Otepaa CC: Bauer, Kuitunen win, maintain WC leads

By Published On: February 9th, 2008Comments Off on Otepaa CC: Bauer, Kuitunen win, maintain WC leads

Lukas Bauer and Virpi Kuitunen won classic style World Cup cross-country races Saturday to increase their lead in the overall standings.

OTEPAA, Estonia — Lukas Bauer and Virpi Kuitunen won classic style World Cup cross-country races Saturday to increase their lead in the overall standings.
    Bauer won the men's 15 kilometers in 39 minutes, 29.4 seconds and the Czech now leads Rene Sommerfeldt of Germany 916 points to 621 overall.
    Jaak Mae, racing before his Estonian home fans, finished second, 13.7 seconds behind. Ville Nousiainen of Finland was third, 1:05.2 back.
    Kuitunen captured the women's 10K race in 28:10.5, beating her Finnish teammate Aino Kaisa Saarinen by 9.3 seconds.
    Kuitunen leads the overall standings with 919 points. Sweden's Charlotte Kalla, who finished 16th, is 109 points behind in second place.

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