Alessandro Pittin 5 in the Tschagguns Summer Grand Prix race won by Fabian Rie le

Tschagguns / Montafon staged the second leg of the Nordic Combined Grand Prix. The race did not diminish emotions and has also given a prestigious result for the Italian movement.

Wednesday 23 August 2017 4 minutes reading time

As happened in Oberwiesenthal, the jumping segment was dominated by Mario Seidl, who hit the competition by earning a margin of more than half a minute on the nearest tracker. As for the Azzurri, Samuel Costa came in at 27th place (at 1'17 "), Alessando Pittin at 43th (1'44" posting) and Raffaele Buzzi at 55th (2'18 "). In the bottom segment, the Austrian tread began with its own rhythm, while a group of dozens of units quickly formed behind him - made up of almost all those on the trampoline who scored between the second and the fifteenth - Drawn by Ilkka Herola, Fabian RieÃŸle and Akito Watabe. The leader managed to keep the trackers away until mid-race, after which he saw his edge eroding inexorably. In fact, after surrendering a dozen seconds in the first five kilometers, he lost almost double in the next two thousand and fifty feet. At the beginning of the last Seidl round, it was reached. Who pulled to pull the gap started to refuse. This encouraged the rapprochement of the second group of trackers, formed by athletes behind them, including Eero Hirvonen, Miroslav Dvorak and Pittin. In the final the big calibers gave fire to the powders and in four they took advantage of going to win the win. RieÃŸle claimed her finisseur qualities, winning victory over a Seidl not dome. The lowest podium stage for Herola, which burned Eric Frenzel. Behind this quartet Pittin has closed in beauty, going to pick up a gorgeous 5th place with the comeback of 38 positions and, of course, the best day time on the skiroll. Points have also arrived for Costa, 26th. Buzzi finished 39th, but scored seventh in the bottom. Seidl remains the Grand Prix leader with 180 points, followed by RieÃŸle at 160. Third Frenzel at 130, while Herola - fourth - is already detached, as it stands at 89. Tomorrow day rest. Friday and Saturday competes in Oberstdorf, after which the Grand Prix will end in early October in Planica. HEROLA Ilkka (FIN) a 0 "8 4. FRENZEL Eric (GER) a 0" 3 3. HEROLA Ilkka (FIN) a 0 "8 2. FRENZEL Eric (GER) "9 5. PITTIN Alessandro (ITA) a 2" 1 6. MUHLETHALER Laurent (FRA) a 2 "2 7. WATABE Akito (JPN) a 2" 3 8. DORAC Miroslav (CZE) a 2 "7 9. HIRVONEN Eero (FIN) a 3 "5 10. WEBER Terence (GER) at 3" 5 Click here for the full results.

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