Kobayashi wins undressing

Karl Geiger has maintained his chances of the first German overall victory at the four-headed tour since Sven Hannibal. The 28-year-old local matador jumped at the beginning of the 70th Tour in Oberstdorf in strong rain on Wednesday 131.5 and 131 meters wide and thus became fifth. The Japanese You Kobayashi joined the victory in front of the Norwegian Favor Tegnér Garnered and his compatriot Robert Johansson. Geiger's residue in the tour rating on Kobayashi is only a good three meters.

He jumped very well, said national coach Stefan Forgather. I'm very happy with him. He has solved it super. He is not far away with the points. That Geiger finished a series, the coach not disturbed the coach in the face of the narrow result. Since the 2017/18 season, a DSV eagle had always reached a podium at the tour prelude.

Geiger: At first I was a bit disappointed

At first, I was a bit disappointed because I heard about that the others were quite wide, Geiger said. I did not quite the fine blade in the second (passage). But it was fine.

A winter wonderland with snowflakes and white slopes remained denied the athlete while starting the anniversary tour. Before empty ranks and in uncomfortable weather, Kobayashi, Geiger & Co. offered the fans before the screens, nevertheless a spectacular jump show that could be done quickly and easily.

The nervous violinist presents itself constant in the entire season strong and slightly prone to negative outer influences. Pressure or difficult weather conditions compensates for the balanced father of a daughter sovereign and seemingly effortlessly. Only once this winter he took a weaker rank than the fifth. Five times he was already standing for a single jumping on the podium this season, twice even at the top.

The jumping system on the Silver is not very special for Geiger because of his home feelings and the fact that his wife and many acquaintances are as a helper at the jumping, something very special. Last year he won the tour prelude here. At the World Championships in February and March, Geiger brought equal four medals, including two golden. The thoughts of such moments still help him today, just because it is totally beautiful emotions, totally beautiful pictures that you still have in mind.

Eisenbichler flies on the seventh rank

Unlike violinists, his buddy railway can only be very sporadically retrieved its best performance in this winter. A fall at the Summer Grand Prix has brought the emotional Siegsdorfer from the concept. Again and again you can see iron richer this season after his jumps and curses. At the tour prelude he had little reason. Java, ironbichler shouted after his second jump to 132.5 meters and specked the fist cheerfully.

After he had become the general sample in Inselberg 27. And 35., he presented much more stable in the days of Oberstdorf. Seven place was a decent result. Eisenbichler was the second-best German. Stephan Late spent rank nine, Pius Paste jumped on the 26th place.

False suit: friend was disqualified

Bitter ran it for Severin friend. The 33-year-old was actually good in the competition with a jump to 124.5 meters and would have brought his first World Cup points this winter. However, because of a non-rule-compliant, he was disqualified.

I actually thought it fits, he said to the strictly controlled garment in the ARD. It's not. It's a sport that sometimes is about small things. It is checked, and that's good too. You have to accept that and get better next time. Constantin Schmidt arrived after the first pass. There, the tour ambitions of a co-favorite also received a clear damper: the Polish ski jump superstar and the previous year's touring winner Kamil Stock arrived after a jump on only 118 meters surprisingly already after a jump.

Olympic champion Andreas Welling er was not at all. The form curve of the 26-year-old seemed to show up again after a cruciate ligament and a heavy past winter. According to 51 in the qualification on Tuesday, however, Welling er remained only the audience role.

The next chance to make it better, Welling er, Stock and her colleagues on New Year's Eve. Then it goes on with the qualification for traditional New Year jumping in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

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