The 18-year-old, who has endured a torrid time of late following a string of disqualifications, topped the standings after the ski jumping round with an effort of 130 metres, which handed him a score of 135.1 points.

Frenzel, who came into the competition off the back of a hat-trick of wins at the previous Nordic Combined World Cup event in Seefeld, Austria, and Akito Watabe both jumped 124.5 metres.

The Japanese competitor was given 117.7 points, 0.2 more than the German, though they both started the cross-country section at exactly the same time.

Thanks to his success in the ski jumping segment, Riiber was allowed to begin one minute and 10 seconds in front of his two nearest challengers on the skis.

The Norwegian went on to clock 24min 36.0sec as he finished comfortably ahead of the rest of the field to wrap up a superb victory.

Olympic normal hill silver medallist Watabe was 16.6 seconds adrift of Riiber, while Frenzel secured the final position on the podium as he completed the cross-country round in 23:54.2, nearly 30 seconds behind the Norwegian youngster.

In truth, Riiber’s triumph never looked in doubt as he made full use of his time advantage to cross the line in first place, picking up his first Nordic Combined World Cup win of his career.

“It was a perfect day for me today,” Riiber said.

“It is a perfect feeling to stand at the top of the podium.”

The result saw Riiber climb into eighth place on the overall standings, with Frenzel, Olympic normal hill champion at Sochi 2014, the current leader on 731 points.

Japan’s Watabe is his closest competitor on 634 ahead of Germany’s Fabian Rießle, who is 31 adrift on 603.

The next stop on the Nordic Combined World Cup circuit takes place with men’s and women’s action in Trondheim, Norway from February 9 to 10.