Fabian Riessle conquista il secondo successo consecutivo imponendosi anche a Klingenthal

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Fabian Riessle conquers the second consecutive success by also imposing himself at Klingenthal

Eighth career success and third seasonal for the twenty-seven German who preceded Hirvonen 2nd and Akito Watabe 3rd.

Saturday 17 March 2018 3 minutes reading time

In the morning Riessle excelled, a bit 'surprise, in the jump segment, won with 5.3 points ahead of Akito Watabe and 6.3 lengths on Eero Hirvonen. The Finn has made the best measure of the series, 142.5, but finding wind conditions significantly more favorable than the two athletes who preceded him in the standings. In the end segment the script of the race has not changed, Riessle has initially increased its advantage that has grown with the passing of the km, up to over 30 "and then controlled in the final, finishing the race with 12" on the first of the adversaries. Behind the fight for the remaining podium positions was much more uncertain. After a few hundred meters Hirvonen has returned to Watabe and around 6 km the two were joined by the German couple composed of Frenzel and Rydzek. The latter in the final was the victim of a fall that excluded him from the top positions, in the meantime the Finn broke the delays, taking a minimal but decisive verve, which allowed him to finish in second place, putting himself behind Akito Watabe 3rd and Frenzel 4th. The Japanese, when three races are missing at the end of the season is one step away from the crystal ball, the points of advantage in the general classification against Jan Schmid, today 7th, are in fact 202. Fifth position for a great Ilkka Herola, coming back from the 10th place, behind him Rydzek 6th, Seidl 8th, Geiger 9th and Graabak 10th. The best of the Azzurri was Alessandro Pittin, 34th after the jump and 22nd at the end of the race, 41st instead of Aaron Kostner. Tomorrow the athletes will return to the track again, the jump series will start at 12:30.

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