On Sunday, January 16, the final two races will take place as part of the sixth stage of the World Cup, held in Ruhpolding, Germany, which will be the pursuit race. We bring to your attention the forecast for women's pursuit.
The women's sprint race took place on Wednesday, and Elvira Eberg became the triumphant in it, although the young Swede did not manage to win back much in the overall World Cup standings from Marta Roiseland, as the Norwegian finished second. In the pursuit race, they will be separated by 22 seconds – less time than it takes to pass the penalty lap. Bookmakers give approximately equal chances of success to a Swedish and Norwegian woman. Elvira did not run the relay on Friday, thus having 3 full days off. But this can also have a negative impact on performances, because the competitive tone is lost. We will bet on the victory of the Norwegian, who is also a more stable and experienced shooter, which is important in a race with four firing lines. We also venture to assume that Dorothea Wierer will be able to stay in the top three – the Italian is systematically gaining her best form, and the peak is clearly not far off.
In duels we will play against Irina Kazakevich, who was able to work well at the relay lines, but a race with four shooting ranges is a completely different matter. Ukrainian Julia Jim loves such races much more. The experienced German Franziska Hildebrand is gaining defense, which should remain higher than Valeria Vasnetsova, whose shooting is not going on in Ruhpolding, and the Russian woman has difficulties here on the flat section of the highway. Another German, Denise Herrmann, began to have old problems with shooting, but the jet speed does not return at the same time. Let's also try to play against Anastasia Shevchenko, who claims that she stopped feeling pain after an injury, but she has already proved that she can be deceitful about this, wanting not to lose the opportunity to play in the main team even through pain. Young Frenchwoman Paula Bothe wins 17 seconds from the Russian debutante at the start.
