In the qualification of Zakopane wins Stephan Leyhe

In the late afternoon today was held in Zakopane qualify for the race that will take place Sunday. In a positive day for the color blue and the heavy last-minute defection of Stefan Kraft, hit by a sinus infection, to come out winner was Stephan Leyhe.

Friday 20 January 2017 5 minutes reading time

The German has achieved the best score thanks to a 131m far, obtained in good weather conditions. In addition to making the difference was the excellent assessments of the judges, thanks to which he managed to precede a arrembante Jernej Damjan. Slovenian bowed by half a point, despite the good leap from 130m found in a time when the wind was blowing behind him with intensity. In 3rd position has concluded the returning Peter Prevc, author of the best of the day, whether 135.5m, making the most of the light head wind (only one to find it). The holder of the crystal ball showed off some very solid performance in this jump and in those of training, where he preceded all. It seems to have benefited the break taken last weekend, since it now seems well on the way to recovery. Vincent Descombes Sevoie it placed 4th, ahead of Andreas extent Wellinger (5th), Karl Geiger (6th) and Russian Evgenj Klimov (7th), able to take advantage of optimal weather. Close behind came Dawid Kubacki, redemption after a disappointing performance in Wisla, where for the first time this season is not entered in the points. They closed the top 10 Gregor Schlierenzauer and Tom Hilde. E 'back in the race also neopapÃ Simon Ammann, he appeared very positive with respect to the performance of the Tour. Positive signs in the house Italy, where both athletes at the start have centered qualification. David Bresadola finished 22nd, while Sebastian Colloredo 35th. The Trentino today highlighted good jumps and Sunday will seek to collect the first points of the season. Friulian instead seemed more distressed, but at the decisive moment has centered his best jump of the day. Among those excluded are sounding names, like the Japanese Taku Takeuchi Kento and Sakuyama, Czech Vojtech Stursa, the Finn Ville Larinto and the Norwegian Robert Johansson. The latter has failed to qualify because of a fall, although he had found a good fit, 121m. As for the pre-qualified, athletes who have best figured despite the complex weather conditions were the hosts Kamil Stoch and Piotr Zyla, the Norwegian Daniel Andre Tande, the Austrian Michael HaybÃ¶ck and German Richard Freitag. Domen Prevc however did not take part at the last jump of the day, after having shown great difficulty in training jumps. Appointment with the individual race scheduled on Sunday afternoon at 16.00, while tomorrow will be the team competition on stage, always at 16.00. QUALIFICATION - ZAKOPANE HS 1341. LEYHE Stephan (GER) 142.12. Jernej DAMJAN (SLO) 141.63. PREVC Peter (SLO) 140.84. DESCOMBES SEVOIE Vincent (FRA) 136.95. Wellinger Andreas (GER) 136.66. GEIGER Karl (GER) 135.9 Click here for the full results.

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