Pietro Piller Cottrer won the 15K free technique race in Canmore today, leading the split times from start to finish. Vincent Vittoz was second, and Tobias Angerer was third.
Ivan Babikov, who is skiing for his native Russia, but now lives in Canada, finished a very impressive 4th, narrowly missing a podium spot. George Grey had the top North American finish in 16th. Grey started conservatively and was 41st after 1.6K but he got faster as the race went on and actually skied the final 2K faster than the winner. Freeman was as high as 12th with only a few K's to go.
1 Piller Cottrer Pietro ITA 35:06.8 0 2 Vittoz Vincent FRA 35:21.7 14.9 3 Angerer Tobias GER 35:31.3 24.5 4 Babikov Ivan RUS 35:36.7 29.9 5 Andresen Jan Egil NOR 35:48.9 42.1 6 Alypov Ivan RUS 35:49.7 42.9 7 Santus Fabio ITA 35:54.1 47.3 8 Checchi Valerio ITA 35:55.1 48.3 9 Hoffmann Christian AUT 35:57.6 50.8 9 Gaustad John Anders NOR 35:57.6 50.8 11 Goering Franz GER 36:00.1 53.3 11 Soedergren Anders SWE 36:00.1 53.3 13 Gjerdalen Tord Asle NOR 36:02.9 56.1 14 Di Centa Giorgio ITA 36:04.2 57.4 15 Aasen Geir Ludvig NOR 36:04.5 57.7 16 Grey George CAN 36:05.1 58.3 17 Jonnier Emmanuel FRA 36:07.9 +1:01.1 18 Freeman Kris USA 36:09.4 +1:02.6 19 Schwienbacher Freddy ITA 36:10.6 +1:03.8 20 Magal Jiri CZE 36:11.1 +1:04.3 21 Rousselet Alexandre FRA 36:12.4 +1:05.6 22 Swenson Carl USA 36:16.7 +1:09.9 23 Hasler Markus LIE 36:16.8 +1:10.0 24 Larsson Mats SWE 36:18.4 +1:11.6 25 Teichmann Axel GER 36:19.3 +1:12.5 26 Filbrich Jens GER 36:21.9 +1:15.1 27 Sommerfeldt Rene GER 36:28.4 +1:21.6 28 Skjeldal Kristen NOR 36:29.7 +1:22.9 29 Gaillard Jean Marc FRA 36:35.2 +1:28.4 30 Estil Frode NOR 36:36.8 +1:30.0 31 Southam James USA 36:37.8 +1:31.0 32 Bundi Gion Andrea SUI 36:38.3 +1:31.5 33 Hofstad Tore Ruud NOR 36:39.4 +1:32.6 34 Fredriksson Mathias SWE 36:41.5 +1:34.7 35 Krezelok Janusz POL 36:46.0 +1:39.2 36 Zorzi Cristian ITA 36:46.1 +1:39.3 37 Schluetter Andreas GER 36:52.5 +1:45.7 38 Koukal Martin CZE 36:53.3 +1:46.5 39 Burgermeister Reto SUI 36:53.5 +1:46.7 40 Ruiz Diego SPA 36:54.2 +1:47.4 41 Johnson Andrew USA 36:58.2 +1:51.4 42 Brink Joergen SWE 37:08.8 +2:02.0 43 Vilarrubla Vicente SPA 37:10.1 +2:03.3 44 Jewett Gordon CAN 37:13.3 +2:06.5 45 Novikov Serguei RUS 37:19.2 +2:12.4 46 Nishikawa Graham CAN 37:20.9 +2:14.1 47 Zimmermann Leif-Orin USA 37:21.1 +2:14.3 48 Krianine Serguei RUS 37:24.5 +2:17.7 49 Clara Roland ITA 37:24.7 +2:17.9 50 Jefferies Chris CAN 37:35.3 +2:28.5 51 Bolchakov Nikolaj RUS 37:36.0 +2:29.2 52 Tichkine Dmitri RUS 37:42.8 +2:36.0 53 Kates Adam CAN 37:46.7 +2:39.9 54 Kreczmer Maciej POL 37:46.8 +2:40.0 54 Fischer Remo SUI 37:46.8 +2:40.0 56 Imai Hiroyuki JPN 37:52.6 +2:45.8 57 Roycroft Dan CAN 38:05.0 +2:58.2 58 Eder Johannes AUT 38:06.2 +2:59.4 59 Flora Lars USA 38:11.7 +3:04.9 60 Goldsack Drew CAN 38:20.5 +3:13.7 61 Egoshin Dmitriy RUS 38:29.6 +3:22.8 62 Nighbor David CAN 38:30.9 +3:24.1 63 Enman Eli USA 38:36.3 +3:29.5 64 Kanamaru Tomio JPN 38:51.1 +3:44.3 65 Richmond Kit CAN 39:30.8 +4:24.0 66 Stewart David USA 39:42.2 +4:35.4 67 Saidla Karl CAN 39:52.7 +4:45.9 68 Crooks Sean CAN 39:52.8 +4:46.0 69 McMurtry Brent CAN 40:20.7 +5:13.9 70 Kuhn Stefan CAN 40:58.0 +5:51.2 71 Koons Benjamin NZL 42:49.8 +7:43.0 DNF Onda Yuichi JPN
