The European nation have claimed victories in all five of the competitions held this season - four individual and one team - and will be aiming to extend that run in the two upcoming men’s Gundersen races scheduled for tomorrow and Sunday (December 18).

Johannes Rydzek won both of the men’s Gundersen races held in Finnish ski resort Ruka last month, while Eric Frenzel was a double winner in the Norwegian town of Lillehammer earlier this month.

Frenzel’s victories came on the back of him contributing to Germany’s success in the men’s team event in Lillehammer, along with Bjoern Kircheisen, Fabian Riessle and Rydzek.

Their closest challengers in that particular event were Norway, who swept one of the two podiums in Ramsau am Dachstein last year thanks to the efforts of Magnus Moan, Magnus Krog and Jarl Magnus Riiber.

Riiber, who finished between winner Frenzel and bronze medallist Manuel Faisst of Germany in the other 2015 race, won’t be in action this year as he is only back in light training after suffering two bouts of illness at the beginning of the season.

Compatriot Jørgen Graabak, the double gold medallist at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, is in action however, as he aims to build on his bronze medal-winning performances in Ruka and Lillehammer.

Hosts Austria, meanwhile, will be striving to secure a first podium finish in Ramsau am Dachstein since 2012, when Mario Stecher managed to take a bronze.

Organising Committee secretary general Alois Stadlober revealed athletes can expect a slightly changed cross-country track.

"We changed the last uphill," he said.

"The track has become a bit more difficult and more spectacular for the spectators.

"We were able to test it last weekend in two Austria Cup competitions and the athletes liked it very much."

Despite a lack of snow during the majority of the preparation phase, the FIS says the Organising Committee has been able to produce enough artificial snow for the full 2.5 kilometres track.