Johannes Rydzek back to success in midweek Kuopio test

The gundersen midweek Kuopio marked the return to the success of Johannes Rydzek, whose season so far & egrave; It was below expectations.

Tuesday 23 February 2016 5 minutes reading time

German was the 'obvious favorite after the jump segment, finished fifth, and in the bottom of proof has gradually recovered the 34 "that separated him from departing leader Akito Watabe. The Bavarian, when engaged the Japanese, has expected the last few meters to launch his decisive attack and win the first victory dell''inverno, the seventh all-inclusive career. Curiously all statements of Rydzek arrived on the northern snows, since & eacute; for you & egrave World Cup; imposed four times in Finland and two in Norway, to which is added the world title achieved in Sweden. Watabe you & egrave; accommodated for the 'eighth time this season the square of' honor, winning the podium number 39 of his career in valid tests for the Crystal Ball. The milestone allows him to bypass Kenji Ogiwara and become the Japanese combined athlete with more & ugrave; top-three in the maximum circuit. Disturbing to memorize options note that most & ugrave; than half & agrave; podiums dell''ormai twenty-eight of Hakuba are second places (20). For the record the victories of Ogiwara are 19, those of Watabe 7. At least the 'Asia Today recovers important ground on Eric Frenzel in the overall standings. The twenty-seven Teutonic has not made a difference in the jump and were broken to 11 its string of consecutive podium finishes, finishing in seventh place at last a test in which & egrave; always remained in the top positions, coming to memorize options passed in the sprint by J Ã¸ rgen Graabak, Fabian Rie & szlig; e Ilkka Herola, all parties little away from him, and who ranked from fourth to sixth. The podium fact & egrave; complete surprise Wilhelm Denifl. The Austrian veteran turned in a superlative test on narrow skis to his standards, and, after the 'great leap, & egrave; He managed to remain at high altitude until the finish line, winning cos & igrave; a result of absolute prestige. & nbsp; Home Italy Samuel Costa has made its entry into the points ranking 26 & deg ;. Not parties in the bottom segment Armin Bauer and Lukas Runggaldier decidedly lingered after the jump. Frenzel & egrave; always yellow bib with 1,127 points, but Watabe you & egrave; increased to 984. You can not memorize options some talk about fighting for the Crystal Ball reopened, but at least the Japanese keeps alive the 'interest when there are four races at the end of the season. Rie & szlig; consolidates third place with 834, while Graabak (623) is seen approached by Rydzek (581). At the weekend, garegger & agrave; in Val di Fiemme. Friday & igrave; & Egrave; planning a cloying team sprint, while Saturday and Sunday will be played two individual gundersen. KUOPIO HS127 / 10 KM1. RYDZEK Johannes (GER) 23''59 "62. Akito Watabe (JPN) 6" 23. Wilhelm Denifl (AUT) 35 "44. GRAABAK J Ã¸ rgen (NOR) 40" 05. RIE & szlig; LE Fabian (GER) 40 "66. HEROLA Ilkka (FIN) 40" 77. FRENZEL Eric (GER) 40 "98. Klapfer Lukas (AUT) 41" 89. Jan Schmid (NOR) 42 "010. Magnus Krog (NOR) at 42" 4 Click here for the full results.

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