Andrea Giovannini wins the Junior World Cup in Klobenstein

After the incredible performance from the previous day in the Team Pursuit, where he and the Italian team missed the outdoor world record by just two hundredths, Giovannini showed his full class today and took victory in the 3000 m competition. Afterwards, in the spectacular mass start, he only had to admit defeat to the Dutchman Gerben Jorritsma and the Austrian Armin Hager. The Dutchman was also ahead of the Trentino rider in the World Cup rankings.

There was also a Dutch success in the women's 3000 m race. Jade Van der Molen won in 4.26,30:4.36,78 minutes, over ten seconds ahead of the two Norwegians Marte Vatn (4.37,44:XNUMX) and Sofie Karoline Haugen (XNUMX:XNUMX). . Van der Molen took the World Cup ranking ahead of her teammate Reina Amena, who did not start over this distance today.

Innsbruck's Vanessa Bittner wins over 1000 m and the mass start The 1000 m race, however, went to Vanessa Bittner from Innsbruck, who already won the World Cup ranking over 500 m yesterday. With today's victory she also secured the World Cup at this distance. Bittner clearly prevailed in 1,19,30 minutes ahead of the Dutch Antoinette De Jong (1.19,92) and the Swiss Kaitlyn McGregor (1.20,57). Bittner then also took victory in the mass start ahead of the Russian Yelizaveta Kazelina and the young Italian Giulia Lollobrigida.

In the men's category, second place was enough for the Dutchman Kai Verbij to win the World Cup. The day's victory went to the Russian Kostantin Nikitin in 1.12,47:1500 minutes, third behind Verbij was the Chinese Fan Yang, who won the XNUMX m yesterday.

The world's greatest speed skating talents will stay in Ritten, as the Junior World Championships will take place in Klobenstein from Thursday.

Results Junior World Cup final, Arena Ritten, February 17, 2013

1000m women 1. Vanessa Bittner (AUT) 1.19,30 2. Antoinette De Jong (NED) 1.19,92 3. Kaitlyn McGregor (SVI) 1.20,57 4. Kate Hanly (CAN) 1.21,29 5. Aleksandra Kachurkina (RUS) 1.22,03 6. Reina Anema (NED) 1.22,58 7. Yoon-Hee Heo (KOR) 1.22,72 8. Doreen Lamb (GER) 1.23,05 9. Kako Yamane (JPN) 1.23,09 10. Aleksandra Kapruziak (POL) 1.23,14

24. Linda Bortolotti (ITA) 1.26,00 28. Rita Giovannini (ITA) 1.28,48

1000m men 1. Kostantin Nikitin (RUS) 1.12,47 2. Kai Verbij (NED) 1.12,71 2. Fan Yang (CHN) 1.12,71 4. Yeong-Jin Kim (KOR) 1.12,77 5. Junya Miwa (JPN) 1.13,06 6. Vladimir Pinchukov (RUS) 1.13,24 7. Armin Hager (AUT) 1.13,47 8. Yuto Funjino (JPN 1.13,71 9. Thiys Roozen (NED) 1.13,79 10. Piotr Michalski (POL) 1.13,95

21. Luca Zanghellini (ITA) 1.17,55 DQ Andrea Stefani (ITA)

3000m women 1. Jade Van der Molen (NED) 4.26,30 2. Marte Vatn (NOR) 4.36,78 3. Sofie Karoline Haugen (NOR) 4.37,44 4. Saori Toi (JPN) 4.39,80 5. Natalie Tauchenova (CZE) 4.42,54 6. Magdalena Czyszczoiy (POL) 4.45,89 7. Giulia Lollobrigida (ITA) 4.46,29 8. Nikola Zdrahalova (CZE) 4.52,86 9. Eliska Drimalova (CZE) 4.57,58 10. Yuliya Strah (BLR) 5.04,19

3000 m men 1. Andrea Giovannini (ITA) 3.57,06 2. Jeong-Su Seo (KOR) 4.01,96 3. Fan Yang (CHN) 4.02,87 4. Viktor Hald Thorup (DEN) 4.03,30 5. Masahito Obayashi (JPN) 4.04,27 6. Felix Maly (GER) 4.05,46 7. Michele Malfatti (ITA) 4.06,65 8. Linus Heidegger (AUT) 4.06,69 9. Daniel Dubreuil (CAN) 4.07,09 10. David Andersson (SWE) 4.07,43

15. Nicola Tumolero (ITA) 4.10,40

Mass start women 1. Vanessa Bittner (AUT) 2. Yelizaveta Kazelina (RUS) 3. Giulia Lollobrigida (ITA) 4. Saskia Alusalu (EST) 5. Nikola Zdrahalova (CZE) 6. Tatyana Stambrovskaya (BLR) 7. Natalie Tauchenova (CZE) 8. Kseniya Skovorodkina (BLR) 9. Eliska Drimalova (CZE) 10. Mariya Krotova (BLR)

Mass Start Men 1. Tanning Jorritsma (NED) 2. Armin Hager (AUT) 3. Andrea Giovannini (ITA) 4. Stefan Due Schmidt (DEN) 5. Nicola Tumolero (ITA) 6. Joel Dufter (GER) 7. Fan Yang (CHN) 8. Junya Miwa (JPN) 9. Zhendong Yang (CHN) 10. Linus Heidegger (AUT)

World Cup final rankings

1000m women 1. Vanessa Bittner (AUT) 280 points 2. Kaitlyn McGregor (SVI) 255 3. Antoinette De Jong (NED) 220

1000 m machine 1. Kai Verbij (NED) 270 2. Fan Yang (CHN) 260 3. Kostantin Nikitin (RUS) 220

3000m women 1. Jade Van der Molen (NED) 310 2. Reina Anema (NED) 190 3. Sofie Karoline Haugen (NOR)

3000 m men 1. Andrea Giovannini (ITA) 310 2. Jeong-Su Seo (KOR) 270 3. Masahito Obayashi (JPN) 170

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Andrea Giovannini wins the Junior World Cup in Klobenstein

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