Kircheisen wins nordic combined World Cup, Lodwick fifth

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Six-time World Championship medalist, German Bjoern Kircheisen won his 14th career nordic combined World Cup today (Dec. 20) in Ramsau, Austria. Today was the third and final day of nordic combined World Cup competition in Ramsau.

“I had a really good material and tried to ski always in the first part of the pack. Yesterday, I saw Gottwald’s attempt failing and decided therefore to attack a little bit later,” said Lamy Chappuis. “We have a strong team, with Tino Edelmann, Eric Frenzel, me and others, we’ll have fun.”

Norwegian Mangus Moan (38th in the jump and first in the cross country race) finished second, followed by Austrian Felix Gottwald (23rd in the jump and fourth in the cross country race) in third. Last season’s overall World Cup winner Finn Anssi Koivuranta was just off the podium today in fourth.

American Todd Lodwick had a solid fifth-place performance in his third competition back on the World Cup. He finished 17th in the jump then held strong through the cross country race to finish tenth there. Teammates Johnny Spillane and Bill Demong finished 13th and 14th, respectively. Spillane had the strongest American leg with a fifth-place finish in the cross country race.

“I was really pleased with the way I tactically raced today,” said Lodwick. “It was important to stay up front and not get tangled up in the mix with 40 some guys racing together. I started with BIll and stayed with him because he’s been racing fast and I wanted to find where we played out on the first lap. We ended up right in there. Then I heard Johnny right up there with us, too.”

France’s Jason Lamy Chappuis, who won the first two events here, got off to a great start with the best jump but slipped to a 22nd in the cross country race and landed eighth overall.

The cross country race was fierce battle as the top 12 skiers were within 4.4 seconds after the first 2.5k lap. Norway’s Petter Tande took the lead at the 3.3k mark and held through the midway pass through the stadium. Moan took the lead in the final lap as the top ten racers finished within 33 seconds.

“At the moment, I’m the strongest Nordic Combined cross-country racer, and this is a great feeling,” said Moan. “Today, however, Bjoern was the fastest man, congratulations.”

Canadians Jason Myslicki and Wesley Savill finished 49th and 51st, respectively.

Lamy Chappuis maintains his lead in the overall standings 113 points ahead of teammate Tino Edlemann who finished sixth today.

Image: Todd Lodwick comes in for a landing in Ramsau. (Gepa)

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Result
 1  11  257 KIRCHEISEN Bjoern  1983  GER   23:29.7
 2  38  973 MOAN Magnus-H.  1983  NOR   23:30.1
 3  23  35 GOTTWALD Felix  1976  AUT   23:30.4
 4  16  1156 KOIVURANTA Anssi  1988  FIN   23:31.4
 5  18  27 LODWICK Todd  1976  USA   23:36.4
 6  7  351 EDELMANN Tino  1985  GER   23:36.8
 7  12  680 TANDE Petter L.  1985  NOR   23:37.2
 8  1  610 LAMY CHAPPUIS Jason  1986  FRA   23:37.6
 9  33  1003 DVORAK Miroslav  1987  CZE   23:38.0
 10  30  1050 FRENZEL Eric  1988  GER   23:39.3
 11  5  215 CHURAVY Pavel  1977  CZE   23:39.5
 12  22  137 KREINER David  1981  AUT   23:39.9
 13  28  247 SPILLANE Johnny  1980  USA   23:42.6
 14  17  222 DEMONG Bill  1980  USA   23:44.5
 15  4  1152 RYYNAENEN Janne  1988  FIN   23:44.6
 16  14  1136 WATABE Akito  1988  JPN   23:45.3
 17  2  1650 SCHMID Jan  1983  NOR   23:46.2
 18  3  111 BIELER Christoph  1977  AUT   23:47.5
 19  9  214 DENIFL Wilhelm  1980  AUT   23:50.1
 20  32  8 STECHER Mario  1977  AUT   24:01.0
 21  45  1149 KOKSLIEN Mikko  1985  NOR   24:21.6
 22  48  1015 PICHLMAYER Marco  1987  AUT   24:21.8
 23  20  590 RYDZEK Johannes  1991  GER   24:23.2
 24  10  198 TALLUS Jaakko  1981  FIN   24:24.6
 25  24  252 GRUBER Bernhard  1982  AUT   24:27.5
 26  15  623 HUG Tim  1987  SUI   24:32.6
 27  37  592 KLAPFER Lukas  1985  AUT   24:42.1
 28  13  609 LAHEURTE Maxime  1985  FRA   24:47.6
 29  47  349 HURSCHLER Seppi  1983  SUI   24:51.2
 30  42  768 MINATO Yusuke  1985  JPN   24:57.8
 31  57  1796 JOHANSEN Truls Soenstehagen  1991  NOR   24:59.4
 32  58  1660 WENDEL Ole-Christian  1992  NOR   25:00.0
 33  6  1147 POCHWALA Tomasz  1983  POL   25:00.2
 34  25  694 VODSEDALEK Ales  1985  CZE   25:18.5
 35  39  217 HETTICH Georg  1978  GER   25:22.2
 36  40  347 BEETZ Christian  1984  GER   25:23.0
 37  29  683 RIAN Espen  1981  NOR   25:24.0
 38  19  1228 LEETOJA Aldo  1988  EST   25:37.7
 39  21  989 CAMEROTA Brett  1985  USA   25:38.7
 40  49  1164 FELISAZ Jonathan  1985  FRA   25:42.9
 41  50  203 HEER Ronny  1981  SUI   25:44.3
 42  34  1689 NABEEV Niyaz  1989  RUS   25:46.1
 43  56  715 ORANIC Mitja  1986  SLO   25:59.5
 44  8  1404 DIER Dominik  1989  AUT   26:00.9
 45  53  643 MICHIELLI Giuseppe  1985  ITA   26:05.1
 46  27  1461 SLOWIOK Pawel  1992  POL   26:11.1
 47  54  1464 RUNGGALDIER Lukas  1987  ITA   26:19.0
 48  59  416 SLAVIK Tomas  1981  CZE   26:20.5
 49  62  249 MYSLICKI Jason  1977  CAN   26:23.8
 50  35  1434 JELENKO Marjan  1991  SLO   26:25.6
 51  55  164 SAVILL Wesley  1989  CAN   26:27.7
 52  63  1486 PIHO Kail  1991  EST   26:34.2
 53  60  647 MUNARI Daniele  1983  ITA   26:37.9
 54  46  606 BRAUD Francois  1986  FRA   26:53.7
 55  64  722 TRACHUK Volodymyr  1985  UKR   26:55.9
 56  36  357 SOBOLEV Ivan  1983  BLR   27:31.6
Did not start
   61  74 ACKERMANN Ronny  1977  GER   
   51  960 MASLENNIKOV Sergej  1982  RUS   
   44  216 TAKAHASHI Daito  1980  JPN   
   43  205 KOBAYASHI Norihito  1982  JPN   
   41  621 HOLLENSTEIN Michael  1984  SUI   
   39  200 HASENEY Sebastian  1978  GER   
Did not finish
   65  1540 PARKHOMCHUK Andriy  1988  UKR   
   52  459 LACROIX Sebastien  1983  FRA   
   31  727 KATO Taihei  1984  JPN   
   26  1473 ASIKAINEN Lauri  1989  FIN   

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