After the mass start on Friday, the Tyrolean also won the compact competition on Saturday. Lamparter won following 7.5 km, 1.6 seconds ahead of Norwegian Jarl Magnus Riiber and 1.9 seconds ahead of his compatriot Stefan Rettenegger. In the women’s category, Styrian Lisa Hirner surprised with third place.
Lamparter entered the trail in fourth place following jumping and caught up with Riiber and Stefan Rettenegger following around four kilometers. At the finish, the 22-year-old had the greatest reserves and prevailed once morest record World Cup winner Riiber. Behind the overall World Champion and Stefan Rettenegger, Thomas Rettenegger with sixth place, Lukas Greiderer and Martin Fritz with tenth and eleventh places ensured a strong team result.
Twelfth World Cup victory
Lamparter is the third most successful Austrian in the Nordic combined World Cup history. He celebrated his twelfth World Cup victory and drew level with Mario Stecher. Only Felix Gottwald (23) and Klaus Sulzenbacher (14) have triumphed more often. After the two successes in January in Seefeld and first place the day before, Lamparter has won the four most recent World Cup competitions in Austria.
Hirner had three podium finishes last season, but her move from twelfth place to the podium is impressive. The day before, the 20-year-old had already moved from eleventh to fifth position. In the first women’s compact competition, Norwegian Ida Marie Hagen celebrated her debut victory in the World Cup.
The 23-year-old passed her compatriot Gyda Westvold Hansen for the first time, who was two years younger than her and ended her series of 14 World Cup successes en suite. Until Saturday, Hagen herself had been the athlete with the most podium places – namely nine – without a win, and no one among the men had ever had five second places in a row. After finishing third in the jumps, Hagen was only twelve seconds behind Westvold Hansen before the 5 km cross-country race. The overtaking maneuver took place in the first two laps, and in the end the lead was 3.4 seconds.
“There was also a bit of anger”
Hirner ran 49.0 seconds solo to the finish. The local hero left her fellow competitors behind on the second lap. “I found the connection and thought I’d just give it a try. After my jump I was also a bit angry, maybe that will help me with my running,” said the 20-year-old, who also came second in Ramsau last year. In six World Cup races in the traditional Nordic resort, she has always finished in the top six. Coach Wilhelm Denifl was full of praise: “Tactically as planned and really attacked at the end.”
