Eric Frenzel great accountant in Lillehammer: its also the second Gundersen

A few minutes ended the second individual competition of Nordic combined weekend in Lillehammer. Already after the jump of the morning the winner seemed written. The prediction was not disappointed, so Eric Frenzel brought to school the competition with a perfect race tactics.

Sunday 4 December 2016 7 minutes reading time

The twenty-eight affiliated in Oberwiesenthal ski club started second in the bottom segment in just 5 seconds by the Japanese Takehiro Watanabe and along with teammate Bjoern Kircheisen. The most feared man was represented by Joergen Graabak, started with 14 '' delay by the holder of the crystal ball. Frenzel has proved strategist with the complicity of fellow veteran: from the first hundred meters of the test on the narrow skis, in fact, the two have data changes constantly, to keep the fastest pace possible. The benefits to this tactic were enormous for both: Kircheisen got a podium that was missing since January 2014, while today's winner earned important points in the optical overall. The fight between the two Teutonic resolved last difficult stretch before entering the stadium the bottom of dell'Oppland locations: Frenzel has increased the pace of that much that was enough to gain the necessary meters to win his 33rd race in the World Cup, without resorting to a nail-biting sprint. Graabak understood the bad habit within a few kilometers, then set its performance in order to achieve the third podium of the season, riacciuffando Akito Watabe with the laps and setting it in the final round. The eternal placed Japanese had again not exceptional material, so much so that he ended his performance in big trouble, on the other hand also picked German duet composed by Johannes Rydzek and Fabian Riessle. Among the latter two the issue for the fourth place finish was resolved in favor of the younger, surprisingly the best in the sprint. The winner of the jump Watanabe segment has lost around 11 positions, demonstrating discrete improvements in ski cross component. much more substantial progress are those made by Eero Hirvonen, now also able to recover up to seventh place, after an outstanding jump. First top 10 for seasonal Francois Braud (8th) and Bryan Fletcher (9th). The first defending very well after a very good jump, while the second part of the race in unleashing more congenial to him. For the Italian team there to record the second race in the points for Samuel Costa, having finished in 24th place. To be honest, the goal for the leader of our national team was to finish in the top 20, but the second part of comebacks packed race from the back has relegated to a less prestigious position. The scoring area was missed by several big guns: one of the pleasant discoveries German, Terence Weber, collapsed in performance on narrow skis, while various Bernhard Gruber, Philipp Orter, Mikko Kokslien, Jakob Lange, Magnus Moan and Jan Schmid made fatigue on Lysgardsbakken and have not replaced enough in the second segment of the race. The other blue in the race departed dall'estreme rear, where they ended their race. Armin Bauer finished 58th and Manuel Maierhofer 60th. The coaching staff had decided in the morning to save Alessandro Pittin and Lukas Runggaldier because they are not yet ready to compete on the large hill. The general classification sees one nation on the provisional podium: Germany. Johannes Rydzek leads with 330 points, followed by Eric Frenzel (294) and the most detached Bjoern Kircheisen (205). Fourth the first athlete German-Akito Watabe (186), then another German as Fabian Riessle (182). Now the circuit of the Nordic combined it takes a weekend break, to resume in the pre-Christmas in the trap of Ramsau am Dachstein. It will begin Friday, December 16 with the Provisional Competition Round valid for the race the next day. LILLEHAMMER HS 138/10 KM 1. FRENZEL Eric (GER) 25'13''62. Bjoern Kircheisen (GER) 10''83. GRAABAK Joergen (NOR) to 23''44. RYDZEK Johannes (GER) 29''35. RIESSLE Fabian (GER) 33''96. Akito Watabe (JPN) in 39''37. HIRVONEN Eero (FIN) to 1'04''28. BRAUD Francois (FRA) 1'18''19. FLETCHER Bryan (USA) in 1'22''010. Pommer David (AUT) to 1'22''9 Click here for the full results.

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