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In the afternoon, it ended the penultimate leg of the season FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in that of Trondheim. After the cancellation of the jump segment and the simultaneous use of PCR has emerged a favorite of all: Eric Frenzel.
Wednesday 15 March 2017 7 minutes reading time
The Saxon did not miss the appointment with the 8th win of the season, the 42nd all-inclusive, thanks to an almost perfect race strategy has reached the lead in the first 3/4 kilometers, and then leave in the lonely at the finish.
At the start of the trial on the narrow skis started out first Mario Seidl, after 16 '' Manuel Faisst and 26 '' Frenzel. Halfway through the first round the most experienced Teutonic has reported on the younger compatriot, while behind it has come to form a trio of Johannes Rydzek, Fabian Riessle and Magnus Moan, preceded by Akito Watabe.
At the end of the second round took place on reunification led the race, with the Germans who have reached Seidl, while behind a wild Rydzek continued to gain seconds on all and a kilometer later there was the absorption of Watabe in the group pursuer.
The decisive moment of the day was the beginning of the fourth round, when Frenzel began to lengthen on holiday companions while Moan has lost the pace trio of tracker. The immediate effect was that Seidl and Faisst went into crisis and began to lose heavily from both the leaders by angry pursuers.
The athlete of Baiersbronn was the first to yield and finally was reached at the beginning of lap five, while the Salzburg continued alone with its own rhythm, to suffer the same fate in the last kilometer.
Frenzel has thus stolen the finish line for success, we freely. With today's result has regained the yellow bib and came back to win a competition after more than a month and a half, the last time we managed in the terminal test of Nordic Combined Triple Seefeld.
Behind the Saxon Rydzek has unsheathed the decisive attack near the hang-up with Seidl and no one was able to answer him. In this way he managed to limit the damage to the best optic final victory of the crystal ball, ranking in which he recovered only 14 points the holder of the trophy.
The third step of the podium was decided on the final straight with Riessle who got the better of Watabe. The athlete of Baden-Wuerttemberg has thus completed its seventh season in the German hat-trick in top-level competitions. At the same time the Teutonic stretched in the general attitude of the Japanese, putting on ice the third final position.
Fifth place in the final Seidl was able to resist the return of Faisst: for the athlete flagged Rot-Weiß-Rot is the 9th best placement in 5 in the year of true consecration, while the Teutonic was the best performance of the season, beyond the Asian races.
Magnus Moan finally concluded 7th, having highlighted a form on the narrow skis far from its former glory. Behind the best landlord won the day Ilkka Herola, Francois Braud and Bernhard Gruber.
Among the athletes who have obtained the relevant placings we are, given the respective levels, Tomas Portyk (12 °) to the best season and Laurent Mühlethaler (24 °) that made forcefully breached the top 50 of the world ranking list, against Arttu Maekiaho (42 °).
The best Italian at the finish line was the Gardena Samuel Costa (19th), espressosi on their levels and less than 15 '' from the top ten. Alessandro Pittin (28 °) was victim of a crash in the first round, which, besides him compromise today's competition has caused a strong blow to the back.
The general classification of now sees the summit Frenzel World Cup (1534) with a margin of 14 lengths of Rydzek (1520). Behind the two protagonists of the season there Riessle (1049), followed by Watabe (976) and Bjoern Kircheisen (738) - Today 14 °.
Now the Nordic combined circuit will make the bags in a hurry to show up as early as Friday in Schonach for the final leg, where you will jump to the valid PCR for Saturday's race.
TRONDHEIM - HS 140/10 KM
1. FRENZEL Eric (GER) 2. 25'10''9 RYDZEK Johannes (GER) 3. 19''2 RIESSLE Fabian (GER) 4. 22''2 Akito Watabe (JPN) in 22''7 5 . SEIDL Mario (AUT) to 31''4 6. FAISST Manuel (GER) 7. 34''9 MOAN Magnus (NOR) to 1'07''7 8. HEROLA Ilkka (FIN) at 1'36 '' 1 9. Francois BRAUD (FRA) 1'38''0 10. Bernhard Gruber (AUT) to 1'39''6
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Wednesday 15 March 2017
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