Takeuchi gets the win, Prevc gets the money in the first 4HT qualification

In a complicated session, conditioned by the strong, constant tail wind, Taku Takeuchi edges Richard Freitag and Matjaz Pungertar to win the first qualifying jump of the 2014/15 Vierschanzentournée. The Japanese ends in fourth place overall as today's best score go to three pre-qualified athletes, Peter Prevc, Gregor Schlierenzauer and Noriaki Kasai.

(Peter Prevc, photo: Anna Weber)

The Norwegian trio of Rune Velta, World Cup leader Anders Fannemel and Anders Bardal occupies sevent, eighth and tenth place, with Jernej Damjan taking the nineth spot. Just out of the top-10 is Kamil Stoch, who makes a convincing comeback after his injury followed by Severin Freund.

Here are the 25 head-to-heads for tomorrow's competition:

26 Junshiro KOBAYASHI

25 Robert KRANJEC

27 Lauri ASIKAINEN

24 Marinus KRAUS

28 Andreas KOFLER

23 Dawid KUBACKI

29 Anders JACOBSEN

22 Kento SAKUYAMA

30 Nejc DEZMAN

21 Daniel WENIG

31 Markus EISENBICHLER

20 Johann Andre FORFANG

32 Nicholas FAIRALL

19 Vincent DESCOMBES SEVOIE

33 Mikhail MAKSIMOCHKIN

18 Stephan LEHYE

34 Jan ZIOBRO

17 Thomas DIETHART

35 Anssi KOIVURANTA

16 Michael NEUMAYER

36 Andreas WANK

15 Daiki ITO

37 Anze LANISEK

14 Phillip SJØEN

38 Jarkko MÄTTÄÄ

13 Vladislav BOYARINTSEV

39 Dimitry VASSILIEV

12 Severin FREUND

40 Stefan KRAFT

11 Kamil STOCH

41 Seou CHOI

10 Anders BARDAL

42 Aleksander ZNISZCZOL

9 Jernej DAMJAN

43 Tim FUCHS

8 Anders FANNEMEL

44 Karl GEIGER

7 Rune VELTA

45 Piotr ZYLA

6 Matjaz PUNGERTAR

46 Davide BRESADOLA

5 Richard FREITAG

47 Matthew ROWLEY

4 Taku TAKEUCHI

48 Roman KOUDELKA

3 Noriaki KASAI

49 Michael HAYBÖCK

2 Gregor SCHLIERENZAUER

50 Simon AMMANN

1 Peter PREVC

By Edoardo Vercellesi

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