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Home victory for Magnus Moan in Trondheim
Magnus Moan has taken the second-but-last individual victory of the season at his home venue of Trondheim. After an extended lap of honour in the last pass through the stadium, the Norwegian crossed the finish line bearing the Norwegian flag 13.3 seconds ahead of Fabian Riessle from Germany. The other remaining spot on the podium went to Alessandro Pittin from Italy who ended his race 18.2 second after Moan.
Overall World Cup winner Eric Frenzel topped the podium once more after the jumping round, even if he was slowed down by a slight cold. With 131 metres, the German claimed 129.9 points and the lead in the cross-country race. As in yesterday’s PCR, the jumping result was very tight considering the size of the HS 134 hill. Two seconds behind Frenzel, veterans Christoph Bieler and Haavard Klemetsen followed after jumps of 131.5 and 132 metres. With 129.4 and 129.3 points, the two claimed ranks two and three and started at the same time into the race.
14 and 18 seconds after Frenzel, Jason Lamy Chappuis and Yoshito Watabe started into the race after more great jumps of 127 and 130 metres. Fast skiers Fabian Riessle and Johannes Rydzek also showed great jumps of 129.5 and 128.5 metres and only had to battle a time disadvantage of 25 and 39 seconds. Local hero Magnus Moan delighted the audience with 128.5 metres and started 30 seconds behind Frenzel which put the day’s victory also within his grasp. Also to watch out for was fast Italian Alessandro Pittin who jumped respectable 122.5 metres and had 53 seconds to make up on the track.
In a fascinating cross-country race, local hero Magnus Moan made his ambitions for the win crystal clear from the beginning. Making up his 30 second of deficit on the first lap already, Moan broke away from the big leading group including Eric Frenzel, Johannes Ryzek, Haavard Klemetsen, Christoph Bieler and others on the second of the five laps already. Only Fabian Riessle was able to follow him but had to let go soon later and so Moan skied a lonely race at the head of the field, constantly increasing his lead, lap by lap. In the end, he had enough time to wave to the roaring home crowd, take a Norwegian flag and just enjoy his last couple of hundred metres.
Behind Moan, Riessle managed to hold on to the second rank, even though Alessandro Pittin came charging from behind and overtook Riessle on the uphill leading out on the last lap. In the end the German prevailed and the Italian was still able to bag his second podium result of the winter. Johannes Rydzek finished fourth in the end and the rest of the Top Ten results went to Haavard Klemetsen, Francois Braud, Akito Watabe, Bernhard Gruber, Maxime Laheurte and Eric Frenzel.
For the overall standings, this now means Fabian Riessle conquers back the second rank with 700 points and pushes Akito Watabe down to the third rank (677 p.) after Eric Frenzel’s overall win already became reality in Lahti last weekend.
Overall World Cup winner Eric Frenzel topped the podium once more after the jumping round, even if he was slowed down by a slight cold. With 131 metres, the German claimed 129.9 points and the lead in the cross-country race. As in yesterday’s PCR, the jumping result was very tight considering the size of the HS 134 hill. Two seconds behind Frenzel, veterans Christoph Bieler and Haavard Klemetsen followed after jumps of 131.5 and 132 metres. With 129.4 and 129.3 points, the two claimed ranks two and three and started at the same time into the race.
14 and 18 seconds after Frenzel, Jason Lamy Chappuis and Yoshito Watabe started into the race after more great jumps of 127 and 130 metres. Fast skiers Fabian Riessle and Johannes Rydzek also showed great jumps of 129.5 and 128.5 metres and only had to battle a time disadvantage of 25 and 39 seconds. Local hero Magnus Moan delighted the audience with 128.5 metres and started 30 seconds behind Frenzel which put the day’s victory also within his grasp. Also to watch out for was fast Italian Alessandro Pittin who jumped respectable 122.5 metres and had 53 seconds to make up on the track.
In a fascinating cross-country race, local hero Magnus Moan made his ambitions for the win crystal clear from the beginning. Making up his 30 second of deficit on the first lap already, Moan broke away from the big leading group including Eric Frenzel, Johannes Ryzek, Haavard Klemetsen, Christoph Bieler and others on the second of the five laps already. Only Fabian Riessle was able to follow him but had to let go soon later and so Moan skied a lonely race at the head of the field, constantly increasing his lead, lap by lap. In the end, he had enough time to wave to the roaring home crowd, take a Norwegian flag and just enjoy his last couple of hundred metres.
Behind Moan, Riessle managed to hold on to the second rank, even though Alessandro Pittin came charging from behind and overtook Riessle on the uphill leading out on the last lap. In the end the German prevailed and the Italian was still able to bag his second podium result of the winter. Johannes Rydzek finished fourth in the end and the rest of the Top Ten results went to Haavard Klemetsen, Francois Braud, Akito Watabe, Bernhard Gruber, Maxime Laheurte and Eric Frenzel.
For the overall standings, this now means Fabian Riessle conquers back the second rank with 700 points and pushes Akito Watabe down to the third rank (677 p.) after Eric Frenzel’s overall win already became reality in Lahti last weekend.
Source: fis-ski.com
