Germany's ski jumpers experienced the next sporting debacle at the Four Hills Tournament and once again only played extra roles in Halvor Egner Granerud's triumph.

While the Norwegian showed two more strong flights on Friday in Bischofshofen on 139.5 and 143.5 meters and conquered the golden eagle for the overall winner for the first time, like in Innsbruck no German made it into the top ten of the daily ranking.

Even more serious: Andreas Wellinger and his teammates also had no chance in the overall ranking.

After a mixed performance as the best German, Wellinger fell out of the top ten and finished eleventh.

The last time there was a tour ranking without Germans among the top ten was twelve years ago, but even then the performance was even better.

Norwegian triumph after 16 years

Granerud's triumph, for which it was the greatest success alongside his overall World Cup title in 2020/21, was no longer in great danger in the permanent duel with Poland's Dawid Kubacki.

The 26-year-old also ended Norway's wait for the next overall winner in front of 14,000 spectators.

After all, the wait for the title lasted 16 years.

Most recently, the Norwegian Anders Jacobsen won the Four Hills Tournament in January 2007.

The overall podium was completed by Anze Lanisek from Slovenia as third.

The trio shaped the entire tour.

Granerud won again on Friday, this time ahead of Lanisek and Kubacki.

For the German team, the jumping spectacle ended as dreary as it hasn't been for a long time.

The protégés of national coach Stefan Horngacher once again had no chance against the furiously flying world class.

Horngacher had already said before the sobering final competition that this was the most bitter phase in his three and a half years in office.

The first tournament victory since Sven Hannawald in 2002 was no longer an issue after the New Year's competition.

For the first time in three years, spectators were admitted to the traditional finale of the tour on Epiphany.

A boisterous party with loud music and several large stages was already going on in the tranquil town of Pongau around noon.

Three fans came dressed up as the "Three Holy Beer Kings" with foam crowns on their heads.

In the inns, the "Stefan Kraft Springer Toast" was served as an appetizer in honor of Austria's top pilot.

Damage limitation for German athletes

For Kubacki, who wore the yellow jersey, the day started with a special message.

His wife Marta gave birth to their second child at home.

“The baby was born during our warm-up.

I just saw him with a huge smile.

He's doing very well," said Poland's head coach Thomas Thurnbichler on "ARD".

Kubacki's first child was born during the Four Hills Tournament - two years ago he immediately won the New Year's competition.

After the Bergisel debacle, the German athletes were only concerned with damage limitation.

In the course of the 71st tour, things went from bad to worse for Horngacher's team.

A decent start in Oberstdorf was followed by a mixed result in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and a heavy defeat in Innsbruck, when suddenly there was no German in the top ten.

In Bischofshofen, things didn't go up significantly.

After 51st place in Innsbruck, Karl Geiger only made it to 23rd place. Youngster Philipp Raimund ended his amazing tour as a ray of hope again as the best German (twelfth place).

No wintry atmosphere

Olympic champion Wellinger had to defy his own state of health on the huge Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, which left a lot to be desired, especially on Thursday.

"I'm doing a little better, but the stage is far from good.

My energy level is pretty low," said Wellinger, who had stomach problems.

This also applied to the snow level.

Except for the artificial snow on the ski jumps, there was nothing wintery about the ten days from Oberstdorf to Bischofshofen.

In Garmisch, some fans stood in the run-out area with 15 degrees in their t-shirts, in Bischofshofen there was a lot of rain at first and then a sunny day with again clearly plus temperatures.

"It's very, very sad, no matter what station.

We had no snow anywhere except here at the ski jump.

That's very sad when you think about the fact that it's actually a winter sport," said Raimund.

He believes the future of ski jumping will be on mats.