World Team Challenge 2006
The 5th World Team Challenge 2006 (officially: VELTINS-Biathlon-WTC 06 ) was a biathlon competition that took place on December 30, 2006 in the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen .
It was won by the Norwegian team Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Linda Grubben . Defending champion Norway won the event for the fourth time and it was Bjørndalen's fourth victory, each with a different partner.
Attendees
A total of 12 teams from five nations took part. Most of the teams were provided by the German team with a total of six teams.
Results
| space | Surname | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Linda Grubben |
 Norway
|
31: 17.0 |
| 2 | Julien Robert and Florence Baverel-Robert |
 France
|
+1: 06.9 |
| 3 | Michael Greis and Martina Glagow |
 Germany
|
+2: 15.0 |
| 4th | Dmitri Yaroshenko and Anna Bogali-Titowez |
 Russia
|
+2: 20.2 |
| 5 | Daniel Graf and Kathrin Hitzer |
Germany
|
+2: 22.2 |
| 6th | Michael Rösch and Magdalena Neuner |
Germany
|
+2: 30.7 |
| 7th | Vincent Defrasne and Sylvie Becaert |
France
|
+2: 35.1 |
| 8th | Alexander Wolf and Andrea Henkel |
Germany
|
+3: 21.1 |
| 9 | Halvard Hanevold and Tora Berger |
Norway
|
+3: 27.1 |
| 10 | Ricco Groß and Kati Wilhelm |
Germany
|
lapped |
| 11 | René-Laurent Vuillermoz and Michela Ponza |
 Italy
|
lapped |
| 12 | Christoph Knie and Simone Denkinger |
Germany
|
lapped |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ WTC Hall of Fame ( Memento from December 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (biathlon-aufschalke.de, accessed on December 31, 2012)