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WOC Middle Analysis: Why did Hubmann take the title?

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[Updated with comment from Gueorgiou] Extremely tight: Four runners were only one control from beating the winner Daniel Hubmann – Lucas Basset, Olle Boström, Fabian Hertner and Thierry Gueorgiou. Magne Dæhlie had a slow start, but ran faster than Hubmann from the 2nd control to the finish.

In this race a 30 second time loss was a big mistake – none of the medalists lost more than 17 seconds to the best split time on any leg. Gold medalist Daniel Hubmann did a very even race – only winning 2 of 26  legs. Silver medalist Lucas Basset  also did a very even race – being within 13 seconds of the best split time on every single leg; this was best of all starters. Thierry Gueorgiou on the other hand had two controls were he lost more than 20 seconds to the best split time – one of them even as much as 50 seconds (see above). That was far too much to win this tight middle distance race.

See the full analysis of the race below the results & map sections. See also this article about the second last control.

Results

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1. Daniel Hubmann Switzerland 34:23 (+0:00)
2. Lucas Basset France 34:26 (+0:03)
3. Olle Bostrom Sweden 34:36 (+0:13)
4. Magne Daehli Norway 34:49 (+0:26)
5. Fabian Hertner Switzerland 34:58 (+0:35)
6. Oleksandr Kratov Ukraine 35:08 (+0:45)
7. Thierry Gueorgiou France 35:09 (+0:46)
8. Olav Lundanes Norway 35:53 (+1:30)
9. Jan Sedivy Czech Republic 36:01 (+1:38)
10. Jan Prochazka Czech Republic 36:08 (+1:45)
10. Hector Haines Great Britain 36:08 (+1:45)
12. Hannu Airila Finland 36:18 (+1:55)
13. Lauri Sild Estonia 36:25 (+2:02)
14. Fredric Portin Finland 36:30 (+2:07)
15. Edgars Bertuks Latvia 36:38 (+2:15)

Map and GPS-tracking

Analysis: Decision points

Thierry Gueorgiou control 18 and 24

At control 17 there was double France in the lead – Thierry Gueorgiou was in the lead 16 seconds ahead of Lucas Basset. Then Gueorgiou made a small routechoice mistake, not going far enough around the green area on quite green leg. On control 18 Gueorgiou had lost 23 seconds to the best split – and his lead to Lucas Basset. There was still double France in the top, though.

Update 11/8/2015: Gueorgiou has written a comment about this control on his blog:  It is simply impossible from the map (at least for me) to know which route will be the fastest beforehand.

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This mistake would not necessarily have cost Gueorgiou the victory, though, although the gold might have been difficult even without his mistake on the second last control. Here Gueorgiou went into the green through a hole in the fence, and searched for 49 seconds before finding the control. In the end Thierry Gueorgiou was 46 seconds from the Gold medal. This was the same mistake that cost Emma Johansson the victory in the women’s class.

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Update 11/8/2015: Gueorgiou has written a comment about this control on his blog:  In my opinion, the map around the penultimate control was not up to the quality which is required at a WOC. I, of course, went there after my race to check the area and was not pleased with what I saw. Well, the fact is that it is not the first time it happens at our major championship, and we can´t even all agree on what is a good enough map. It is also worth mentioning that the map has always been the same for everyone and it is an important skill to manage to keep the risk as low as possible whatever the circumstances.

Lucas Basset control 12

Lucas Basset has his biggest timeloss to control 12 – a total time loss of 13 seconds – 10 seconds to Hubmann. Not much to talk about, but still enough to get him the gold medal with only 3 seconds up there.

Olle Boström control 5

Olle Boström was only 13 seconds from gold in the end, and after the finish his biggest concern was the 10 seconds lost at the last control. However, his performance on the long leg from 4-5 cost him even more time – 26 seconds. The reason for the time loss seems to be that he does not run directly down to the path out of the control, but instead keeps running on the hill parallel with the path. A lost opportunity for beating Hubmann…

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Fabian Hertner control 9

Fabian Hertner lost 38 seconds to the best split time to control 9 – in the end the Swiss was 36 seconds from Gold. Enough to ruin another medal chance for Hertner. The mistake was a typical inaccurate direction and loss of concentration. Nothing special, but still something Hertner will think about in the future.

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Magne Dæhlie control 1 and 2

Magne Dæhlie – infamous as a slow starter – lost in total 31 seconds at the two first controls – most of this to the first control were he takes a route more to the left than the others, probably due to a slight direction mistake. In the end Dæhlie is 26 seconds behind Gold – this slow start definitely cost him a medal, and he would also have been in the fight for the gold medal with a better start.

Analysis: Route choices

There was only one real routechoice leg – the rest of the course was mostly about going straight, fast and accurate (enough). The routechoice leg was the long leg to control 5. The fastest route here (for the men) was to go slight left, exploiting the paths you could while still not running to far. Running far around on the left of right loses you half a minute or more.

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There is also the routechoice leg to control 18 – although short it was important for the competition as Gueorgiou lost time here. Here it is clearly faster to go out to the right.

Analysis: Race development

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Fabian Hertner took the lead at the first control and stayed in front until control 2. The race lead then changed between Thierry Gueorgiou (leading at the 3rd control), Fabian Hertner (leading from the 4th to 8th control, losing 38 seconds at the 9th control and falling down to 5th place), Daniel Hubmann (leading at the 9th control, losing 11 seconds and the lead at the 10th), Lucas Basset (leading from the 10th to 11th control, losing 13 seconds and the lead at the 12th), Daniel Hubmann (leading at the 12th control, losing 17 seconds and the lead at the 13th), Lucas Basset (leading at the 13th control), Daniel Hubmann (leading at the 14th control), Lucas Basset (leading at the 15th control, losing 13 seconds and the lead at the 16th), Thierry Gueorgiou (leading from the 16th to 17th control, losing 23 seconds and the lead at the 18th) and Lucas Basset (leading from the 18th to 20th control, losing 11 seconds and the lead at the 21st) until Daniel Hubmann took over the lead at control 21 of 26 controls and kept it until the finish.

Detailed analysis illustrations – leg by leg

For the specially interested here are illustrations leg by leg for all top competitors/best on each leg.

Men: S-1


Men: S-1 (Legtimes)

1. Fabian Hertner 2:31 +0:00
2. Oleksandr Kratov 2:31 +0:00
3. Matthias Kyburz 2:33 +0:02
4. Olav Lundanes 2:33 +0:02
5. Soren Bobach 2:33 +0:02
6. Thierry Gueorgiou 2:33 +0:02
7. Olle Bostrom 2:35 +0:04
8. Lucas Basset 2:36 +0:05
9. Matt Ogden 2:36 +0:05
10. Daniel Hubmann 2:37 +0:06
38. Magne Daehli 2:55 +0:24
Men: S-1 (Total times)

1. Fabian Hertner 2:31 +0:00
2. Oleksandr Kratov 2:31 +0:00
3. Matthias Kyburz 2:33 +0:02
4. Olav Lundanes 2:33 +0:02
5. Soren Bobach 2:33 +0:02
6. Thierry Gueorgiou 2:33 +0:02
7. Olle Bostrom 2:35 +0:04
8. Lucas Basset 2:36 +0:05
9. Matt Ogden 2:36 +0:05
10. Daniel Hubmann 2:37 +0:06
38. Magne Daehli 2:55 +0:24

Men: 1-2


Men: 1-2 (Legtimes)

1. Fabian Hertner 0:48 +0:00
2. Thierry Gueorgiou 0:48 +0:00
3. Lucas Basset 0:49 +0:01
4. Matthias Kyburz 0:51 +0:03
5. Gustav Bergman 0:51 +0:03
6. Lauri Sild 0:51 +0:03
7. Vincent Coupat 0:51 +0:03
8. Vojtech Kral 0:52 +0:04
9. Olli Markus Taivainen 0:52 +0:04
10. Soren Bobach 0:53 +0:05
11. Olle Bostrom 0:53 +0:05
14. Oleksandr Kratov 0:54 +0:06
15. Daniel Hubmann 0:54 +0:06
24. Magne Daehli 0:55 +0:07
Men: 1-2 (Total times)

1. Fabian Hertner 3:19 +0:00
2. Thierry Gueorgiou 3:21 +0:02
3. Matthias Kyburz 3:24 +0:05
4. Lucas Basset 3:25 +0:06
5. Oleksandr Kratov 3:25 +0:06
6. Soren Bobach 3:26 +0:07
7. Gustav Bergman 3:28 +0:09
8. Olle Bostrom 3:28 +0:09
9. Olav Lundanes 3:29 +0:10
10. Lauri Sild 3:30 +0:11
11. Daniel Hubmann 3:31 +0:12
33. Magne Daehli 3:50 +0:31

 

Men: 2-3


Men: 2-3 (Legtimes)

1. Thierry Gueorgiou 1:22 +0:00
2. Olle Bostrom 1:23 +0:01
3. Jonas Vytautas Gvildys 1:23 +0:01
4. Daniel Hubmann 1:24 +0:02
5. Fredric Portin 1:24 +0:02
6. Graham Gristwood 1:25 +0:03
7. Fabian Hertner 1:26 +0:04
8. Hector Haines 1:26 +0:04
9. Magne Daehli 1:26 +0:04
10. Kiril Nikolov 1:26 +0:04
11. Oleksandr Kratov 1:27 +0:05
19. Lucas Basset 1:29 +0:07
Men: 2-3 (Total times)

1. Thierry Gueorgiou 4:43 +0:00
2. Fabian Hertner 4:45 +0:02
3. Olle Bostrom 4:51 +0:08
4. Oleksandr Kratov 4:52 +0:09
5. Lucas Basset 4:54 +0:11
6. Daniel Hubmann 4:55 +0:12
7. Soren Bobach 4:55 +0:12
8. Gustav Bergman 4:56 +0:13
9. Matthias Kyburz 4:56 +0:13
10. Fredric Portin 4:58 +0:15
25. Magne Daehli 5:16 +0:33

 

Men: 3-4


Men: 3-4 (Legtimes)

1. Daniel Hubmann 0:25 +0:00
2. Fabian Hertner 0:26 +0:01
3. Lucas Basset 0:26 +0:01
4. Valentin Novikov 0:26 +0:01
5. William Lind 0:26 +0:01
6. Soren Bobach 0:27 +0:02
7. Olav Lundanes 0:27 +0:02
8. Jan Sedivy 0:27 +0:02
9. Lauri Sild 0:27 +0:02
10. Hannu Airila 0:27 +0:02
15. Magne Daehli 0:28 +0:03
21. Olle Bostrom 0:29 +0:04
22. Oleksandr Kratov 0:29 +0:04
Men: 3-4 (Total times)

1. Fabian Hertner 5:11 +0:00
2. Thierry Gueorgiou 5:11 +0:00
3. Daniel Hubmann 5:20 +0:09
4. Lucas Basset 5:20 +0:09
5. Olle Bostrom 5:20 +0:09
6. Oleksandr Kratov 5:21 +0:10
7. Soren Bobach 5:22 +0:11
8. Olav Lundanes 5:26 +0:15
9. Fredric Portin 5:27 +0:16
10. Timo Sild 5:27 +0:16
24. Magne Daehli 5:44 +0:33

 

Men: 4-5


Men: 4-5 (Legtimes)

1. Daniel Hubmann 4:21 +0:00
2. Fabian Hertner 4:24 +0:03
3. Lucas Basset 4:25 +0:04
4. Thierry Gueorgiou 4:28 +0:07
5. Magne Daehli 4:31 +0:10
6. Gernot Kerschbaumer 4:37 +0:16
7. Edgars Bertuks 4:40 +0:19
8. Graham Gristwood 4:40 +0:19
9. Olav Lundanes 4:44 +0:23
10. Matthias Kyburz 4:44 +0:23
11. Olle Bostrom 4:47 +0:26
21. Oleksandr Kratov 4:57 +0:36
Men: 4-5 (Total times)

1. Fabian Hertner 9:35 +0:00
2. Thierry Gueorgiou 9:39 +0:04
3. Daniel Hubmann 9:41 +0:06
4. Lucas Basset 9:45 +0:10
5. Gernot Kerschbaumer 10:05 +0:30
6. Olle Bostrom 10:07 +0:32
7. Olav Lundanes 10:10 +0:35
8. Matthias Kyburz 10:12 +0:37
9. Magne Daehli 10:15 +0:40
10. Oleksandr Kratov 10:18 +0:43

 

Men: 5-6


Men: 5-6 (Legtimes)

1. Olle Bostrom 0:29 +0:00
2. Lucas Basset 0:31 +0:02
3. Gernot Kerschbaumer 0:31 +0:02
4. Gustav Bergman 0:31 +0:02
5. Christoph Brandt 0:31 +0:02
6. Thierry Gueorgiou 0:32 +0:03
7. Daniel Hubmann 0:32 +0:03
8. Matthias Kyburz 0:32 +0:03
9. Hector Haines 0:32 +0:03
10. Magne Daehli 0:33 +0:04
11. Oleksandr Kratov 0:33 +0:04
20. Fabian Hertner 0:34 +0:05
Men: 5-6 (Total times)

1. Fabian Hertner 10:09 +0:00
2. Thierry Gueorgiou 10:11 +0:02
3. Daniel Hubmann 10:13 +0:04
4. Lucas Basset 10:16 +0:07
5. Gernot Kerschbaumer 10:36 +0:27
6. Olle Bostrom 10:36 +0:27
7. Matthias Kyburz 10:44 +0:35
8. Olav Lundanes 10:44 +0:35
9. Magne Daehli 10:48 +0:39
10. Gustav Bergman 10:50 +0:41
11. Oleksandr Kratov 10:51 +0:42

 

Men: 6-7


Men: 6-7 (Legtimes)

1. Valentin Novikov 0:46 +0:00
2. Olle Bostrom 0:47 +0:01
3. Graham Gristwood 0:47 +0:01
4. Vojtech Kral 0:47 +0:01
5. Zsolt Lenkei 0:47 +0:01
6. Daniel Hubmann 0:49 +0:03
7. Olav Lundanes 0:49 +0:03
8. Magne Daehli 0:49 +0:03
9. Matthias Kyburz 0:50 +0:04
10. Oleksandr Kratov 0:50 +0:04
15. Fabian Hertner 0:51 +0:05
23. Lucas Basset 0:54 +0:08
Men: 6-7 (Total times)

1. Fabian Hertner 11:00 +0:00
2. Daniel Hubmann 11:02 +0:02
3. Thierry Gueorgiou 11:06 +0:06
4. Lucas Basset 11:10 +0:10
5. Olle Bostrom 11:23 +0:23
6. Olav Lundanes 11:33 +0:33
7. Matthias Kyburz 11:34 +0:34
8. Magne Daehli 11:37 +0:37
9. Gernot Kerschbaumer 11:39 +0:39
10. Oleksandr Kratov 11:41 +0:41

Men: 7-8


Men: 7-8 (Legtimes)

1. Lucas Basset 0:36 +0:00
2. Thierry Gueorgiou 0:38 +0:02
3. Hannu Airila 0:39 +0:03
4. Daniel Hubmann 0:40 +0:04
5. Olav Lundanes 0:40 +0:04
6. Matthias Kyburz 0:40 +0:04
7. Oleksandr Kratov 0:40 +0:04
8. Vincent Coupat 0:40 +0:04
9. Robert Merl 0:40 +0:04
10. Fabian Hertner 0:41 +0:05
37. Magne Daehli 0:49 +0:13
47. Olle Bostrom 0:50 +0:14
Men: 7-8 (Total times)

1. Fabian Hertner 11:41 +0:00
2. Daniel Hubmann 11:42 +0:01
3. Thierry Gueorgiou 11:44 +0:03
4. Lucas Basset 11:46 +0:05
5. Olav Lundanes 12:13 +0:32
6. Olle Bostrom 12:13 +0:32
7. Matthias Kyburz 12:14 +0:33
8. Oleksandr Kratov 12:21 +0:40
9. Gernot Kerschbaumer 12:26 +0:45
10. Magne Daehli 12:26 +0:45

Men: 8-9

Men: 8-9 (Legtimes)

1. Magne Daehli 2:07 +0:00
2. Jan Prochazka 2:08 +0:01
3. Hector Haines 2:09 +0:02
4. Daniel Hubmann 2:10 +0:03
5. Olli Markus Taivainen 2:11 +0:04
6. Lucas Basset 2:12 +0:05
7. Olle Bostrom 2:12 +0:05
8. Edgars Bertuks 2:12 +0:05
9. Oleksandr Kratov 2:14 +0:07
10. Olav Lundanes 2:15 +0:08
41. Fabian Hertner 2:45 +0:38
Men: 8-9 (Total times)

1. Daniel Hubmann 13:52 +0:00
2. Lucas Basset 13:58 +0:06
3. Thierry Gueorgiou 14:07 +0:15
4. Olle Bostrom 14:25 +0:33
5. Fabian Hertner 14:26 +0:34
6. Olav Lundanes 14:28 +0:36
7. Magne Daehli 14:33 +0:41
8. Oleksandr Kratov 14:35 +0:43
9. Valentin Novikov 14:57 +1:05
10. Edgars Bertuks 15:00 +1:08

 

Men: 9-10

Men: 9-10 (Legtimes)

1. Vincent Coupat 0:32 +0:00
2. Thierry Gueorgiou 0:33 +0:01
3. Graham Gristwood 0:34 +0:02
4. Hannu Airila 0:34 +0:02
5. Lucas Basset 0:35 +0:03
6. Olav Lundanes 0:35 +0:03
7. Lauri Sild 0:35 +0:03
8. Timo Sild 0:35 +0:03
9. Fredric Portin 0:35 +0:03
10. Gernot Kerschbaumer 0:35 +0:03
18. Oleksandr Kratov 0:37 +0:05
25. Magne Daehli 0:38 +0:06
33. Olle Bostrom 0:39 +0:07
47. Daniel Hubmann 0:43 +0:11
57. Fabian Hertner 0:48 +0:16
Men: 9-10 (Total times)

1. Lucas Basset 14:33 +0:00
2. Daniel Hubmann 14:35 +0:02
3. Thierry Gueorgiou 14:40 +0:07
4. Olav Lundanes 15:03 +0:30
5. Olle Bostrom 15:04 +0:31
6. Magne Daehli 15:11 +0:38
7. Oleksandr Kratov 15:12 +0:39
8. Fabian Hertner 15:14 +0:41
9. Valentin Novikov 15:33 +1:00
10. Lauri Sild 15:37 +1:04

Men: 10-11


Men: 10-11 (Legtimes)

1. Gustav Bergman 1:01 +0:00
2. Lucas Basset 1:03 +0:02
3. Olle Bostrom 1:04 +0:03
4. Magne Daehli 1:04 +0:03
5. Timo Sild 1:04 +0:03
6. Jan Prochazka 1:04 +0:03
7. Daniel Hubmann 1:05 +0:04
8. Jan Sedivy 1:05 +0:04
9. Carl Godager Kaas 1:05 +0:04
10. Wojciech Kowalski 1:05 +0:04
20. Oleksandr Kratov 1:08 +0:07
25. Fabian Hertner 1:09 +0:08
Men: 10-11 (Total times)

1. Lucas Basset 15:36 +0:00
2. Daniel Hubmann 15:40 +0:04
3. Thierry Gueorgiou 15:50 +0:14
4. Olle Bostrom 16:08 +0:32
5. Magne Daehli 16:15 +0:39
6. Olav Lundanes 16:19 +0:43
7. Oleksandr Kratov 16:20 +0:44
8. Fabian Hertner 16:23 +0:47
9. Valentin Novikov 16:41 +1:05
10. Lauri Sild 16:43 +1:07

Men: 11-12


Men: 11-12 (Legtimes)

1. Hannu Airila 1:28 +0:00
2. Oleksandr Kratov 1:29 +0:01
3. Jonas Vytautas Gvildys 1:29 +0:01
4. Daniel Hubmann 1:31 +0:03
5. Edgars Bertuks 1:32 +0:04
6. Artem Panchenko 1:32 +0:04
7. Thierry Gueorgiou 1:33 +0:05
8. Hector Haines 1:33 +0:05
9. Magne Daehli 1:34 +0:06
10. William Lind 1:35 +0:07
11. Fabian Hertner 1:36 +0:08
26. Lucas Basset 1:41 +0:13
27. Olle Bostrom 1:41 +0:13
Men: 11-12 (Total times)

1. Daniel Hubmann 17:11 +0:00
2. Lucas Basset 17:17 +0:06
3. Thierry Gueorgiou 17:23 +0:12
4. Magne Daehli 17:49 +0:38
5. Oleksandr Kratov 17:49 +0:38
6. Olle Bostrom 17:49 +0:38
7. Olav Lundanes 17:58 +0:47
8. Fabian Hertner 17:59 +0:48
9. Hannu Airila 18:20 +1:09
10. Valentin Novikov 18:21 +1:10

 

Men: 12-13


Men: 12-13 (Legtimes)

1. Edgars Bertuks 1:29 +0:00
2. William Lind 1:31 +0:02
3. Oleksandr Kratov 1:32 +0:03
4. Gustav Bergman 1:32 +0:03
5. Jonas Vytautas Gvildys 1:35 +0:06
6. Soren Bobach 1:35 +0:06
7. Fabian Hertner 1:36 +0:07
8. Graham Gristwood 1:36 +0:07
9. Olav Lundanes 1:37 +0:08
10. Christian Bobach 1:37 +0:08
11. Lucas Basset 1:38 +0:09
12. Olle Bostrom 1:38 +0:09
28. Magne Daehli 1:43 +0:14
32. Daniel Hubmann 1:46 +0:17
Men: 12-13 (Total times)

1. Lucas Basset 18:55 +0:00
2. Daniel Hubmann 18:57 +0:02
3. Thierry Gueorgiou 19:04 +0:09
4. Oleksandr Kratov 19:21 +0:26
5. Olle Bostrom 19:27 +0:32
6. Magne Daehli 19:32 +0:37
7. Fabian Hertner 19:35 +0:40
8. Olav Lundanes 19:35 +0:40
9. Hannu Airila 20:00 +1:05
10. Lauri Sild 20:04 +1:09

 

Men: 13-14


Men: 13-14 (Legtimes)

1. Thierry Gueorgiou 0:35 +0:00
2. Fabian Hertner 0:35 +0:00
3. Jonas Vytautas Gvildys 0:35 +0:00
4. Daniel Hubmann 0:36 +0:01
5. Gustav Bergman 0:36 +0:01
6. Hector Haines 0:36 +0:01
7. Gernot Kerschbaumer 0:36 +0:01
8. William Lind 0:36 +0:01
9. Hannu Airila 0:37 +0:02
10. Lauri Sild 0:37 +0:02
20. Olle Bostrom 0:38 +0:03
21. Magne Daehli 0:38 +0:03
27. Oleksandr Kratov 0:39 +0:04
36. Lucas Basset 0:40 +0:05
Men: 13-14 (Total times)

1. Daniel Hubmann 19:33 +0:00
2. Lucas Basset 19:35 +0:02
3. Thierry Gueorgiou 19:39 +0:06
4. Oleksandr Kratov 20:00 +0:27
5. Olle Bostrom 20:05 +0:32
6. Fabian Hertner 20:10 +0:37
7. Magne Daehli 20:10 +0:37
8. Olav Lundanes 20:15 +0:42
9. Hannu Airila 20:37 +1:04
10. Jonas Vytautas Gvildys 20:40 +1:07

Men: 14-15


Men: 14-15 (Legtimes)

1. Thierry Gueorgiou 0:56 +0:00
2. Olle Bostrom 0:57 +0:01
3. Fredric Portin 0:58 +0:02
4. Jan Prochazka 0:58 +0:02
5. Wojciech Kowalski 0:58 +0:02
6. Lucas Basset 0:59 +0:03
7. Jonas Vytautas Gvildys 0:59 +0:03
8. Matt Ogden 0:59 +0:03
9. Simon Uppill 0:59 +0:03
10. Aron Bako 0:59 +0:03
21. Oleksandr Kratov 1:02 +0:06
24. Daniel Hubmann 1:04 +0:08
25. Fabian Hertner 1:04 +0:08
26. Magne Daehli 1:04 +0:08
Men: 14-15 (Total times)

1. Lucas Basset 20:34 +0:00
2. Thierry Gueorgiou 20:35 +0:01
3. Daniel Hubmann 20:37 +0:03
4. Oleksandr Kratov 21:02 +0:28
5. Olle Bostrom 21:02 +0:28
6. Fabian Hertner 21:14 +0:40
7. Magne Daehli 21:14 +0:40
8. Olav Lundanes 21:23 +0:49
9. Jonas Vytautas Gvildys 21:39 +1:05
10. Hannu Airila 21:42 +1:08

Men: 15-16


Men: 15-16 (Legtimes)

1. Olle Bostrom 1:44 +0:00
2. Olav Lundanes 1:44 +0:00
3. Magne Daehli 1:46 +0:02
4. Jan Prochazka 1:46 +0:02
5. William Lind 1:46 +0:02
6. Gernot Kerschbaumer 1:48 +0:04
7. Edgars Bertuks 1:49 +0:05
8. Thierry Gueorgiou 1:50 +0:06
9. Fredric Portin 1:51 +0:07
10. Leonid Novikov 1:51 +0:07
17. Oleksandr Kratov 1:56 +0:12
21. Lucas Basset 1:57 +0:13
22. Fabian Hertner 1:57 +0:13
25. Daniel Hubmann 1:59 +0:15
Men: 15-16 (Total times)

1. Thierry Gueorgiou 22:25 +0:00
2. Lucas Basset 22:31 +0:06
3. Daniel Hubmann 22:36 +0:11
4. Olle Bostrom 22:46 +0:21
5. Oleksandr Kratov 22:58 +0:33
6. Magne Daehli 23:00 +0:35
7. Olav Lundanes 23:07 +0:42
8. Fabian Hertner 23:11 +0:46
9. Hannu Airila 23:37 +1:12
10. Jonas Vytautas Gvildys 23:41 +1:16

Men: 16-17


Men: 16-17 (Legtimes)

1. Jan Prochazka 1:01 +0:00
2. Carl Godager Kaas 1:01 +0:00
3. Thierry Gueorgiou 1:02 +0:01
4. Olle Bostrom 1:02 +0:01
5. Vincent Coupat 1:02 +0:01
6. Graham Gristwood 1:02 +0:01
7. Valentin Novikov 1:04 +0:03
8. Olav Lundanes 1:05 +0:04
9. Edgars Bertuks 1:05 +0:04
10. Simonas Krepsta 1:05 +0:04
13. Oleksandr Kratov 1:07 +0:06
14. Magne Daehli 1:07 +0:06
24. Daniel Hubmann 1:09 +0:08
34. Lucas Basset 1:12 +0:11
39. Fabian Hertner 1:14 +0:13
Men: 16-17 (Total times)

1. Thierry Gueorgiou 23:27 +0:00
2. Lucas Basset 23:43 +0:16
3. Daniel Hubmann 23:45 +0:18
4. Olle Bostrom 23:48 +0:21
5. Oleksandr Kratov 24:05 +0:38
6. Magne Daehli 24:07 +0:40
7. Olav Lundanes 24:12 +0:45
8. Fabian Hertner 24:25 +0:58
9. Hannu Airila 24:43 +1:16
10. Jonas Vytautas Gvildys 24:50 +1:23

Men: 17-18


Men: 17-18 (Legtimes)

1. William Lind 1:37 +0:00
2. Jan Sedivy 1:38 +0:01
3. Lucas Basset 1:39 +0:02
4. Fabian Hertner 1:41 +0:04
5. Daniel Hubmann 1:43 +0:06
6. Hector Haines 1:44 +0:07
7. Carl Godager Kaas 1:45 +0:08
8. Olle Bostrom 1:46 +0:09
9. Oleksandr Kratov 1:46 +0:09
10. Gustav Bergman 1:47 +0:10
11. Magne Daehli 1:48 +0:11
Men: 17-18 (Total times)

1. Lucas Basset 25:22 +0:00
2. Thierry Gueorgiou 25:27 +0:05
3. Daniel Hubmann 25:28 +0:06
4. Olle Bostrom 25:34 +0:12
5. Oleksandr Kratov 25:51 +0:29
6. Magne Daehli 25:55 +0:33
7. Olav Lundanes 26:00 +0:38
8. Fabian Hertner 26:06 +0:44
9. Hannu Airila 26:42 +1:20
10. Lauri Sild 26:45 +1:23

 

Men: 18-19


Men: 18-19 (Legtimes)

1. William Lind 1:27 +0:00
2. Jan Prochazka 1:29 +0:02
3. Daniel Hubmann 1:33 +0:06
4. Olle Bostrom 1:33 +0:06
5. Hector Haines 1:33 +0:06
6. Graham Gristwood 1:35 +0:08
7. Lucas Basset 1:36 +0:09
8. Jan Sedivy 1:36 +0:09
9. Fredric Portin 1:36 +0:09
10. Edgars Bertuks 1:36 +0:09
11. Fabian Hertner 1:37 +0:10
21. Magne Daehli 1:40 +0:13
30. Oleksandr Kratov 1:44 +0:17
Men: 18-19 (Total times)

1. Lucas Basset 26:58 +0:00
2. Daniel Hubmann 27:01 +0:03
3. Thierry Gueorgiou 27:05 +0:07
4. Olle Bostrom 27:07 +0:09
5. Magne Daehli 27:35 +0:37
6. Oleksandr Kratov 27:35 +0:37
7. Fabian Hertner 27:43 +0:45
8. Olav Lundanes 27:45 +0:47
9. Lauri Sild 28:25 +1:27
10. Jan Sedivy 28:30 +1:32

 

Men: 19-20


Men: 19-20 (Legtimes)

1. Hector Haines 0:32 +0:00
2. Fredric Portin 0:32 +0:00
3. William Lind 0:32 +0:00
4. Fabian Hertner 0:33 +0:01
5. Jan Prochazka 0:33 +0:01
6. Carl Godager Kaas 0:33 +0:01
7. Antonio Martinez Perez 0:33 +0:01
8. Daniel Hubmann 0:34 +0:02
9. Olle Bostrom 0:34 +0:02
10. Jan Sedivy 0:34 +0:02
13. Lucas Basset 0:35 +0:03
14. Oleksandr Kratov 0:35 +0:03
31. Magne Daehli 0:38 +0:06
Men: 19-20 (Total times)

1. Lucas Basset 27:33 +0:00
2. Daniel Hubmann 27:35 +0:02
3. Olle Bostrom 27:41 +0:08
4. Thierry Gueorgiou 27:42 +0:09
5. Oleksandr Kratov 28:10 +0:37
6. Magne Daehli 28:13 +0:40
7. Fabian Hertner 28:16 +0:43
8. Olav Lundanes 28:35 +1:02
9. Lauri Sild 29:02 +1:29
10. Jan Sedivy 29:04 +1:31

 

Men: 20-21


Men: 20-21 (Legtimes)

1. Fabian Hertner 2:16 +0:00
2. Magne Daehli 2:20 +0:04
3. Gernot Kerschbaumer 2:24 +0:08
4. Daniel Hubmann 2:25 +0:09
5. Olle Bostrom 2:25 +0:09
6. Thierry Gueorgiou 2:25 +0:09
7. Lucas Basset 2:27 +0:11
8. Vojtech Kral 2:27 +0:11
9. Oleksandr Kratov 2:28 +0:12
10. Hector Haines 2:28 +0:12
Men: 20-21 (Total times)

1. Daniel Hubmann 30:00 +0:00
2. Lucas Basset 30:00 +0:00
3. Olle Bostrom 30:06 +0:06
4. Thierry Gueorgiou 30:07 +0:07
5. Fabian Hertner 30:32 +0:32
6. Magne Daehli 30:33 +0:33
7. Oleksandr Kratov 30:38 +0:38
8. Olav Lundanes 31:05 +1:05
9. Jan Sedivy 31:33 +1:33
10. Hector Haines 31:35 +1:35

Men: 21-22


Men: 21-22 (Legtimes)

1. Thierry Gueorgiou 0:52 +0:00
2. Olle Bostrom 0:53 +0:01
3. Fabian Hertner 0:53 +0:01
4. William Lind 0:53 +0:01
5. Roman Ciobanu 0:53 +0:01
6. Daniel Hubmann 0:54 +0:02
7. Magne Daehli 0:55 +0:03
8. Jan Sedivy 0:55 +0:03
9. Jan Prochazka 0:55 +0:03
10. Lucas Basset 0:56 +0:04
16. Oleksandr Kratov 0:58 +0:06
Men: 21-22 (Total times)

1. Daniel Hubmann 30:54 +0:00
2. Lucas Basset 30:56 +0:02
3. Olle Bostrom 30:59 +0:05
4. Thierry Gueorgiou 30:59 +0:05
5. Fabian Hertner 31:25 +0:31
6. Magne Daehli 31:28 +0:34
7. Oleksandr Kratov 31:36 +0:42
8. Olav Lundanes 32:03 +1:09
9. Jan Sedivy 32:28 +1:34
10. Hector Haines 32:31 +1:37

 

Men: 22-23


Men: 22-23 (Legtimes)

1. Gernot Kerschbaumer 0:52 +0:00
2. Fabian Hertner 0:53 +0:01
3. Magne Daehli 0:53 +0:01
4. William Lind 0:54 +0:02
5. Thierry Gueorgiou 0:55 +0:03
6. Fredric Portin 0:55 +0:03
7. Robert Merl 0:55 +0:03
8. Yannick Michiels 0:55 +0:03
9. Christoph Brandt 0:55 +0:03
10. Lucas Basset 0:56 +0:04
16. Daniel Hubmann 0:57 +0:05
25. Olle Bostrom 0:58 +0:06
26. Oleksandr Kratov 0:58 +0:06
Men: 22-23 (Total times)

1. Daniel Hubmann 31:51 +0:00
2. Lucas Basset 31:52 +0:01
3. Thierry Gueorgiou 31:54 +0:03
4. Olle Bostrom 31:57 +0:06
5. Fabian Hertner 32:18 +0:27
6. Magne Daehli 32:21 +0:30
7. Oleksandr Kratov 32:34 +0:43
8. Olav Lundanes 33:00 +1:09
9. Jan Sedivy 33:25 +1:34
10. Hector Haines 33:28 +1:37

Men: 23-24


Men: 23-24 (Legtimes)

1. Yannick Michiels 0:59 +0:00
2. Vincent Coupat 1:01 +0:02
3. Kiril Nikolov 1:04 +0:05
4. Robert Merl 1:04 +0:05
5. Magne Daehli 1:05 +0:06
6. Jan Sedivy 1:05 +0:06
7. Jan Prochazka 1:05 +0:06
8. Olle Bostrom 1:06 +0:07
9. Andris Jubelis 1:06 +0:07
10. Daniel Hubmann 1:07 +0:08
11. Lucas Basset 1:07 +0:08
25. Oleksandr Kratov 1:10 +0:11
49. Fabian Hertner 1:19 +0:20
Men: 23-24 (Total times)

1. Daniel Hubmann 32:58 +0:00
2. Lucas Basset 32:59 +0:01
3. Olle Bostrom 33:03 +0:05
4. Magne Daehli 33:26 +0:28
5. Fabian Hertner 33:37 +0:39
6. Thierry Gueorgiou 33:43 +0:45
7. Oleksandr Kratov 33:44 +0:46
8. Olav Lundanes 34:27 +1:29
9. Jan Sedivy 34:30 +1:32
10. Hector Haines 34:37 +1:39

Men: 24-25


Men: 24-25 (Legtimes)

1. Fabian Hertner 1:00 +0:00
2. Vojtech Kral 1:01 +0:01
3. Fredric Portin 1:02 +0:02
4. Jonas Vytautas Gvildys 1:02 +0:02
5. Antonio Martinez Perez 1:02 +0:02
6. Yannick Michiels 1:02 +0:02
7. Magne Daehli 1:03 +0:03
8. Andris Jubelis 1:03 +0:03
9. Daniel Hubmann 1:04 +0:04
10. Oleksandr Kratov 1:04 +0:04
13. Lucas Basset 1:05 +0:05
46. Olle Bostrom 1:12 +0:12
Men: 24-25 (Total times)

1. Daniel Hubmann 34:02 +0:00
2. Lucas Basset 34:04 +0:02
3. Olle Bostrom 34:15 +0:13
4. Magne Daehli 34:29 +0:27
5. Fabian Hertner 34:37 +0:35
6. Oleksandr Kratov 34:48 +0:46
7. Thierry Gueorgiou 34:48 +0:46
8. Olav Lundanes 35:33 +1:31
9. Jan Sedivy 35:38 +1:36
10. Hector Haines 35:44 +1:42

 

Men: 25-26


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12 comments

  1. Very strange this 24th control, when looking at the map it seems like a beginner control but Tero, Emma and more than a dozen of other athletes loose time here… There might be something strange there, at least very tricky.
    Anyway a very nice live service, it was very exciting to watch, and so happy for Young Lucas Basset! ;-)

    • I totally agree. The control description of control 24 seems particularly strange to me. It sais: “South-eastern end of a linear thicket”. Without a doubt this thicket is clearly visible on the map beside the fence and the description is correct. But why didn’t they use something that has to do with the fence, because from the map it looks like the control is situated directly beside the fence.
      I may be wrong, but thats my opinion on this control.

  2. In the “Maps and GPS-tracking” section, the wrong map (Sprint final) is linked.
    Otherwise great analysis as always!
    Keep up the good work!

  3. is there a picture available somewhere of the fence that may well have cost gueorgiou and johansson the gold medals?

    and – the conditions were the same for everyone, of course, but was there possibly a flaw in the map at control 24 and does this have an impact on the fairness of the race?

  4. Jan, many thanks for your outstanding work!

    You bring us phenomenal insight to WOC races. I follow races with great respect and high admiration of top runners. What level of mental toughness on top of technical skills are needed to win. It’s great to see how wide potential winner’s field is getting. In the end, no matter how good they perform, they are out of medals with 30 sec mistake. In my eyes this is sport at it’s best.

  5. Tornai Szabolcs

    It would most interesting to know what Thierry and Emma actually tell about this “tricky” control and why they made this banal mistake. Do anybody know what they said?

  6. Links to some pictures and opinions about that control here

    http://www.attackpoint.org/discussionthread.jsp/message_1087758

    Cat Taylor made a comment and in the absence of comments from Johansson and Gueorgiou, I for one tend to rely on her note since she was 5th so clearly visited that control under similar race conditions…

  7. I’m hopelessly unqualified to criticise the great Thierry, but assuming the contours are right – and this seems to be borne out by Jan’s video, shouldnt he have noticed he was going uphill and the control was on the flat?

  8. So now the focus for Thierry’s defeat shifts to control 17-18. I guess if you throw enough mud, some of it will stick. But here I agree with him.

    This section was subject to extensive forestry work in April and should not, in my opinion, have been used because nobody ever test ran there in summer conditions. But the planner doesn’t always get his way. You can read more details on my AP log.

    If Thierry is offering to prerun WOC courses once he’s retired, I’m sure future organisers will be delighted. this can only be good. But let’s not pretend it’s easy – the former WOC Champion who preran the course just one day before told me it was “far too long”… And does anyone believe an elite test runner would forget to turn right, go straight into the thick undergrowth looking for a fence and 24, just so they could run through the thick undergrowth beside the fence when the control is just along the path? And even if they could, would they figure out that the fence would get knock down some time in the next year, maybe during the race?