Gregor Schlierenzauer au rendez-vous

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Schlierenzauer devant Prevc et Gangnes

Ce dernier concours de la saison estival était sans doute le plus relevé de la série. Un coup d'oeil au Top 10 suffit à le démontrer avec des skieurs habitués aux honneurs durant l'hiver.

Devant son public "Schliri" a montré de belles choses en signant par exemple un nouveau record du tremplin à 96m lors de son premier saut.

L'Autrichien s'imposera finalement pour la 13eme fois de sa carrière en Grand Prix avec quelques points d'avance sur l'excellent Slovène Peter Prevc.

Kenneth Gangnes, le Norvégien de l'été, vient compléter le podium en affichant encore une fois de belles promesses pour cet hiver.

Wellinger, Freund et Stoch suivent au classement devant le vainqueur du Grand Prix 2015 Kento Sakuyama.

Vincent Descombes-Sevoie se classe 41eme.

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Les réactions :

Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT): 

“Everything worked out perfectly in the first round so I could jump on a new hill record. It was a cool jump and I also had some luck, minus 16 points for the wind is pretty good.  But still you have to show a good jump from gate 1 and I was able to do that, even with a telemark, so it seems the physical training is paying off. It's a great feeling to set a new hill record. You need a strong and good take-off, especially on the normal hill. I'm a bit surprised that I could win my first competition this summer, but I also knew that my shape is not too bad. Of course the first round was the key to this result."

Peter Prevc (SLO):

"It was a really tough competition for everyone. The wind was quite strong and you needed some luck to be among the best. In the first round you needed a constant head wind during the whole jump. I made a little mistake at the take-off, that cost me two meters and that would have been enough to be almost in the Top 3 after the first round. In the second round I had some luck with the conditions because there was still head wind when I was jumping. I was second today, so for me it was a fair competition."

Kenneth Gangnes (NOR):

"Of course I'm really satisfied with this competition. My goal for this weekend was to be in the Top 10, so being on the podium is really good for me. It's a really nice hill, but the inrun is a bit different compared to the hills we jump on in training in Norway.

The flying curve here is similar to bigger hills but it's still more fun to jump on the bigger hills. My main goal for the winter is to improve compared to last winter and to establish myself in the Top 20 of the World Cup and of course the Ski Flying World Championships are a highlight."

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Le classement complet ICI

Photo : Nordic Focus