For Geiger it was a real setback in the fight for the yellow jersey. After jumps of 125.5 and 123.5 meters he was only fifth. The new leader is Kobayashi, who temporarily secured the bib with a strong jump of 130.5 meters in the second round. He even got the day’s win together with Halvor Egner Granerud who had the same number of points.
“That’s a little annoying. But it was a solid competition, so everything is good. I was a bit close in the second jump, at first the jump didn’t feel bad at all‘ Geiger said.
The previous Lahti dominator Stefan Kraft had to admit defeat with 124 and 128 meters in third place. His Austrian compatriot Heinrich Wohlnamen (129 and meters) managed a surprise as in the individual on Friday, he finished fourth. Manuel Fettner rounded off the strong team result of the Austrians with sixth place.