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The winner of last year’s tour, Dawid Kubacki from Poland, won the New Years competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Karl Geiger finished fifth as the best German and is therefore holding up well in the race in the fight for circuit victory.
For Oberstdorf winner Geiger, things didn’t go well in the first round. The 27-year-old only entered the second round of the top 30 ski jumpers as 14th. “It was a turbulent first round, especially in terms of the wind. Geiger was a bit late for take-off and then he didn’t get good conditions,” said national coach Stefan Horngacher. On the second lap, Geiger made a class jump with 138 meters despite the fact that the wind conditions were bad again. The Oberstdorfer improved to fifth place and only missed the podium by 0.5 points. “A good competition, the bottom line is that I am very satisfied. I never thought I would go that far,” Geiger said.
Granerud assumes the leadership of the tour
The victory was secured in a superior way by the Polish Dawid Kubacki, who set a record on the hill with 144 meters in the final. The second was the Norwegian Halvor Egner Granerud ahead of Piotr Zyla from Poland. With 555 points, the Norwegian is now four points ahead of Geiger. Kamil Stoch is third, 6.7 points behind. Dawid Kubacki is 8.6 points behind.
Eisenbichler weakens in the second round
Markus Eisenbichler reached the final as fourth at the 69th Four Hills Tournament. The 29-year-old jumped 137.5 meters and then encouraged the race. But on the second jump he was too late from takeoff, landing at 134 meters and missing his chance to get on the podium. In the end, the Bavarian took seventh place. “A decent competition, not ideal,” he said, but with a wink when looking at the general classification he promised: “We will show the Poles and Norwegians where Barthel has the must.”
On Friday he accumulates the first points of the World Cup
In addition to Geiger and Eisenbichler, Martin Hamann, Pius Paschke and Richard Freitag also made it to the second round. Hamann convinced with jumps at 128.5 and 135.5 meters and finished eleventh. Pius Paschke landed in 16th place (127.5 / 127 m).
In 27th place (129/126 m), on Friday he took the first World Cup points in almost 13 months. “I have to put pressure back on the jump. I have been successful here twice. Maybe I can do it again this season,” said the 29-year-old. Despite the good performance, Freitag does not believe that he will continue to be on tour. “The others are in good shape. I would be happy. But I could understand if the team stays the way it is.”
Four DSV jumpers miss the second round
Severin Freund (39th), on the other hand, retired after the first attempt after jumping 123 meters. The competition also ended early for Moritz Baer (43rd), Constantin Schmid and David Siegel (45th). Schmid, in particular, was very disappointed after his departure: “There is a little problem with technology and self-confidence. I thought it would be better today,” said the 21-year-old, who had had such a start to the season. strong. The ski world runner-up with the team clearly missed the second round in 47th place, as in Oberstdorf.
Those: sportschau.de
