 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (39:38)
3. 06:00 +00:03 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (39:14)
4. 06:01 +00:04 Ivan BABIKOV CAN (39:50)
5. 06:01 +00:04 Thomas MORIGGL ITA (40:22)
6. 06:03 +00:06 Matti HEIKKINEN FIN (39:53)
7. 06:04 +00:07 Marcus HELLNER SWE (39:41)
8. 06:05 +00:08 Masaya KIMURA JPN (41:41)
9. 06:06 +00:09 Daniel RICKARDSSON SWE (40:11)
10. 06:07 +00:10 Alexander LEGKOV RUS (40:20)
11. 06:07 +00:10 Jiri MAGAL CZE (40:47)
17. 06:10 +00:13 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (40:20)
23. 06:11 +00:14 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (39:55)
Total time at split 8 19 km (up loop 3)
1. 44:34 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (05:21)
2. 44:58 +00:23 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (05:19)
3. 44:59 +00:25 Marcus HELLNER SWE (05:18)
4. 45:12 +00:37 Lukas BAUER CZE (05:21)
5. 45:16 +00:42 Ivan BABIKOV CAN (05:26)
6. 45:17 +00:42 Matti HEIKKINEN FIN (05:24)
7. 45:19 +00:45 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (05:25)
8. 45:35 +01:01 Daniel RICKARDSSON SWE (05:24)
9. 45:42 +01:07 Martin JAKS CZE (05:27)
10. 45:45 +01:10 Toni LIVERS SUI (05:28)
11. 45:45 +01:11 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (05:25)
Split 8 only 19 km (up loop 3)
1. 05:17 Curdin PERL SUI (46:27)
2. 05:18 +00:02 Marcus HELLNER SWE (44:59)
3. 05:19 +00:02 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (44:58)
4. 05:21 +00:04 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (44:34)
5. 05:21 +00:04 Lukas BAUER CZE (45:12)
6. 05:22 +00:06 Tad ELLIOTT USA (46:31)
7. 05:24 +00:07 Matti HEIKKINEN FIN (45:17)
8. 05:24 +00:07 Daniel RICKARDSSON SWE (45:35)
9. 05:25 +00:08 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (45:19)
10. 05:25 +00:08 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (45:45)
11. 05:25 +00:08 Masaya KIMURA JPN (47:06)
Total time at split 9 22.5 km (down loop 3)
1. 50:13 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (05:39)
2. 50:57 +00:44 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (06:00)
3. 51:09 +00:55 Marcus HELLNER SWE (06:09)
4. 51:16 +01:02 Lukas BAUER CZE (06:04)
5. 51:20 +01:07 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (06:01)
6. 51:31 +01:17 Ivan BABIKOV CAN (06:14)
7. 51:31 +01:18 Matti HEIKKINEN FIN (06:14)
8. 51:42 +01:28 Daniel RICKARDSSON SWE (06:07)
9. 51:42 +01:29 Martin JAKS CZE (06:01)
10. 51:43 +01:30 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (05:58)
11. 51:45 +01:32 Tom REICHELT GER (05:59)
Split 9 only 22.5 km (down loop 3)
1. 05:39 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (50:13)
2. 05:56 +00:17 Sergei DOLIDOVICH BLR (51:56)
3. 05:57 +00:18 Ville NOUSIAINEN FIN (52:14)
4. 05:58 +00:19 Curdin PERL SUI (52:24)
5. 05:58 +00:20 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (51:43)
6. 05:59 +00:21 Tom REICHELT GER (51:45)
7. 06:00 +00:21 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (50:57)
8. 06:01 +00:22 Martin JAKS CZE (51:42)
9. 06:01 +00:22 Lars FLORA USA (53:29)
10. 06:01 +00:22 Jens FILBRICH GER (52:02)
11. 06:01 +00:22 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (51:20)
15. 06:04 +00:25 Lukas BAUER CZE (51:16)
27. 06:09 +00:31 Marcus HELLNER SWE (51:09)
Total time at split 10 24.5 km (up loop 4)
1. 56:24 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (06:10)
2. 57:07 +00:43 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (06:09)
3. 57:15 +00:51 Marcus HELLNER SWE (06:06)
4. 57:20 +00:57 Lukas BAUER CZE (06:05)
5. 57:37 +01:14 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (06:17)
6. 57:41 +01:18 Ivan BABIKOV CAN (06:11)
7. 57:51 +01:28 Matti HEIKKINEN FIN (06:20)
8. 57:52 +01:28 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (06:09)
9. 57:58 +01:35 Daniel RICKARDSSON SWE (06:16)
10. 58:07 +01:43 Tom REICHELT GER (06:22)
11. 58:08 +01:45 Martin JAKS CZE (06:26)
Split 10 only 24.5 km (up loop 4)
1. 06:05 Lukas BAUER CZE (57:20)
2. 06:06 +00:02 Marcus HELLNER SWE (57:15)
3. 06:07 +00:02 Keishin YOSHIDA JPN (58:42)
4. 06:09 +00:04 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (57:52)
5. 06:09 +00:05 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (57:07)
6. 06:09 +00:05 Robin DUVILLARD FRA (58:24)
7. 06:10 +00:06 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (56:24)
8. 06:11 +00:06 Ivan BABIKOV CAN (57:41)
9. 06:11 +00:07 Thomas MORIGGL ITA (58:13)
10. 06:12 +00:07 Jean Marc GAILLARD FRA (58:12)
11. 06:15 +00:10 Calle HALFVARSSON SWE (58:35)
19. 06:17 +00:12 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (57:37)
Split 11 only 30 km (up + down loop 4)
1. 11:20 Petter jr. NORTHUG NOR (07:44)
2. 11:23 +00:03 Lukas BAUER CZE (08:43)
3. 11:26 +00:06 Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY NOR (09:04)
4. 11:29 +00:08 Alexey POLTORANIN KAZ (10:37)
5. 11:29 +00:08 Maurice MANIFICAT FRA (08:35)
6. 11:33 +00:13 Maxim VYLEGZHANIN RUS (10:18)
7. 11:37 +00:17 Petter ELIASSEN NOR (09:29)
8. 11:37 +00:17 Sergei DOLIDOVICH BLR (09:58)
9. 11:39 +00:18 Keishin YOSHIDA JPN (10:21)
10. 11:41 +00:21 Marcus HELLNER SWE (08:56)
11. 11:42 +00:22 Fabio SANTUS ITA (10:33)

2 Comments

937

Pingback by » I love långa intervallstarter « Skidpepp

December 10, 2011 @ 17:50

[...] Bilden kommer från worldofxc.com [...]

Pingback by WorldofXC Blog » Davos 30 km/15km: Highlight for interval start fans

December 13, 2013 @ 18:43

[...] For fans of “old-school” cross country skiing, the Interval start races over 30km/15km free technique in Davos this weekend are one of the big highlights of the season. The last time we had this kind of “happening” was in Davos in December 2011 – with Petter Northug (Norway) and Marit Bjørgen (Norway) at the top of the results after the race – see WorldofXC’s detailed analysis of the men’s race here. [...]

RSS feed for comments on this post.

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.