Under the city lights on capitol square in downtown Madison Wisconsin, the SuperTour team sprint competitors put on quite a display of fast skiing for the hundreds and hundreds of spectators that lined parts of the course 4 deep. Good music and some exciting, spot-on commentary was amplified through speakers all the way down the two most crowded streets near the start / finish corner.
 the scheduled semifinal round was eliminated and men and women only had 1 final race each. This final consisted of 3 laps for each woman (6 total for the 2-person team) and 5 laps (10 total) for the men. </p>
<p>Conditions were “sugary” especially on the long-gradual uphill to the finish, which racers said was the hardest part of the course. The filthy, rock-infested snow was at least a little less wet and slow by the time the 7:40pm race start rolled around for the women. After a short double-pole mass start (4 lanes wide) it was up and over the first bridge, single-file. From there the race spread out very quickly, with the top teams lapping some of the slower skiers and also putting gaps between eachother. Coming out on top was the Rossignol “import” duo of Karin Camenisch and Natasha Naryshkina. Then it was Caitlin Compton (Subaru) and Anna Mcloon (Atomic) beating out the team of Kate Whitcomb (FSX/MWSC) and Erin Hood (APUNSC) who finished third.</p>
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