Jarl Magnus Riiber, first race of the season and first victory in Planica. Costa nono

The reigning world champion and World Cup holder stands out in the first Gundersen in Planica ahead of Franz-Josef Rehrl and Bernhard Gruber.

Saturday 7 September 2019 3 minutes reading time

The jump segment was once again won by the leader of the general classification of the Summer Grand Prix, the Austrian Rehrl who took 5 seconds ahead of the Norwegian Espen Andersen and one more on his compatriot Christian Deuschl. The longest jump of the morning, signed by Kodai Kimura, brought the Japanese into fourth provisional position ahead of Jarl Magnus Riiber, 15 seconds behind the leader. All very contained gaps with 14 athletes in 58 seconds and Samuel Costa starts from the fourteenth place. The Austrian Rehrl manages to defend his advantage only for about 3 kilometers and then finds himself absorbed by a group with Espen Andersen, Riiber, Kimura and Christian Deuschl, who is the first to give up. On the penultimate lap, the leading quartet includes Jens LurÃ¥s Oftebro and Bernhard Gruber. In the final straight Riiber wins his first seasonal victory ahead of Rehrl and Gruber. Fourth position for Andersem and fifth for Kimura. Samuel Costa recovers five positions and closes in ninth place at 35 "7 from the winner. Aaron Kostner closes in fourteenth position, Raffaele Buzzi in thirty-fourth and Lukas Runggaldier in thirty-ninth. At a race since the conclusion of the Grand Prix, Costa remains in third overall position in the general classification with 269 points, against the 415 of Rehrl and the 278 of Akito Watabe.