Pandemonium in Zakopane: victory for Kamil Stoch, on the run in the general

The Zakopane weekend ended in the best way for the nearly 50,000 spectators in the stands of the plant Wielka Krokiew, after failing to win the Polish team in the team event yesterday: today was won by the darling of Kamil house Stoch, in a hard-fought competition and balanced to capacity.

Sunday 22 January 2017 9 minutes reading time

The leitmotif of the competition has been consistently "good jumps, you do not kill the race", including all the big circuit: Stoch, at the end of the first round, it was a little 'compared to delayed provisional leader Richard Freitag, thanks to a performance by 130.5 meters which earned him the 6th partial square. In the decisive race has gotten a jump of 131 meters, with the worst weather conditions compared to the immediate competition, therefore, the compensation allowed him to make a comeback that initially was almost unexpected. Just the points related to the wind have played a decisive role not only for the victory ... They start to become really important numbers of the Olympic bicampione in office, which is approaching a little 'time to the giants of the discipline: with today's competition we are 20 statements and 40 podiums in the maximum circuit. Moreover, this is the fourth consecutive win in the World Cup, Filotto ever achieved by the second Polish largest ever. place of honor awarded to Andreas Wellinger, the second top three in the last two races: the second best score in both segments of the race they did finish with a lead of 1.6 points behind the winner. Paradoxically has got a total of longer sizes of Stoch, but the conditions they find placed behind the Polish. He finished on the podium another Teutonic, Freitag: after the first jump from 132.5 meters, valsogli the Provisional box leader, he even risked losing their placement in the best three, because of the provision of lower level to 131 meters. However it is the first time that achieved a top 3 for more than two years, when he won the race in Innsbruck 4 January 2015. The Saxon athlete has prevented the "twins of Ruhpolding" to both get on the podium: Markus Eisenbichler had to settle for fourth currency, bowing to 1.2 points in Freitag. The athlete of Siegsdorf (neighboring locations to the one mentioned above) was the author of an excellent performance that allowed him to capture the second best result ever. Behind the German trio are Michael Hayboeck: third at the end of the first set, it is not confirmed in the decisive one due to a jump valid the eighth round score. similar performance for Daniel Andre Tande, author of a nearby performance excellence in the first segment of the race, as it botched the second that has placed in 7th place. An error in the timing output from the tooth was fatal, occurred in part with great class and the excellent form of the moment. Other two home favorites have concluded in the top 10: Piotr Zyla and Dawid Kubacki, respectively 6th and 8th, have held high the honor of the many fans rushed to the spot. The second was on a completely different level than yesterday, when he starred in the negative, the second place of the entire team. Domen Prevc (9th) has defended very well in a race context in which he struggled too: it went wrong that victory was achieved by one of the challengers in the overall standings, then lost important points, despite a good performance . Several are the positive notes of the day: first the 10th Evgeniy Klimov, increasingly convincing and bodes well for a possible transition to special jumping circuit Jarl Magnus Riiber; secondly, the 14th position of Jan Ziobro, who enters strongly in the best 55 of the World Ranking List, but nothing changes in the allocation of pectoral; Finally, the excellent performance of Viktor Polasek (18 Â°) now a leader of the Czech team. Chapter Peter Prevc has been enriched by a new detail: the 13th square of town was short of expectations, especially after the jumps unlined between Friday and yesterday. It must be said as the competition today has had more complicated the wind conditions, however it is still not recovered to 100%. Many famous names are not entered into the points: all of Gregor Schlierenzauer (33 Â°) and Johann Andre Forfang (42 Â°) have shown that placing in the top 10 seven days ago was a case extemporaneous; Also jumpers from absolute level honors such as Simon Ammann (32 Â°), Jurij Tepes (38th) and Tom Hilde, who did not confirm the good sensations of the past few days. David Bresadola is the second Italian, in season, to make inroads in the second set, with the 27th place today. Obviously it is in excellent growth over the last month and now is the leader of the blue team, thanks to the technical stability highlighted. The other leaper of the beautiful country, present in Zakopane, did not go beyond the 44th place: the Tarvisio Sebastian Colloredo. The general classification of the World Cup sees go Stoch escape (933), followed at a safe distance from Tande (803) and Domen Prevc (780). It is called out of this fight Stefan Kraft (640), today absent because of a nagging sinusitis. Maximum male jumping circuit returns to Germany in Willingen, with a flying glimpse: next Saturday is planning a team event, and on Sunday an individual race. The flights will begin true, however, in two weeks when you will test the new flying hill in Oberstdorf. ZAKOPANE - HS 134 1. Kamil STOCH (POL) 287.4 2. Wellinger Andreas (GER) 285.8 3. Richard Freitag (GER) 284.2 4. Eisenbichler Markus (GER) 283.0 5. HAYBOECK Michael (AUT) 281.8 6. ZYLA Piotr (POL) 279.1 7. Daniel Andre Tande (NOR) 278.5 8. Dawid Kubacki (POL) 277.4 9. PREVC Domen (SLO) 276.6 10. Klimov Evgeniy (RUS) 276.3 Click here for the full results.

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