With a winning comeback, Fabian Riele driving a new German hat-trick in Lahti

In the afternoon she went on stage the underlying segment of the second gundersen the Lahti weekend. Finland has been the stage for a new domain of German athletes, who have monopolized the podium for the 4th time this season on 8 played competitions. Germany in the season has occupied more than 19 podium positions available on 24.

Sunday 8 January 2017 4 minutes reading time

To come out triumphant was Fabian RieÃŸle. The German has already reported on the leading group in the early stages of the race, but only half of the latest round has managed to pull their opponents going to fight for the victory with Eric Frenzel. The athlete of the Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg uphill then attacked his teammate, taking off and going to win the first victory of the season. place of honor for Frenzel, stretching well in general, although Johannes Rydzek limits the damage by closing on the 3rd step of the podium. The athlete from Oberstdorf as twenty-four hours ago was the author of a mighty comeback, thanks to better performance on narrow skis. At the foot of the podium stood Akito Watabe, failed to hold the tails of the three Germans who preceded him, but capable of preventing the Teutonic poker, as in 5 ^ square came BjÃ¶rn Kircheisen. Sixth for the blue Samuel Costa, able to remain in the leading group for three quarters in the final race and failing to pull the Austrian Franz-Josef Rehrl, 7th and the best finish of his career. Ilkka Herola he finished 8th, showing a good performance on narrow skis in front of Francois Braud and Leevi Mutru, which actually improves performance yesterday. Further back came Eero Hirvonen 15th and Philipp Orter 17th, both undertone in the fund than a day ago, Paul Gerstgraser was once again on top in this component to thus went back up to the 18 ^ place finish. They collected some points Magnus Krog 24 minutes, Jakob Lange 25 Â° and 29 Â° Magnus Moan, although all three are far from their best form. They did not take off in the bottom segment of the German Vinzenz Geiger and Terence Weber, both sick. In particular, the first would be started from 7th position after the jump. In the overall standings Eric Frenzel is brought to 634, rising to +44 compared to Johannes Rydzek (590). Followed by two other Germans, Fabian RieÃŸle (478) and Bjoern Kircheisen (331), while Akito Watabe returns to 5th position with 297 points. The World Cup will return next weekend in Val di Fiemme, with two gundersen Friday and Sunday, while Saturday will stage a team sprint. LAHTI II - HS 130/10 KM1. RIESSLE Fabian (GER) 25'44''22. FRENZEL Eric (GER) 4''63. RYDZEK Johannes (GER) 11''64. Akito Watabe (JPN) in 15''75. BjÃ¶rn Kircheisen (GER) 32''86. COSTA Samuel (ITA) to 40''67. Rehrl Franz-Josef (AUT) to 51''38. HEROLA Ilkka (FIN) to 1'00''29. BRAUD FranÃ§ois (FRA) in 1'14''710. Mutru Leevi (FIN) to 1'15''9 Click here for the full results.

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