Bergsma, Sven Kramer and Jan Blokhuijsen came in the revamped Thialf a time of 3.43,77.
That was well above the three year old track record of Kramer, Blokhuijsen and Koen Verweij (3.39,76 ) but nearly a second faster than the second fastest time of the day from Norway (3.44,67). The Russian trio clocked 3.46,24 and thereby captured bronze.
Bergsma introduced himself unavailable for the Team Pursuit after discontent within the team during the Olympic Games last year in Sochi. The 29-year-old Frisian decided last week, after consultation with coach Geert Kuiper that he wanted to come back to the team member.
500 meter
Koelizjnikov was in the 500 meters with a time of 34 , 48 clearly the best. The Russian kept his compatriot Aleksei Jesin (35.65) and the Canadian Alex Boisvert-Lacroix (34.78), respectively second and third place, well ahead.
Koelizjnikov, which in late November in Salt Lake City first skater under 34 seconds and dived in Heerenveen his fifth World Cup win this season in the 500 meters posted the third fastest time ever rode in Thialf. The track record is with 34.31 name of Michel Mulder.
Kai Verbij was the first Dutchman in fifth place (34.86). Hein Otterspeer (35.19) was fourteenth, Jesper Hospes (35.28) sixteenth and Olympic champion Michel Mulder (35.48) finished nineteenth and penultimate.
On Sunday, the second 500 meters on the program .
Team Sprint
In the final part of Friday, the team sprint, Netherlands knew it bronze conquer. Jesper Hospes, Michel Mulder and Stefan Groothuis did 1.21,29 their three laps and caused the Dutch third World Cup medal this season on this new component.
Canada was a class apart in Thialf. Gilmore Junio, Alexandre St-Jean and Vincent De Haître emerged as the only team among the 1:20: 1.19,75. The silver medal went to Russia (1.21,27)
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