The Nordic Combined athletes complete the last performance tests on the 2019 World Cup hill before the highlight of the season. “Seefeld is again very important for us, a location before the Olympics. Three competitions in a new format, with races over 7.5 km, 10 km and 12.5 km,” said national coach Herrman Weinbuch.
DSV trio with podium chances
However, on Friday, in the first of three competitions, the wind threw a spanner in the works. The jumping could not be carried out, instead the provisional evaluation round (PCR) from the previous day should come into play. There, overall World Cup runner-up Jarl Magnus Riiber (NOR) prevailed ahead of Terence Weber and Kristjan Ilves. Top favorite Johannes Lamparter (AUT) was fourth.
After his jump of 99.5 meters, Weber is 57 seconds behind the Norwegian in the cross-country ski run. The Estonian Kristjan Ilves, who made the longest jump (109 meters) with a significantly longer approach, will start at the same time as him. Lamparter is 1.16 minutes behind.
Geiger, Frenzel and Rydzek with good prospects
In the DSV team, Vinzenz Geiger in seventh (+1.23 minutes), Eric Frenzel (+1.23) in ninth and Johannes Rydzek (+1:44) in 13th can also move forward.
Manuel Faißt and Julian Schmid, who are almost two minutes behind, do not have such a good starting position. Fabian Rießle is missing almost three minutes on Riiber.