SCHONACH, Germany - Germany won Sunday's World Cup team combined event on home snow at Schonach as their quartet of Georg Hettich, Eric Frenzel, Björn Kircheisen and Tino Edelmann saw off their French and Austrian rivals.

The Germans, who led after the jump section, saw off the French by 48.3sec following the 4 x 5 km cross country relay. They also trounced an Austrian team missing Felix Gottwald by 1min 1sec despite sending out what was essentially a B team ahead of the Winter Games.

With the Olympics fast approaching, Norway and Finland gave Sunday's event a miss.

Next weekend sees a further race at Seefeld in Austria before the Games in Vancouver.