sentences:  The defending champions were the Norwegian team of Petter Tande, Håvard Klemetsen, Magnus Moan, and Kristian Hammer.Finland took the lead after the ski jumping section, having more than forty seconds on the other teams, and led until the third leg of the relay when Tino Edelmann caught up with Jaakko Tallus.Tallus remained on his trail for the entire race, sending Hannu Manninen and Björn Kircheisen out in the final leg.