After Showdown: Riiber brings Total World Cup with record

Playfully, Jarl Magnus Riiber was slightly hung in the destination spurt of Johannes Lamparten, then the best Nordic combiner relaxed on a sofa in the shadow. With his 49th World Cup victory, the Norwegian has not only set up a sole bottom on Sunday, but also decided in the fourth time in series the overall World Cup. In the continuous duel with Austria's World Champion Lamparter, Riiber won the final showdown of Schonach only on the last meters and thus secured himself as in 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 the large crystal ball.

• Memories of stages and Hamilton
• National coach wine book: Rieber has normally "parked"

Riiber has won all four singles after the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing and crowned a famous catching up. "The Jarl is a class for themselves. This shows this number on victories at the age. Chapeau, he is probably the best combiner of all time," said Vinzenz Geiger in the ARD over the 24-year-old exceptional athletes, which shapes the sport. Lamparter was second, but Riiber's triumph could not prevent.

Memories of stages and Hamilton

The Norwegian was braked by many outer influences this winter. First he was disqualified, then took back problems before he went out of the Olympia - even because of a corona infection - empty. Now he brought himself the yellow jersey of the overall winner and moved the same in this category with manins. Only the German Eric Frenzel has opted for the World Cup winter five times.

Riiber had led to a point for a superior series over the past few weeks, but a real duel at eye level did not provide the two topathles in recent weeks. Mostly it was like that: Riiber jumped the most and then moved his circles in the trail alone.

This time it ran a little differently: Lamparter closed in the second cross-country race half to Riiber. From now on, the duel reminded of the Furiose Formula 1 final between Max Stapen and Lewis Hamilton, where only the winner could win the World Cup title. On skis, Riiber was the stronger, his final starting he sat down on the final 400 meters. Then the two adversaries embraced fairly.

National coach wine book: Rieber has normally "parked"

The German team of national coach Hermann wine book, in which Geiger was most strongest on Sunday, has to nibble on Riiber and its dominance. "A wedding drop is that we have to realize that a riiber is usually not impactable for us," said wine book of the German Press Agency. Riiber normally "parked" the first place.