Eric Frenzel vince in volata la prima gara di Trondheim

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Eric Frenzel wins the first race of Trondheim in the sprint

The German scored the 43rd career success by beating Akito Watabe in the sprint, the Japanese further extended in the overall standings against Jan Schmid.

Tuesday 13 March 2018 3 minutes reading time

Frenzel started the cross-country test with almost 30 "of delay from Watabe, the best after the jump segment, but he resumed it within 5 km.After the reunification took place, the German was glued to the tails of the rival and never took the lead, if not close to the finish straight line.The sprint was without history and, as often happened in the past, rewarded Frenzel, positive result also for Watabe which increases the advantage in the standings general against the first pursuer, Jan Schmid, today 8th. When there are still five races left at the end of the season, the gap between the two is 149 points. Each verdict is still then postponed, but, as seen in the latest competitions, the crystal ball seems to be more directed towards Japan. Today the Norwegian was 12th in the jump and in the final of the race remained in the numerous group fighting for the lowest step of the podium, which eventually went to the German Riessle, winner of a very tight sprint with compatriot Rydzek and Graabak. Schmid instead ended in the final behind Hirvonen 6th and Braud 7th. Mario Seidl also finished in the top ten, 3rd in the half of the race 23 "behind the leader and 9th on the finish line, 10th place for Yamamoto, author of an excellent test, particularly on narrow skis. at the bottom of the competition is Rehrl, shipwrecked from the 2nd to the 16th position Alessandro Pittin, the only blue in the race, reassembled from the 45th to the 23rd place, finishing at 1'54 "from Frenzel. Tomorrow Trondheim is scheduled another individual race, at 13:00 will start the jump series, at 16:15 the background test. Here the complete result of today's race! Here the overall World Cup standings!

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