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There is still no official confirmation from the Fed, but the news has already leaked on some German media. The stars of the World Cup season should not participate in the stage of Sapporo.
Tuesday 7 February 2017 2 minutes reading time
Indeed Johannes Rydzek, Eric Frenzel and Fabian Rießle - which put together have won all 17 races go on stage so far, picking up something like 36 of the 51 podiums at stake - have already returned to Europe for a few more days of rest in sight the Lahti World Championships.
So the fight for the Crystal Ball, where Rydzek has 36 points margin of Frenzel, remains frozen until the last four races of March. Instead Rießle, currently third in the overall ranking with more than 300 points ahead of Akito Watabe, is likely to see at least hypothetically reopened the race in third place.
It goes without saying that these three absences should allow the rest of the world to terminate the resounding German monopoly nell''inverno in progress. Germany is still present in Sapporo, albeit peppered with second lines.
Translated competitions in Japanese earth announce decidedly lower level than go to the scene in Korea.
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