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Chappuis takes World Cup nordic combined opener

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The nordic combined World Cup season got its start this morning (Nov.28) in Kuusamo, Finland as France’s Jason Lamy Chappuis grabbed his sixth career World Cup victory in a field of 55 competitors.

Second place went to three-time Olympic medalist, Finn Hannu Manninen, who was cheered on by 6,000 of his countrymen to his 86th World Cup podium. Germany’s Eric Frenzel took the last podium spot, his fifth career World Cup top-three finish. 

Chappuis, who was in the lead after the jumping portion of the event, outlasted Manninen in the cross country race, beating him by eight seconds. It had been nearly two years since Chappuis’ last World Cup victory at Seefeld in January 2008.
“I just love this hill, I had so much fun at this hill and I am very confident when I jump here in Kuusamo,” said Chappuis. “This morning, I had a very good attempt, got 30 seconds advantage. My tactic was to start on my own pace and to see what’s going on.”

“I heard that Hannu was making up time and I pushed very hard in the last lap,” Chappuis continued. “My tactic was to be in front after the jumping and to be in the battle for the podium. This victory is important for my confidence, also in view of the Olympic Games where I would like to win a medal.”
Norway’s Mikko Kokslien was the fastest cross country skier launching him from 31st after the jump to a ninth-place overall finish.

Last season’s overall World Cup winner Anssi Koivuranta was in third place coming out of the jump but slipped to fifth place after the cross country portion of the event.

Canadian Wesley Savill was the lone North American competitor in the field, finishing 43rd.

Tomorrow, the DKB FIS Nordic Combined World Cup will continue in Kuusamo with another individual event.

Image: Jason Lamy Chappuis takes the season's first nordic combined World Cup. (Gepa)

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Result
 1  1  610 LAMY CHAPPUIS Jason  1986  FRA   27:05.0
 2  14  19 MANNINEN Hannu  1978  FIN   27:13.1
 3  2  1050 FRENZEL Eric  1988  GER   27:15.6
 4  8  680 TANDE Petter L.  1985  NOR   27:19.7
 5  3  1156 KOIVURANTA Anssi  1988  FIN   27:20.6
 6  15  1650 SCHMID Jan  1983  NOR   27:26.4
 7  4  198 TALLUS Jaakko  1981  FIN   27:53.2
 8  6  1152 RYYNAENEN Janne  1988  FIN   28:00.1
 9  31  1149 KOKSLIEN Mikko  1985  NOR   28:04.3
 10  23  257 KIRCHEISEN Bjoern  1983  GER   28:09.3
 11  20  351 EDELMANN Tino  1985  GER   28:14.7
 12  21  8 STECHER Mario  1977  AUT   28:18.1
 13  12  590 RYDZEK Johannes  1991  GER   28:35.9
 14  7  683 RIAN Espen  1981  NOR   28:40.0
 15  9  606 BRAUD Francois  1986  FRA   28:41.4
 16  5  111 BIELER Christoph  1977  AUT   28:45.4
 17  18  459 LACROIX Sebastien  1983  FRA   28:49.9
 18  29  1003 DVORAK Miroslav  1987  CZE   28:52.2
 19  25  1029 PITTIN Alessandro  1990  ITA   29:00.9
 20  22  416 SLAVIK Tomas  1981  CZE   29:10.7
 21  26  623 HUG Tim  1987  SUI   29:15.4
 22  30  74 ACKERMANN Ronny  1977  GER   29:18.5
 23  27  216 TAKAHASHI Daito  1980  JPN   29:23.0
 24  46  349 HURSCHLER Seppi  1983  SUI   29:27.4
 25  34  215 CHURAVY Pavel  1977  CZE   29:28.4
 26  44  973 MOAN Magnus-H.  1983  NOR   29:36.4
 27  17  1444 SCHMID Tommy  1988  SUI   29:40.5
 28  43  768 MINATO Yusuke  1985  JPN   29:46.5
 29  19  214 DENIFL Wilhelm  1980  AUT   29:50.9
 30  35  609 LAHEURTE Maxime  1985  FRA   29:56.3
 31  42  137 KREINER David  1981  AUT   29:56.7
 32  36  1660 WENDEL Ole-Christian  1992  NOR   29:56.7
 33  32  1059 REUSCHEL Sebastian  1988  GER   29:59.3
 34  11  1228 LEETOJA Aldo  1988  EST   30:07.6
 35  28  694 VODSEDALEK Ales  1985  CZE   30:18.7
 36  50  203 HEER Ronny  1981  SUI   30:21.3
 37  13  1473 ASIKAINEN Lauri  1989  FIN   30:26.5
 38  10  1485 NURMSALU Kaarel  1991  EST   30:32.3
 39  24  1147 POCHWALA Tomasz  1983  POL   30:35.2
 40  41  1164 FELISAZ Jonathan  1985  FRA   30:58.3
 41  45  592 KLAPFER Lukas  1985  AUT   30:58.3
 42  38  960 MASLENNIKOV Sergej  1982  RUS   31:05.1
 43  40  164 SAVILL Wesley  1989  CAN   31:06.3
 44  49  705 KAEHKOENEN Ville  1984  FIN   31:07.2
 45  47  1015 PICHLMAYER Marco  1987  AUT   31:27.4
 46  55  200 HASENEY Sebastian  1978  GER   31:39.0
 47  52  217 HETTICH Georg  1978  GER   31:48.0
 48  53  1479 PANIN Ivan  1987  RUS   31:52.6
 49  51  419 KLEMETSEN Haavard  1979  NOR   32:01.1
 50  33  357 SOBOLEV Ivan  1983  BLR   32:19.0
 51  37  637 BRESADOLA Davide  1988  ITA   32:23.7
 52  16  1474 TUPPURAINEN Ville  1988  FIN   33:10.3
 53  54  1410 BAUER Armin  1990  ITA   33:21.5
 54  39  1469 MAKA Marcin  1985  POL   33:37.3
Did not start
   50  252 GRUBER Bernhard  1982  AUT   
   11  35 GOTTWALD Felix  1976  AUT   
Did not finish
   48  1548 HAERTULL Jim  1990  FIN   

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