Fabian Riessle vince in rimonta la seconda gara di Trondheim

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Fabian Riessle wins the second race of Trondheim in a comeback

Seventh victory and 35th career podium for the German who has imposed on the Norwegian Jarl Magnus Riiber and the Finnish Eero Hirvonen.

Wednesday 14 March 2018 3 minutes reading time

In the early afternoon the jump segment was staged, won by the Japanese Go Yamamoto (133 m) with 2.9 margin points, at the 12 "gear, on the Norwegian Jarl Magnus Riiber (137.5 m) and 4.5 on the Austrian Franz-Josef Rehrl (131.5). Fourth position a bit 'surprise for Soetvik who paid 35 "to the leader, ahead of only one second Akito Watabe. Just as yesterday his rival for the crystal ball race Jan Schmid did not shine on the trampoline, finishing in 11th position with a one minute delay. He was disqualified instead for irregular suit Eric Frenzel. As expected, several top athletes in the 10 km background have lost ground, leaving room for comebacks from behind. Fabian Riessle, 10th after the jump with 58 "to be recovered, led one of the best races of his career and in the final he conquered the success, beating in the sprint Riiber, the 'one of the first to reconfirm in the top positions. In turn, the Norwegian in the sprint beat Eero Hirvonen, third on the finish line, coming back from the thirteenth square. Instead of the podium, Magnus Krog preceded Akito Watabe, more and more leader in the overall World Cup standings. Now the Japanese has 1175 points while his rival Jan Schmid, today only 15th, is at an altitude of 997. The top 10 also entered Denifl 6th, Bryan Fletcher 7th, Seidl 8th, Kircheisen 9th, Yamamoto instead slipped into 10th place. Alessandro Pittin, 32nd after the jump, led a good race in the back, closing 13th Now the World Cup will move to Germany, to Klingenthal, where two individual races are scheduled over the weekend.

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