Goering leads German trio

Rene Sommerfeldt came in second, with Angerer relegated to third having led for the first three-quarters of the race.

There was consolation for Angerer, however, as he went to the top of the oversall standings, taking over from Vincent Vittoz.

The Frenchman could not follow up Tuesday's 10km pursuit victory with another good result, struggling home in 24th and dropping to 6th overall.

Simen Oestensen of Norway clings onto second place in the Tour de Ski standings despite a disappointing 18th place.

The top non-German finisher in Oberstdorf was Eldar Roenning, who came home some 30 seconds behind Goering.

Martin Bakcicak of Slovakia and Reto Burgermeister of Switzerland completed the top six, both profiting from storming finishes after being outside the top 40 over the first five kilometres.

There was less good news for another German, Axel Teichmann, who did not make the start and is eliminated from the Tour de Ski.

Norway's Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset suffered the same fate.

The final three stages of the Tour de Ski take place in Asiago and Val di Fiemme, finishing on Sunday.

1 - Franz Goering (GER) 39:40.7
2 - Rene Sommerfeldt (GER) +13.3
3 - Tobias Angerer (GER) +30.0
4 - Eldar Roenning (NOR) +30.4
5 - Martin Baljcicak (SVK) +41.2
6 - Reto Burgermeister (SUI) +50.0
7 - Sami Jauhojaervi (FIN) +50.6
8 - Petter Northug (NOR) +51.2
9 - Mats Larsson (SWE) +52.5
10 - Jean Marc Gaillard (FRA) +52.9

1 - Tobias Angerer (GER) 1:32.30.3
2 - Simen Oestensen (NOR) +17.0
3 - Franz Goering (GER) +30.7
4 - Evgenij Dementiev (RUS) +35.4
5 - Petter Northug (NOR) +42.8
6 - Vincent Vittoz (FRA) +44.9
7 - Jens Filbrich (GER) +1:01.7
8 - Sergej Shiriaev (RUS) +1:01.7
9 - Christian Hoffmann (AUT) +1:02.3
10 - Sami Jauhojaervi (FIN) +1:03.3