Andreas Wellinger imposes dramatic qualification in Bischofshofen, where Norway cue strategy

The decisive moment of this 65th edition of the Tournee of 4 trampolines may not be yesterday's race held in Innsbruck, but today's qualification in Bischofshofen. Championship leader Daniel Andre Tande took the risk to jump, when the first rival Kamil Stoch had already decided to boycott the competition. The result was bad: the cards are likely to be reshuffled incredibly.

Thursday 5 January 2017 8 minutes reading time

Tomorrow will start with bib number 1 Andreas Wellinger, author of an outstanding jump of 144.5 meters which earned him the trampoline record (previously held by Daiki Ito, then landed at 143 m). Great impression had already aroused in the training jumps, then, it is a more than papal candidate favored to close on the podium tomorrow's race. Behind Ruhpolding athlete we find the Austrian manuel fettner and the other Teutonic Stephan Leyhe. Both have performed the best, but the media attention paid to the categorization does not cover these jumpers. As it is reasonable to expect, the collective interest has been directed to the fight for the gold Eagle conquest of all Daniel Andre Tande and Kamil Stoch, Stefan Kraft in the background. The first to show up at the starting pole was the Austrian, who needed a benefit from mid-table to be able to jump several minutes before the other two challengers and sparigliare cards: a well-designed jump managed to maintain, so its the task completed very well and with a smile that they have been confirmed. Soon after he had to jump, theoretically, the athlete of Zakopane. As expected he has again chosen to save breath (as in the past 2 qualifications), then leave in 24 hours with a high bib number, in this case challenging the aforementioned Fettner, as even Markus Eisenbichler defected competition. Now Tande had two options to play: jump and winning the qualification or do not make, both to play his credentials with the same environmental conditions Stoch. Right here we are consumed the drama: The Norwegian has opted for the first idea, but it has not come to terms with Aeolus. The latter began to blow in gusts side, then the Tournee leaders had to get up, getting the 39th place and the tough head-to-head with Domen Prevc. So the three major players in the multistage test will jump in as many different tender moments, with all the risks that entails this fact: more than ever we have reopened the games, everything about the Norwegian. Many are the head-to-head prestigious that have come to form today: three appear confident in giving athletes lucky loser and they are: Tande-Prevc D., Stoch-Fettner and Eisenbichler-Wellinger; Kraft and others have Freitag-Kofler-Fannemel that are likely to see some excellent eliminated. Illustrious victims of the qualifying rock were the Canadian Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes, the Norwegian Tom Hilde, the red cross Simon Ammann and Russian Denis Kornilov, some more, some less disadvantaged by Wind Dancer. The Finn Antti Aalto will not be the match tomorrow, the disqualification to be left with the wrong set of traffic lights was fatal. Rejoice in the United States, able to qualify three athletes of 3 members, as well as the Czech Republic with a 6 out of 6. Recall that Italians athletes did not take part in the stage of Salzburg to focus on the Continental Cup which will be staged on the weekend in Titisee-Neustadt. The race of Bischofshofen is scheduled tomorrow from 16.45, preceded by the usual round of trials of 15:15. BISCHOFSHOFEN H2H PAUL-Ausserleitner-Schanze (26) JANDA Jakub (CZE) vs (25) RHOADS William (USA) (27) Å tursa Vojtech (CZE) vs (24) Tollinger Elias (AUT) (28) Jernej DAMJAN (SLO) vs (23) KOUDELKA Roman (CZE ) (29) Schiffner Markus (AUT) vs (22) Taku Takeuchi (JPN) (30) MAEAETTAE Jarkko (FIN) vs (21) VASSILIEV Dimitry (RUS) (31) Richard Freitag (GER) vs (20) KRAFT Stefan ( AUT) (32) SAKUYAMA Kento (JPN) vs (19) Klimov Evgeniy (RUS) (33) PREVC Dinners (SLO) vs (18) JOHANSSON Robert (NOR) (34) Ziobro Jan (POL) vs (17) Stefan HULA (POL) (35) HOFER Thomas (AUT) vs (16) Andreas Stjernen (NOR) (36) Granerud Halvor Egner (NOR) vs (15) HAYBOECK Michael (AUT) (37) BICKNER Kevin (USA) vs (14) KASAI Noriaki (JPN) (38) GLASDER Michael (USA) vs (13) Jurij Tepes (SLO) (39) Daniel Andre Tande (NOR) vs (12) PREVC Domen (SLO) (40) HLAVA Lukas (CZE) vs ( 11) Daiki ITO (JPN) (41) Anze Semenic (SLO) vs (10) PREVC Peter (SLO) (42) MATURE Jan (CZE) vs (9) Dawid Kubacki (POL) (43) ALTENBURGER Florian (AUT) vs (8) DESCOMBES SEVOIE Vincent (FRA) (44) Vladimir Zografski (BUL) vs (7) GEIGER Karl (GER) (45) KOFLER Andreas (AUT) vs (6) FANNEMEL Anders (NOR) (46) Tomas Vancura (CZE ) vs (5) KOT Maciej (POL) (47) Aschenwald Philipp (AUT) vs (4) ZYLA Piotr (POL) (48) Ryoyu KOBAYASHI (JPN) vs (3) LEYHE Stephan (GER) (49) Kamil STOCH ( POL) vs (2) FETTNER Manuel (AUT) (50) Eisenbichler Markus (GER) vs (1) Wellinger Andreas (GER) Click here for the full results.

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