Nordic skiers rave about the Riedel track in Chaux-Neuve
Preview Raschau, January 14, 2013 – The FIS Nordic Combined World Cup weekend in Chaux-Neuve, France, was entirely in German hands: On Saturday Tino Edelmann triumphed, on Sunday in the Team Sprint the duo Edelmann/Eric Frenzel.
Beitragstext Raschau, January 14, 2013 – The FIS Nordic Combined World Cup weekend in Chaux-Neuve, France, was entirely in German hands: On Saturday Tino Edelmann triumphed, on Sunday in the Team Sprint the duo Edelmann/Eric Frenzel. Also traveling home happily from the Jura was Peter Riedel. 'The approach track, a track-in-track system, kept the entire competition perfectly in check. I am glad that we – once again – received approval from the organizers and the athletes,' said the owner of the company bearing the same name. Like Frenzel, Riedel hails from Oberwiesenthal – homeland and feel-good factor ensure a duplication of events.
And indeed! Austrian Bernhard Gruber, second on Saturday, said: 'Here in Chaux-Neuve there is a perfect hill, on which I feel very comfortable and am already getting a bit airborne. The inrun is simply sensational. One can attack aggressively on it, and as an athlete you know that everyone has equally fair conditions, because it is a gigantic block of ice that is also cooled!'
This view is unanimously shared by other stars of the scene. Olympians, World Champions and World Cup winners Jason Lamy Chappuis, who thrilled nearly 10,000 spectators with his actions, said: 'It is always a special joy to approach on a Peter Riedel track. This inrun gives security.' And another Olympic and World Champion, Bill Demong from the USA, outlined in two words the quality work from Saxony: 'Simply brilliant.'
ADELEBODEN HERE. The joy of some, the sorrow of others. The name Riedel also brought a certain satisfaction on an alpine stage. After the German men finished second and third in the giant slalom at Adelboden with Fritz Dopfer and Felix Neureuther, Eberhart Riedel, Peter Riedel's father, has been the only German winner at this Swiss traditional race for exactly 52 years. He won the competition in 1961 and cemented his reputation as the best alpine skier of the GDR. 'Surely the year will come when another German wins. But I would be lying: At present I am glad that my 'record' still stands,' said Eberhart Riedel.