Nordic Combined: Lamy Chappius Back on Top

Olympic Champion Jason Lamy Chappuis of France celebrated his 13th career World Cup victory on the second day of competition in Lillehammer today (Dec. 5). He led yesterday’s leader, Mikko Kokslien of Norway in second and Mario Stecher of Austria in third.

After the ski jumping section, Lamy Chappuis was ahead of the pack by a full 20 seconds with Eric Frenzel of Germany and Stecher following closely behind. Kokslien started from 20th place a full 1:21 minutes behind the leaders.

The cross-country race was highlighted by an exciting chase, led first by Frenzel who was caught by Stecher, teammate Johannes Rydzek and Akito Watabe of Japan. The pack was unable to catch Lamy Cahppuis and was soon joined by other racers from behind. At 6.5 km, Kokslien attempted to break ahead of the chasing group and catch Lamy Chappuis, but was unsuccessful, allowing the Frenchman his 13th career victory.

“It was a tough race because I do not like to ski alone that much. I did not know if my pace was appropriate compared to the rest of the field. But I gave my best and it worked out,” said Lamy Chappuis.

Stecher and Kokslien sprinted to the finish together crossing the line with only one-tenth separation. Kokslien ended up second 9.7 seconds behind Lamy Chappuis with Stetcher behind by 9.8 seconds.

"I was excited before the race started. There were a lot of good racers around me and I thought: this will be a good fight between us, and so it was," said yesterday’s winner, Kokslien.

Felix Gottwald delivered the fastest cross-country time once more and improved his mid-session rank from 36 to fourth. Gottwald posted the top time in the final three Nordic Combined cross-country races of last season, as well as the first four races of the season thus far.

Seppi Hurschler (SUI) finished fifth and posted the second best result of his career after a fourth place in Seefeld earlier this year. Akito Watabe (JPN) was seventh place and Miroslav Dvorak's (CZE) finished in eighth place. Overall, athletes from seven nations placed in the top ten.

The Americans were led by Bryan Fletcher in 26th, posting his second points finish of the season, followed by Bill Demong in 38th and Taylor Fletcher in 48th.

In the overall World Cup standings, Jason Lamy Chappuis maintains the lead with 340 points. He is 51 points ahead of Kokslien and 80 points ahead of Gottwald.

The World Cup circuit now heads to Central Europe with a pair of events next weekend in Ramsau.

Today’s top three:
1. Jason Lamy Chappuis (FRA)      134.1 points (1)/24:35.5 min (33)         24:35.5
2. Mikko Kokslien (NOR)               113.9 points (20)/23:24.2 min (5)         +9.7
3. Mario Stecher (AUT)                    121.0 points (10)/23:53.3 min (12)       +9.8

World Cup Standings: 1. Jason Lamy Chappuis (FRA 340, 2. Mikko Kokslien (NOR) 289, 3. Felix Gottwald (AUT) 260, 4. Eric Frenzel (GER) 210, 5. Mario Stecher (AUT) 186, 6. Tino Edelmann (GER) 140.

Rank Bib Name Year Nation Result

1	1	610	LAMY CHAPPUIS Jason	1986	FRA	24:35.5
2	20	1149	KOKSLIEN Mikko	1985	NOR	24:45.2
3	10	8	STECHER Mario	1977	AUT	24:45.3
4	36	35	GOTTWALD Felix	1976	AUT	24:46.7
5	26	349	HURSCHLER Seppi	1983	SUI	24:48.2
6	2	1050	FRENZEL Eric	1988	GER	24:50.1
7	12	1136	WATABE Akito	1988	JPN	24:53.1
8	23	1003	DVORAK Miroslav	1987	CZE	24:54.5
9	13	214	DENIFL Wilhelm	1980	AUT	24:58.5
10	29	973	MOAN Magnus-H.	1983	NOR	25:07.3
11	8	590	RYDZEK Johannes	1991	GER	25:08.4
12	31	351	EDELMANN Tino	1985	GER	25:08.6
13	16	1464	RUNGGALDIER Lukas	1987	ITA	25:10.7
14	38	137	KREINER David	1981	AUT	25:12.3
15	6	419	KLEMETSEN Haavard	1979	NOR	25:14.8
16	30	459	LACROIX Sebastien	1983	FRA	25:17.0
17	37	1192	DRUML Tomaz	1988	AUT	25:17.5
18	4	1152	RYYNAENEN Janne	1988	FIN	25:20.1
19	18	416	SLAVIK Tomas	1981	CZE	25:20.5
20	24	715	ORANIC Mitja	1986	SLO	25:26.7
21	9	111	BIELER Christoph	1977	AUT	25:27.2
22	7	683	RIAN Espen	1981	NOR	25:30.9
23	15	257	KIRCHEISEN Bjoern	1983	GER	25:34.2
24	25	623	HUG Tim	1987	SUI	25:37.1
25	34	1029	PITTIN Alessandro	1990	ITA	25:48.2
26	22	1067	FLETCHER Bryan	1986	USA	25:51.5
27	17	252	GRUBER Bernhard	1982	AUT	25:52.7
28	5	606	BRAUD Francois	1986	FRA	25:54.1
29	3	1669	STORLIEN Gudmund	1990	NOR	26:02.4
30	47	592	KLAPFER Lukas	1985	AUT	26:03.7
31	27	216	TAKAHASHI Daito	1980	JPN	26:10.7
32	46	205	KOBAYASHI Norihito	1982	JPN	26:20.1
33	43	1413	KROG Magnus	1987	NOR	26:20.2
34	41	347	BEETZ Christian	1984	GER	26:20.3
35	35	203	HEER Ronny	1981	SUI	26:22.2
36	39	215	CHURAVY Pavel	1977	CZE	26:23.0
37	14	1418	BERLOT Gasper	1990	SLO	26:31.3
38	42	222	DEMONG Bill	1980	USA	26:34.0
39	33	1444	SCHMID Tommy	1988	SUI	26:49.1
40	32	1167	KJELBOTN Thomas	1986	NOR	26:55.0
41	21	680	TANDE Petter L.	1985	NOR	26:56.5
42	49	768	MINATO Yusuke	1985	JPN	26:56.9
43	19	1650	SCHMID Jan	1983	NOR	26:57.9
44	52	1621	STORLIEN Ole Martin	1988	NOR	27:04.7
45	11	1485	NURMSALU Kaarel	1991	EST	27:06.6
46	51	1414	NERMOEN Jonas	1986	NOR	27:08.6
47	48	1410	BAUER Armin	1990	ITA	27:33.2
48	55	1439	FLETCHER Taylor	1990	USA	27:43.7
49	40	100042	KROGLUND Haavard	1987	NOR	27:51.4
50	28	1700	WATABE Yoshito	1991	JPN	27:55.6
51	50	1063	WELDE Ruben	1988	GER	28:00.7
52	53	1168	KARJALAINEN Joni	1987	FIN	28:03.5
53	44	1737	MORWEISER Janis	1991	GER	28:28.1
54	58	1164	FELISAZ Jonathan	1985	FRA	28:28.6
55	57	1488	TIIRMAA Karl-August	1989	EST	28:58.1
56	54	1617	JANCIK Lukas	1990	CZE	29:40.0
Did not start
	56	294	GUENTER Andreas	1988	GER
	38	609	LAHEURTE Maxime	1985	FRA
Did not finish
	45	989	CAMEROTA Brett	1985	USA

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