Minna Kauppi had a clear lead - but lost it all. Valentin Novikov had the middle distance king on his knees - but blew it in the end. Niggli did two large mistakes of more than 2 and 3 minutes, respectively, which took away her victory chances. Even Thierry G. had a solid mistake at the 10th control. It was an extremely difficult middle distance today - with the big stars loosing lots of time in the tricky parts!
Some observations:

• Thierry G. caught Daniel Hubmann already at the fourth control. Thierry was in front most of the way - Hubmann passing by at the very end of the course.
• It looks like Holger Hott Johansen and Valentin Novikov have not been that close together all the way - rather changing the lead and running more separate ways.
• Minna Kauppi had a huge more than two minute mistake at the 10th control, after having run away from Emma Engstrand.

I show just a few screenshots below - see for yourself for all the juicy details..
Links:

• Splitsbrowser for middle distance
• Maps and full official results will be available here

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