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Press release 11^th January 2020

VINZENZ GEIGER TRIUMPHS AHEAD OF RIIBER
3^rd “THE HUNTER” GRAABAK

Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping in Val di Fiemme until Sunday
The German Geiger won ahead of the Norwegians Jarl Magnus Riiber and Joergen Graabak
This afternoon the Ski Jumping competition and tomorrow the Nordic Combined Team Sprint

The Norwegian dominator Jarl Magnus Riiber won yesterday’s 10km Individual Gundersen, but he was beaten by Vinzenz Geiger in today’s competition in Val di Fiemme. The German beat Riiber for the second time this season and claimed his second victory of the season, becoming Riiber’s bête noire. “I wasn’t tactically perfect, I’m not happy with my second place”, said Riiber. Today’s FIS Nordic Combined World Cup race saw the German Geiger, who yesterday raced to a second-place finish, win ahead of yesterday’s winner Riiber at the Cross-Country Stadium in Lago di Tesero. The Norwegian Joergen Graabak, who has a passion for hunting and fishing, was once again third after a photo finish sprint against the German Fabian Rießle, fourth, in a real battle between Norway and Germany. “I’m a bit disappointed about the final in this tactical race. I can certainly improve in the next races. Tomorrow I think I’ll race with Riiber in the team sprint”, said Graabak. Geiger stated in a diplomatic way: "I'm satisfied, this morning I didn’t think I could win". Jarl Magnus Riiber dominated the jumping round at the Ski Jump Arena in Predazzo with a +0:22 head start on Manuel Faißt (GER) and 31 and 32 seconds on the Norwegians Jens Luraas Oftebro and Espen Bjoernstad respectively. Many children were present to cheer the athletes on. As yesterday, Riiber began his cross-country race in Lago di Tesero alone, with Rehrl 27 seconds behind at the 3.8km point, Geiger and Klapfer 21 seconds behind at 5 km. The pursuers tried to close the gap and at 6.3 km Riiber had just an 8-second lead. The large pursuing group caught Riiber, but no-one wanted to accelerate. In the last lap, Graabak, Riiber and Geiger took the lead. After the last downhill, Geiger was able to enter the finish stretch first and he took home the victory.
This evening there is the first FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event of the weekend in Predazzo, while the FIS Nordic Combined season continues tomorrow with the Team Sprint. We are witnessing a sort of generational change in the Nordic Combined: Geiger (1997) seems to have taken his place on the throne of Frenzel, Rydzek, Rießle, who are gradually abandoning the helm of the German fleet. The same is happening in the Norwegian team, with Riiber (1997) and Oftebro (2000) taking the reins of the group. But the Norwegian team is less successful than the German one, with the only Joergen Graabak (1991) being able to keep the pace of the 'terrible youngsters'.

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Individual Gundersen NH/10 km

1 GEIGER Vinzenz GER 26:20.8; 2 RIIBER Jarl Magnus NOR +0.4; 3 GRAABAK Joergen NOR +0.6; 4 RIESSLE Fabian GER +0.6; 5 KLAPFER Lukas AUT +4.7; 6 REHRL Franz-Josef AUT +7.6; 7 FRENZEL Eric GER +9.1; 8 OFTEBRO Jens Luraas NOR +9.5; 9 FAISST Manuel GER +10.0; 10 RYDZEK Johannes GER +10.0
18 COSTA Samuel +53.8; 29 PITTIN Alessandro +1:40.6; 35 BUZZI Raffaele +2:22.1; 40 RUNGGALDIER Lukas +3:24.7; 43 MAIERHOFER Manuel +4:01.0