Lukas Bauer of the Czech Republic won his second World Cup race of the year, out-skiing the world in today's 15km freestyle race in Lahti, Finland. A newly-healthly Christian Hoffman of Austria was the runner-up. Hoffman and Bauer both had a rough World Championships, making today's successes especially sweet. Up-and-coming Italian Thomas Moriggl made the final podium spot.
Kris Freeman of the U.S. team continued to show signs of improvement today after what has been largely a dissapointing season. Freeman finished 15th today and was only 15 seconds away from getting a ninth place result.
![](http://images.fasterskier.com/oldsitearchive/upload/050306ValdiFiemmeworldcupdecember2004courtesyoffischer.jpg width=315 height=440 border=1><br />
<BR><font size=1 face=verdana>Kris Freeman: Getting Faster. Photo Courtesy of Fischer Skis.</font></center><BR><br />
David Chamberlain had the next best result for the U.S. team down in 73rd. Carl Swenson was 76th and Chad Giese 83rd out of 90 finishers. Andrew Johnson did not race.</p>
<p>The Canadian men had a bit of an off day with the best finish coming from George Grey in 34th. Chris Jeffries was 67th, Devon Kershaw 84th and Drew Goldsack 89th.</p>
<p>As a humorous side note, Finnish ex-doping-convict Jari Isometsae raced today on the same trails where he cheated his way to several medals in the Lahti World Championships a few years ago. Continuing to struggle after serving his two-year ban from the World Cup, Isometsae apparently could not finish today's race.</p>
<p>Results — Lahti World Cup, Men's 15km Freestyle:</p>
<p> 1 85 1217350 BAUER Lukas 1977 CZE 36:06.2 0.00<br />
2 83 1094839 HOFFMANN Christian 1974 AUT 36:18.3 4.47<br />
3 64 1297957 MORIGGL Thomas 1981 ITA 36:27.7 7.94<br />
4 54 1292234 LALLUKKA Juha 1979 FIN 36:33.0 9.90<br />
5 86 3480004 DEMENTIEV Eugeni 1983 RUS 36:38.4 11.89<br />
6 74 1067485 ZORZI Cristian 1972 ITA 36:49.8 16.10<br />
7 82 1106867 BAJCICAK Martin 1976 SVK 36:50.0 16.18<br />
8 91 1100077 VITTOZ Vincent 1975 FRA 36:53.6 17.51<br />
9 38 1181072 SCHWIENBACHER Freddy 1975 ITA 37:02.5 20.79<br />
10 90 1101047 SOMMERFELDT Rene 1974 GER 37:03.1 21.01<br />
11 39 3290016 CLARA Roland 1982 ITA 37:07.6 22.68<br />
12 81 1248293 SOEDERGREN Anders 1977 SWE 37:10.9 23.89<br />
13 73 1223849 CHECCHI Valerio 1980 ITA 37:11.4 24.08<br />
14 69 1025484 HASLER Markus 1971 LIE 37:13.6 24.89<br />
15 51 1285347 FREEMAN Kris 1980 USA 37:17.4 26.29<br />
16 60 1092414 ANDERSEN Remi 1973 NOR 37:18.3 26.63<br />
17 68 1177580 JONNIER Emmanuel 1975 FRA 37:20.2 27.33<br />
18 72 1175155 MAGAL Jiri 1977 CZE 37:23.7 28.62<br />
19 71 1022089 BOTVINOV Mikhail 1967 AUT 37:26.1 29.51<br />
20 89 1178162 ANGERER Tobias 1977 GER 37:32.9 32.02<br />
21 3 1325602 PIETILAE Sami 1975 FIN 37:33.2 32.13<br />
22 62 3480016 LEGKOV Alexander 1983 RUS 37:33.4 32.20<br />
23 56 3420005 GAUSTAD Jon Anders 1980 NOR 37:39.9 34.60<br />
24 80 1098137 MAE Jaak 1972 EST 37:40.2 34.72<br />
25 88 1066224 FREDRIKSSON Mathias 1973 SWE 37:44.5 36.30<br />
26 66 1285153 ROUSSELET Alexandre 1977 FRA 37:45.0 36.49<br />
27 75 3200001 GOERING Franz 1984 GER 37:47.9 37.56<br />
28 12 1038482 TAIPALE Kuisma 1970 FIN 37:49.3 38.08<br />
29 57 1224334 SARACCO Cristian 1976 ITA 37:50.1 38.37<br />
30 76 1263231 HOFSTAD Tore Ruud 1979 NOR 37:51.2 38.78<br />
31 34 1276520 KANAMARU Tomio 1979 JPN 37:51.9 39.04<br />
32 33 3200015 REICHELT Tom 1982 GER 37:52.4 39.22<br />
33 87 1221036 FILBRICH Jens 1979 GER 37:55.7 40.44<br />
34 43 1324729 GREY George 1979 CAN 37:57.7 41.18<br />
35 70 1224140 SANTUS Fabio 1976 ITA 37:58.0 41.29<br />
35 84 1029461 SKJELDAL Kristen 1967 NOR 37:58.0 41.29<br />
37 77 1306493 BJERKE Espen Harald 1980 NOR 38:01.3 42.51<br />
38 35 3180054 NOUSIAINEN Ville 1983 FIN 38:03.5 43.32<br />
39 28 1300770 SAITO Ryo 1980 JPN 38:03.6 43.36<br />
40 63 1344711 JAUHOJAERVI Sami 1981 FIN 38:04.5 43.69<br />
41 61 1262455 ANDRESEN Jan Egil 1978 NOR 38:15.0 47.57<br />
42 65 1106091 BATORY Ivan 1975 SVK 38:15.6 47.79<br />
43 78 1230930 SVARTEDAL Jens Arne 1976 NOR 38:16.3 48.05<br />
44 29 1035087 GUTIERREZ Juan Jesus 1969 SPA 38:22.5 50.34<br />
45 14 1127237 MORKO Juha 1975 FIN 38:23.0 50.52<br />
46 59 1292331 SIMILAE Tero 1980 FIN 38:29.8 53.03<br />
47 27 1298054 PASINI Fabio 1980 ITA 38:32.1 53.88<br />
48 58 1153621 BRINK Joergen 1974 SWE 38:34.6 54.81<br />
49 37 1311925 VILARRUBLA Vicente 1981 SPA 38:35.6 55.17<br />
50 9 3180131 NAERVAEINEN Toni 1985 FIN 38:37.4 55.84<br />
51 6 1112105 YLOENEN Petri 1971 FIN 38:38.5 56.25<br />
52 45 1233452 RUIZ Diego 1977 SPA 38:40.3 56.91<br />
53 5 1073305 KALLUNKI Pasi 1972 FIN 38:40.4 56.95<br />
54 67 3480018 NORIN Artem 1983 RUS 38:44.2 58.35<br />
55 40 3180053 HEIKKINEN Matti 1983 FIN 38:45.3 58.76<br />
56 22 1323468 REHEMAA Aivar 1982 EST 38:46.6 59.24<br />
57 52 3480015 ALYPOV Ivan 1982 RUS 38:49.1 60.16<br />
58 1 1256053 OITTINEN Tomi 1979 FIN 38:49.4 60.27<br />
59 55 1286608 PERRILLAT Christophe 1979 FRA 38:51.2 60.94<br />
60 36 1272737 EDER Johannes 1979 AUT 39:00.7 64.44<br />
61 47 1051189 EBISAWA Katsuhito 1972 JPN 39:04.8 65.96<br />
62 79 3480007 PANKRATOV Nikolai 1982 RUS 39:06.2 66.48<br />
63 50 1092511 HETLAND Tor Arne 1974 NOR 39:11.1 68.29<br />
64 10 3180217 RODOKHLEBOV Valery 1972 FIN 39:11.4 68.40<br />
65 21 3180036 MAENTYLAE Jukka-Pekka 1975 FIN 39:16.7 70.35<br />
66 46 3480013 VYLEGZHANIN Maxim 1982 RUS 39:19.5 71.39<br />
67 48 1282049 JEFFRIES Chris 1978 CAN 39:19.7 71.46<br />
68 30 1051480 IMAI Hiroyuki 1970 JPN 39:20.5 71.76<br />
69 18 1223267 PASINI Renato 1977 ITA 39:25.8 73.71<br />
70 4 1163321 RIIPINEN Hannu 1971 FIN 39:26.8 74.08<br />
71 2 1176707 HYVAERINEN Mikko 1976 FIN 39:28.2 74.60<br />
72 25 3390002 KOKK Kaspar 1982 EST 39:31.6 75.86<br />
73 32 1156628 CHAMBERLAIN David 1975 USA 39:35.8 77.41<br />
74 44 3420011 KVEEN Stig Rune 1980 NOR 39:37.2 77.92<br />
75 11 1376236 PEKKALA Jukka 1976 FIN 39:45.2 80.88<br />
76 42 1109680 SWENSON Carl 1970 USA 39:45.5 80.99<br />
77 17 3480041 EGOSHIN Dmitriy 1981 RUS 39:46.2 81.25<br />
78 7 3180088 KINNUNEN Ville 1982 FIN 39:47.5 81.73<br />
79 13 3180010 SCHWARZ Alexander 1978 FIN 39:53.6 83.98<br />
80 19 3040011 SIM Ben 1985 AUS 39:55.4 84.65<br />
81 20 1367215 HONDA Shohei 1982 JPN 39:57.2 85.31<br />
82 8 1366439 SUNDBERG Sam 1979 FIN 39:58.0 85.61<br />
83 24 1337727 GIESE Chad 1976 USA 40:10.9 90.37<br />
84 49 3100006 KERSHAW Devon 1982 CAN 40:20.3 93.84<br />
85 41 1248390 OESTBERG Fredrik 1979 SWE 40:30.0 97.42<br />
86 23 3670006 CHEREPANOV Sergey 1986 KAZ 40:31.5 97.98<br />
87 31 3480010 LIASHENKO Dmitrij 1977 RUS 40:35.3 99.38<br />
88 15 3190025 DARRAGON Roddy 1983 FRA 40:36.0 99.64<br />
89 26 3100004 GOLDSACK Drew 1981 CAN 40:54.7 106.55<br />
90 16 3670007 POLTARANIN Alexey 1987 KAZ 41:07.8 111.38 </p>
<p>Did not finish :</p>
<p>ISOMETSAE Jari (FIN)</p>
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