Simone Luder winner in 1st WC-event 2007

Simone Niggli Luder, the big favourit and number one in the world ranking, won the A-final. The race became a close fight between her and the Swedish runner Helena Jansson.
Simone Luder immediately took the lead during the race, a little bit faster than Helena Jansson and Dana Brozkova. After 2km Dana Brozkova made a mistake (50'' to the 10th control), so there were only 2 candidates to win this sprint event. At the end Helena Jansson came very close, but Simone Niggli-Luder won with 4'' in advantage..

Results:
1 Simone Niggli-Luder 14:48.7
2 Helena Jansson 14:52.4 +3.7
3 Heli Jukkola 15:10.0 +21.3
4 Julia Novikova 15:15.1 +26.4
5 Minna Kauppi 15:21.0 +32.3
6 Tatyana Riabkina 15:30.8 +42.1
7 Lena Eliasson 15:38.6 +49.9
8 Dana Brozkova 15:42.7 +54.0
9 Lea Mueller 15:48.0 +59.3
10 Elin A-Skantze 15:57.8 +1:09.1

All results



B-Final (Top 5 selected for A-final in Norway):
1 Johanna Pietilä 16:16.3
2 Liis Johanson 16:51.9 +35.6
3 Anna Fadeeva 16:59.6 +43.3
4 Ane Linde 17:22.2 +1:05.9
5 Becky Carlyle 17:34.5 +1:18.2

All results B-final