Good win for Germany , always in front from start .
Today : 1-0 + 8.63 units
This season : 48-26 + 39.47 units
All : 114-56 + 205.75 units
Men relay tomorrow : Norway , Russia and Austria all got very strong teams .
great guys, well done. i couldnt see the race, as i was at work, but i was also on our girls....reading you guy s in race-chatting is better than any live ticker....keep on going.
i expect a very strong weekend of the german s overall. they have practices hard over x-mas break and it pays already off with amazing running form...there is also hugh home advantage for them this weekend, like already last weekend...
i have friends with wednesday,thursday tickets for the relays...it must be a big,big party...
i cant forget the post race interview from roesch last week after his 2nd place where he said: "the fans are so amazing, they pushing you and sheering so loud. i dont care they are all drunk, but it s truely amazing all around the track" :drink::lol:
looking at the teams.
Russia looks strong as usual
Norway has put on the strongest team so far this season with Svendsson, OS, Bjornd and Hannevold
Austria: Their usual strong and winning line up
Germany: Roesch (solid), Stephan( solid/medium), youngster Pfeiffer (in solid form) and Birnbacher (? for me)
SWE:Ekholm, Bilson, Ferry, Bergman: good swedish line up, but not capable of making top 3
FRA: Jay, DeFrasne, Fourcade, Fourcade (lot of ?? for me)
i would rank them
1 Russia, Norway, Austria (maybe a bit behind, but after this season s results tough to go against)
4 Germany (they are coming into form and home advanatge is big)
5 Sweden
6 France
So regarding the pinny matchups that makes the following plays
Austria over Sweden @ 1.56 big
Germany over Sweden @ 1.65 medium,big
Germany over France @ 1.57 medium,big
value leans:
Austria over Norway @ 2.50
Austria over Russia @ 2.80
i think there is a real good chance Austria will beat at least one of these two.
Russia looks strong as usual
Norway has put on the strongest team so far this season with Svendsson, OS, Bjornd and Hannevold
Austria: Their usual strong and winning line up
Germany: Roesch (solid), Stephan( solid/medium), youngster Pfeiffer (in solid form) and Birnbacher (? for me)
SWE:Ekholm, Bilson, Ferry, Bergman: good swedish line up, but not capable of making top 3
FRA: Jay, DeFrasne, Fourcade, Fourcade (lot of ?? for me)
i would rank them
1 Russia, Norway, Austria (maybe a bit behind, but after this season s results tough to go against)
4 Germany (they are coming into form and home advanatge is big)
5 Sweden
6 France
So regarding the pinny matchups that makes the following plays
Austria over Sweden @ 1.56 big
Germany over Sweden @ 1.65 medium,big
Germany over France @ 1.57 medium,big
value leans:
Austria over Norway @ 2.50
Austria over Russia @ 2.80
i think there is a real good chance Austria will beat at least one of these two.
Very tough to cap this race , so many strong teams .
15 January
Start time : 17:40 CET
Biathlon - Men: World Cup 4x7.5km Relay
Austria vs Russia
My pick is Russia to finish ahead
Odds : 1,50
Where : betandwin
5 units to win 2.5 units
I think this time Austria wont win , other teams like Russia and Norway seem to strong . What makes a big difference here to last time when Russia finished 8 seconds behind of Austria is that Tchoudov will run last and not Krouglov . At the moment Tchoudov has best running times and unlike Krouglov who wasn't able to close the gap last time Tchoudov can do if needed , Sumann is a solid guy for Austria but he is slower than the russian , last relay Tchoudov had 30 seconds better running time than Sumann . Also Iarochenko seems in good form , Tcherezov is back for Russia and should be hungry for a good showing .
15 January
Start time : 17:40 CET
Biathlon - Men: World Cup 4x7.5km Relay
Austria vs Russia
My pick is Russia to finish ahead
Odds : 1,50
Where : betandwin
5 units to win 2.5 units
I think this time Austria wont win , other teams like Russia and Norway seem to strong . What makes a big difference here to last time when Russia finished 8 seconds behind of Austria is that Tchoudov will run last and not Krouglov . At the moment Tchoudov has best running times and unlike Krouglov who wasn't able to close the gap last time Tchoudov can do if needed , Sumann is a solid guy for Austria but he is slower than the russian , last relay Tchoudov had 30 seconds better running time than Sumann . Also Iarochenko seems in good form , Tcherezov is back for Russia and should be hungry for a good showing .
OUCH ! Now is too late lol
15 January
Start time : 17:40 CET
Biathlon - Men: World Cup 4x7.5km Relay
Austria vs Norway
My pick is Norway to finish ahead
Odds : 1,60
Where : expekt
5 units to win 3 units
I think it's time for Russia and Norway to finish ahead of Austria , both have very strong teams this time and the way I see it Norway isn't all that bad with shooting . So Os missed a lot in mass start but in fact he missed once in 3 shootings and 3 in one , can happen . Bjorndalen doesn't look as bad as I thought , he did run a penalty loop last relay but I've seen why , he shot very fast trying to close the gap to Germany and it backfired but in no way he does run penalty loops in prone position shootings when you get 3 extra shots in relay . He came back strong tho with 18/20 performance in Mass start and 3rd place . Both Hanevold and Svendsen should have no trouble with shooting and I dont see Os running a penalty loop either , last relay Bratsveen was worse than Os can do by far .
I think Meso
ch is struggling at the moment for Austria , 6 errors in mass start and 3 in sprint in Oberhof last week also he is not the fastest out there .
I think Norway finally shows a good performance today otherwise they should have nothing to count on in future relays as this is best they can offer at the moment with Svendsen , Os , Hanevold and Björndalen .
15 January
Start time : 17:40 CET
Biathlon - Men: World Cup 4x7.5km Relay
Austria vs Norway
My pick is Norway to finish ahead
Odds : 1,60
Where : expekt
5 units to win 3 units
I think it's time for Russia and Norway to finish ahead of Austria , both have very strong teams this time and the way I see it Norway isn't all that bad with shooting . So Os missed a lot in mass start but in fact he missed once in 3 shootings and 3 in one , can happen . Bjorndalen doesn't look as bad as I thought , he did run a penalty loop last relay but I've seen why , he shot very fast trying to close the gap to Germany and it backfired but in no way he does run penalty loops in prone position shootings when you get 3 extra shots in relay . He came back strong tho with 18/20 performance in Mass start and 3rd place . Both Hanevold and Svendsen should have no trouble with shooting and I dont see Os running a penalty loop either , last relay Bratsveen was worse than Os can do by far .
I think Meso
ch is struggling at the moment for Austria , 6 errors in mass start and 3 in sprint in Oberhof last week also he is not the fastest out there .I think Norway finally shows a good performance today otherwise they should have nothing to count on in future relays as this is best they can offer at the moment with Svendsen , Os , Hanevold and Björndalen .
it doesnt matter..it s just a value play on austria..nothing big...at 1.7 or so..norway would be a definete play for me as well.
saying all that and your reasing for the picks, i actually like russia over norway as well...it will be close, but good chances at good odds.
i assume you fade the austrians in general today (or at least dont place a bet on them) or why is Austria - Sweden not a play... it s similar odds to russia - austria and for me ausria has bigger chance of upset in their dog-matchup than Sweden.
Whats your view of sweden and france team...similar to mine?
saying all that and your reasing for the picks, i actually like russia over norway as well...it will be close, but good chances at good odds.
i assume you fade the austrians in general today (or at least dont place a bet on them) or why is Austria - Sweden not a play... it s similar odds to russia - austria and for me ausria has bigger chance of upset in their dog-matchup than Sweden.
Whats your view of sweden and france team...similar to mine?
15 January
Start time : 17:40 CET
Biathlon - Men: World Cup 4x7.5km Relay
France vs Sweden
My pick is Sweden to finish ahead
Odds : - 172
Where : pinnaclesports
4.3 units to win 2.5 units
I think this Sweden team looks very solid and they might even upset Austria . First two guys were very solid last week in relay , other 2 guys messed it all up tho and this is why Sweden finished so bad BUT they were without their best two : Ferry and Bergman and they will run this time instead of the other two who both ran penalty loops last week .
France with their usual team but these guys struggle , they changed their ski brand and coach says they will need more time to get used to them , hopefully next event he said .
To Austria vs Sweden
Ekholm was 7 seconds better than Mesoch = even , no edge here
Nilsson vs Pinter = edge to Pinter but not more than 10-15 seconds if even that
Ferry + Bergman vs Eberhard + Sumann = I think this is even if not the edge to Sweden
This is why I didn't take them , but just my opinion , Austria has an awesome team and the right fav in this h2h . I think Sweden is not without the chances here if first two finish solid .
Austrian coach :
Start time : 17:40 CET
Biathlon - Men: World Cup 4x7.5km Relay
France vs Sweden
My pick is Sweden to finish ahead
Odds : - 172
Where : pinnaclesports
4.3 units to win 2.5 units
I think this Sweden team looks very solid and they might even upset Austria . First two guys were very solid last week in relay , other 2 guys messed it all up tho and this is why Sweden finished so bad BUT they were without their best two : Ferry and Bergman and they will run this time instead of the other two who both ran penalty loops last week .
France with their usual team but these guys struggle , they changed their ski brand and coach says they will need more time to get used to them , hopefully next event he said .
To Austria vs Sweden
Ekholm was 7 seconds better than Meso
ch = even , no edge hereNilsson vs Pinter = edge to Pinter but not more than 10-15 seconds if even that
Ferry + Bergman vs Eberhard + Sumann = I think this is even if not the edge to Sweden
This is why I didn't take them , but just my opinion , Austria has an awesome team and the right fav in this h2h . I think Sweden is not without the chances here if first two finish solid .
Austrian coach :
