Ramsau (AUT): Norwegian double victory with tight photo finish
Dec 16, 2022·Nordic Combined
Jarl Magnus Riiber is the winner of the men’s Individual competition in Ramsau (AUT) today.
The Overall World Cup leader was already in the lead after the Ski Jumping competition on HS98 today.
In winterly conditions the Norwegian jumped the furthest distance of the day with 98.5 meters (136.9 pts) in the morning and took the victory of the jumping round. Therefore, he was the first one to start into the 10 km in the WM-Stadium this afternoon.
Rank 2 after jumping went to yesterday’s PCR winner Ryota Yamamoto from Japan, who landed at 95 meters (130.0 pts) and went into the race 28 seconds after the Norwegian.
Franz-Josef Rehrl (93.5 mts, 124.1pts) placed third, 51 seconds behind Riiber.
With the strong skiers Jens Luraas Oftebro (91.5 m, +1:00 min) and Vinzenz Geiger (90.5 m, +1:07) within striking distance, a tight fight for the podium could be expected.
Riiber kept his lead constant and was 42.6 seconds ahead of his direct pursuers after half the race.
Yamamoto dropped out of the podium spots already on the first lap and had to admit defeat to the powerful skiers.
Geiger led the chasing group after 5 km, closely followed by Johannes Lamparter (+43.0 sec) from Austria, Norwegian Oftebro (+43.3 sec), Julian Schmid (+45.2 sec) from Germany and Finn Ilkka Herola (+45.2 sec).
On the last lap, the group spread further and was reduced to Oftebro (+30.8 sec), Geiger (+31.6 sec) and Lamparter (+32.6 sec), while Riiber ran a lonely race at the front.
Despite losing many seconds to his pursuers, the 25-year-old crossed the finish line first and secured his 53rd World Cup victory, meanwhile the young Austrian Lamparter fell out of the podium fight, finishing 4th in the end.
Geiger and Oftebro went down the home stretch together and delivered an exciting finish sprint including a photo finish, which the Norwegian (+7.9 sec) narrowly won, while Geiger (+8.0 sec) took third place.
Results: Ind. Men HS98/10km SJ – 16.12.22 Ramsau am Dachstein
Overall Results: Ind. Men HS98/10km – 16.12.22 Ramsau am Dachstein
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