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Halvor Egner Granerud was the outstanding jumper of the tour
Photo: Daniel Karmann / dpa
At the 71st Four Hills Tournament, Halvor Egner Granerud secured the third day's victory in the fourth competition and the sovereign overall victory.
At the Epiphany jumping in Bischofshofen, the Norwegian jumped 139.5 and 143.5 meters, beating Anže Lanišek from Slovenia (140.5 and 139 meters) and Poland's Dawid Kubacki (135.5 and 140 meters).
Granerud received the golden eagle and prize money of 100,000 Swiss francs (about 96,700 euros) for its success.
In the overall standings, Granerud, who had won in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen and finished second in Innsbruck, already had a lead of around 13 meters over the overall World Cup leader, Kubacki, before the jump.
Granerud was supposed to expand this cushion, but Kubacki kept second place.
Third in the overall standings was Lanišek, who only failed to keep up with the best in Oberstdorf.
German top jumpers weak, Raimund good again
In the first round, the German top jumpers experienced renewed disappointments: Karl Geiger lost his direct duel against the Norwegian Marius Lindvik, Markus Eisenbichler lost to the Austrian Daniel Tschofenig.
Unlike Geiger, Eisenbichler even missed the second round because he didn't make it into the top five losers.
From the DSV point of view, Philipp Raimund in particular gave hope again, the 22-year-old finished in twelfth place.
Austria's Stefan Kraft was the first top jumper to make an exclamation mark, the ski flying world record holder with his 141 meters shortened the inrun for the best in the qualification.
Then Kubacki, who was only a disappointing 16th in the practice round, saved himself on 135.5 meters, Lanišek advanced 140.5 meters.
Because Granerud had the more difficult winds at the end, the Norwegian still had a lead of 139.5 meters thanks to the more difficult winds.
Granerud with less effort to victory
In the fight for the day's victory, Lanišek Kubacki countered a strong advance (140 meters) with his own long jump to 139 meters, the Slovenian stayed the equivalent of one meter ahead of his Polish opponent.
But even these two world-class jumpers could not compete with Granerud: Norway's Austrian trainer Alexander Stöckl had the inrun shortened again before Granerud's jump in order to take more bonus points - nevertheless, Granerud landed at an outstanding 143.5 meters and distanced himself from the competition.
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