Bertazzo fifth in the second race of the European Cup won by Friedrich

Second straight win for the young German phenomenon Francesco Friedrich quest''oggi Igls had no rival in the second round of two-man bobsleigh circuit of the European Cup.

Thursday 13 November 2014 3 minutes reading time

The reigning world champion, in contrast to yesterday's race, & egrave; took to the track accompanied by the brakeman Martin Grothkopp but this change has not prevented by Friedrich dominate today's race (click here for complete rankings). The pilot of Pirna in fact printed in both runs in the program's two best references lap times continued to impress in the boost phase, a feature which alone guaranteed him a total benefit of less than 17 cents against the first beat. In the absence of Beat Hefti joined the competition but not the party, the rest of the group has been slow, heavy behind the winner. Behind the Teutonic closed the 'Swiss Rico Peter who has suffered a disadvantage in a split second, while the podium & egrave; was completed a little '' surprise dall''equipaggio South Korean Won and consists of Yunjong Youngwoo Seo. They gain two positions relative to the test yesterday the Blues Simone Bertazzo and Francesco Costa that the l & agrave; improvement in ranking is delayed rather marked than the leader of the race. The 'crew rush blue team, which this season will focus & agrave; more in the search for new solutions and techniques that you & egrave; given big goals, he finished fifth in a tie with the second German association led the race by Maximilian Arndt and Martin Putze. The other three Italian teams entered in the competition has concluded all set within the top twenty. Simone Fontana and Constantine Ughi came in fourteenth place, while both Lukas Gschnitzer-Alexander the Great Patrick Baumgartner-Rocco Caruso concluded respectively in sixteenth and eighteenth place overall. The next round of the European Cup bobsled male & egrave; held in La Plagne in the first week of December.