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This evening, Oberstdorf started the weekend, ending the first part of the Nordic Grand Prix 2017. Third season competition and third-person athlete to climb on the highest pitch of the podium: this time to win, rather than outrun, was Eric Frenzel.
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The five-time winner of the Crystal Ball has built its own success since the jump segment: on this occasion it was the best one for the first time in the season thanks to a 132m performance with half a meter behind the wind.
At the time of the test on the skiroll, the 22-year-old Oberwiesenthal did not boast a reassuring margin on the most direct trackers, including big gauges like the yellow petticoat Mario Seidl (8 ''), Japanese Akito Watabe (10 '') And the returning Johannes Rydzek (16 ''), the latter very skilled in exploiting the good wind conditions found.
In the first two laps of six Frenzel, it was easy to recover the jump from the jump. Reached by the Bavarian rival, the Saxon began to make the big rumble, breaking all possible hope of winning all rivals and wagering towards the sixth career win in the Summer GP.
The last one to have given up the winner of the winner was Rydzek himself: home-made midfielder, he ran a solo race before being reached in the last round by Seidl, easily beaten and relegated to the third place.
At the foot of the podium we find somewhat surprised Tomas Portyk: Czech has finally managed to make the most of his potential in the jump, in addition he conducted a test on the more than dignified skiroll, constantly staying with the above-mentioned Austrian and Watabe, The latter detached in the last lap.
The last big star of today's summer has paid duty in the race segment he is less congenial: Fabian Riessle, only 22nd after the jump (from the big hill, here is partially explained the reason for which he did not fight for the Podium), came to the seventh place, preceded by Maxime Laheurte.
So the athlete of Baden Wuerttemberg suffered a heavy defeat in the final victory of the overall Grand Prix general ranking, where he is currently at 196 points and preceded by two athletes: Seidl (240) and Frenzel (230 ).
No Italian is present in the Bavarian Nordic Skiing Team: as the program, the boys led by Paolo Bernardi participated only in the midweek Austrian competition, deserting in full the German events of this Summer GP.
Tomorrow's evening will be reminiscent of today's competition: Oberstdorf will begin at 19.00 with the jump from the legendary Schattenbergschanze to continue with the segment on the skiroll at 20.30.
OBERSTDORF HS 140 / 10.65 KM
1. FRENZEL Eric (GER) 25'27''0 2. RYDZEK Johannes (GER) a 34''5 3. SEIDL Mario (AUT) a 36''0 4. PORTYK Tomas (CZE) a 39''4 5 WATABE Akito (JPN) at 45''6 6. LAHEURTE Maxime (FRA) at 1'10''7 7. RIESSLE Fabian (GER) at 1'22''0 8. DVORAK Miroslav (CZE) to 1'22 '' 8 9. KIRCHEISEN Bjoern (GER) a 1'25''7 10. ILVES Kristjan (EST) a 1'26''1
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