Nordic Combined: Olympic champion Jason Lamy Chappuis starts another season with a win
France’s 24-year old Olympic Champion Jason Lamy Chappuis started the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup season with his twelfth career victory in Kuusamo, Finland today. Germany’s Eric Frenzel was second and Austria’s Mario Stecher was third.
Lamy Chappuis, who also won in Kuusamo last season, lead the field after the jumping portion of the competition and skated towards the front of a strong cross-country race. After an aggressive comeback by Stecher with four 2.5 km laps to go, Lamy Chappuis staged a dramatic breakaway finishing 6.6 seconds ahead Frenzel and 11.7 seconds ahead of Stecher to secure his victory.
”I like these types of close races more than skating alone, with nobody in front and nobody chasing,” said Lamy Chuppis. “Tomorrow, I will give my best again, but there are around ten athletes in the field who can win the competition.”
The fastest skier on the course was Austria’s Felix Gottwald, who was 21st after the jumping and finished fourth overall. After a disappointing jump, Olympic medalist Billy Demong led the Americans in 32nd with Taylor and Bryan Fletcher 35th and 37th, respectively.
Their teammate Todd Lodwick will join the World Cup scene in December while three time Olympic silver medalist Johnny Spillane, still recovering from a knee injury, will spend some time at home with his new baby Hadley before joining his teammates on tour.
The competition in Kuusamo will continue tomorrow morning followed by just seven more events, with 14 competitions, on the FIS World Cup tour.
Today’s top three:
1. Jason Lamy Chappuis (FRA) 135.8points (1)/28:33.5 min (11)
2. Eric Frenzel (GER) 135.2 points (2)/28:38.1min (14) +6.6
3. Mario Stecher (GER) 125.6 points (7)/25:32.3 min (4) +11.7
World Cup Standing:
1. Jason Lamy Chappuis (FRA) 100
2. Eric Frenzel (GER) 80
3. Mario Stecher (AUT) 60
4. Felix Gottwald (AUT) 50
5. Björn Kircheisen (GER) 45
6. Jan Schmid (NOR) 40
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| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | |
| 1 | 1 | 610 | LAMY CHAPPUIS Jason | 1986 | FRA | 28:33.5 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1050 | FRENZEL Eric | 1988 | GER | 28:40.1 | |
| 3 | 7 | 8 | STECHER Mario | 1977 | AUT | 28:45.2 | |
| 4 | 21 | 35 | GOTTWALD Felix | 1976 | AUT | 28:48.8 | |
| 5 | 10 | 257 | KIRCHEISEN Bjoern | 1983 | GER | 29:05.9 | |
| 6 | 11 | 1650 | SCHMID Jan | 1983 | NOR | 29:49.0 | |
| 7 | 16 | 351 | EDELMANN Tino | 1985 | GER | 30:04.8 | |
| 8 | 3 | 111 | BIELER Christoph | 1977 | AUT | 30:13.4 | |
| 9 | 20 | 1149 | KOKSLIEN Mikko | 1985 | NOR | 30:17.4 | |
| 10 | 4 | 606 | BRAUD Francois | 1986 | FRA | 30:21.7 | |
| 11 | 12 | 1152 | RYYNAENEN Janne | 1988 | FIN | 30:46.0 | |
| 12 | 26 | 459 | LACROIX Sebastien | 1983 | FRA | 30:49.8 | |
| 13 | 25 | 590 | RYDZEK Johannes | 1991 | GER | 30:52.8 | |
| 14 | 30 | 1660 | WENDEL Ole Christian | 1992 | NOR | 30:54.3 | |
| 15 | 6 | 683 | RIAN Espen | 1981 | NOR | 30:55.6 | |
| 16 | 23 | 203 | HEER Ronny | 1981 | SUI | 30:55.8 | |
| 17 | 5 | 609 | LAHEURTE Maxime | 1985 | FRA | 30:56.9 | |
| 18 | 14 | 416 | SLAVIK Tomas | 1981 | CZE | 30:57.0 | |
| 19 | 22 | 1136 | WATABE Akito | 1988 | JPN | 31:01.5 | |
| 20 | 19 | 252 | GRUBER Bernhard | 1982 | AUT | 31:05.9 | |
| 21 | 13 | 419 | KLEMETSEN Haavard | 1979 | NOR | 31:09.6 | |
| 22 | 9 | 1669 | STORLIEN Gudmund | 1990 | NOR | 31:28.7 | |
| 23 | 31 | 137 | KREINER David | 1981 | AUT | 31:41.5 | |
| 24 | 37 | 349 | HURSCHLER Seppi | 1983 | SUI | 31:42.2 | |
| 25 | 24 | 623 | HUG Tim | 1987 | SUI | 31:44.5 | |
| 26 | 8 | 214 | DENIFL Wilhelm | 1980 | AUT | 31:47.0 | |
| 27 | 28 | 715 | ORANIC Mitja | 1986 | SLO | 31:56.4 | |
| 28 | 18 | 1444 | SCHMID Tommy | 1988 | SUI | 32:03.5 | |
| 29 | 17 | 1418 | BERLOT Gasper | 1990 | SLO | 32:12.9 | |
| 30 | 15 | 1485 | NURMSALU Kaarel | 1991 | EST | 32:21.0 | |
| 31 | 48 | 19 | MANNINEN Hannu | 1978 | FIN | 32:32.3 | |
| 32 | 45 | 222 | DEMONG Bill | 1980 | USA | 32:42.9 | |
| 33 | 29 | 1737 | MORWEISER Janis | 1991 | GER | 32:45.9 | |
| 34 | 34 | 768 | MINATO Yusuke | 1985 | JPN | 32:53.1 | |
| 35 | 38 | 1439 | FLETCHER Taylor | 1990 | USA | 32:56.9 | |
| 36 | 41 | 1063 | WELDE Ruben | 1988 | GER | 32:57.5 | |
| 37 | 35 | 1067 | FLETCHER Bryan | 1986 | USA | 32:59.4 | |
| 38 | 32 | 216 | TAKAHASHI Daito | 1980 | JPN | 33:14.9 | |
| 39 | 42 | 1168 | KARJALAINEN Joni | 1987 | FIN | 33:21.1 | |
| 40 | 51 | 1029 | PITTIN Alessandro | 1990 | ITA | 33:34.0 | |
| 41 | 44 | 1410 | BAUER Armin | 1990 | ITA | 33:45.4 | |
| 42 | 52 | 1192 | DRUML Tomaz | 1988 | AUT | 33:47.5 | |
| 43 | 39 | 1488 | TIIRMAA Karl-August | 1989 | EST | 34:14.7 | |
| 44 | 47 | 1147 | POCHWALA Tomasz | 1983 | POL | 34:20.0 | |
| 45 | 46 | 294 | GUENTER Andreas | 1988 | GER | 34:24.2 | |
| 46 | 27 | 1462 | CIESLAR Adam | 1992 | POL | 34:27.2 | |
| 47 | 53 | 592 | KLAPFER Lukas | 1985 | AUT | 34:32.5 | |
| 48 | 56 | 205 | KOBAYASHI Norihito | 1982 | JPN | 34:56.6 | |
| 49 | 59 | 643 | MICHIELLI Giuseppe | 1985 | ITA | 35:18.8 | |
| 50 | 50 | 727 | KATO Taihei | 1984 | JPN | 35:28.2 | |
| 51 | 57 | 705 | KAEHKOENEN Ville | 1984 | FIN | 37:07.0 | |
| 52 | 55 | 1474 | TUPPURAINEN Ville | 1988 | FIN | 37:53.0 | |
| 53 | 58 | 1001 | KUTAL Petr | 1988 | CZE | 37:58.7 | |
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| 54 | 347 | BEETZ Christian | 1984 | GER | |||
| 49 | 1003 | DVORAK Miroslav | 1987 | CZE | |||
| 43 | 973 | MOAN Magnus-H. | 1983 | NOR | |||
| 33 | 215 | CHURAVY Pavel | 1977 | CZE | |||
| Did not finish | |||||||
| 40 | 989 | CAMEROTA Brett | 1985 | USA | |||
| 36 | 1482 | VAEHAESOEYRINKI Eetu | 1990 | FIN | |||
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