L'Autrichien Gregor Schlierenzauer, lauréat de la Tournée des Quatre tremplins, a remporté samedi le concours de Predazzo (Italie) comptant pour la Coupe du monde de saut à skis.

Avec 249,8 pts, le jeune homme de 22 ans a signé sa 40e victoire en Coupe du monde, la 6e de la saison, en s'imposant devant l'Allemand Severin Freund (234,7) et l'Autrichien Thomas Morgenstern (227,5).

Le leader du classement de la Coupe du monde, l'Autrichien Andreas Kofler, a pris la 6e place avec 223,4 pts. Un second concours est prévu dimanche à Val di Fiemme.

Les réactions (source FIS) :

Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT): "The competition break was very good for me, I think that not going to Japan was the right decision. I really enjoyed this break after the exhausting competitions at the 4-Hills-Tournament and at the ski flying. I tried to recharge the batteries and that was very important. Training yesterday was already very good and the competition today was sensational. I showed two great jumps and of course I’m very happy that I could win.
 
Severin Freund (GER): “In the last few competitions I was not consistent enough. After the disappointing results in Sapporo I tried to concentrate on Predazzo and I wanted to make good jumps here. And now I’m pretty happy with the outcome.”
 
Thomas Morgenstern (AUT): “It was not the first time that my second jump was much better than the first one. I think I can be very satisfied with my jumps today even if they are not on the highest level like last year. I’m looking forward to the next competition and I’ll keep on fighting and trying to find the right feeling, especially in the inrun.”

Classement du concours de Val di Fiemme: 

1. Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 249,8 pts (134,0 m + 134,5 m)2. Severin Freund (GER) 234,7 (131,0 + 130,5) 3. Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 227,5 (123,5 + 130,0) 4. Anders Bardal (NOR) 225,2 (126,0 + 125,5) 5. Simon Ammann (SUI) 224,2 (128.5 + 127.5)

Classement général de la Coupe du monde après 18 épreuves sur 27:

1. Andreas Kofler (AUT) 1034 pts 2. Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 966 3. Anders Bardal (NOR) 957

 

 

Le classement complet ICI

Photo : Nordic Focus