Francesco Friedrich dominates at Igls and get the third win of the season. Bertazzo 19th, 21st Fontana.

It & egrave; played at Igls in the early afternoon today the seventh round of the World Cup two-man bobsleigh. The race & egrave; was literally dominated by the German Friedrich Francesco author of the best lap times the references in both races in the program, who crossed the line ahead Latvian Melbardis and Swiss Hefti.

Friday 6 February 2015 6 minutes reading time

The twenty-four of Pirna accompanied by brakeman Thorsten Margis quest''oggi had no rivals highlighting a superiority & agrave; at the level of driving ever identified during this season fought. Friedrich fact has built success today by the second intermediate forward drawing trajectories to the limit of perfection that have allowed him to close down both scheduled under the wall of 52 seconds, target achieved by any other competitor. Arrives cos & Igrave; the third victory of the season for the neo-European champion recovers another 15 points in the overall standings, taking to 45 lengths of separation from the leadership Cup, when missing a single appointment at the end of the season. An unbridgeable gap on paper but difficult to invoice especially if the head-ranking by the name of Oskars MelbÄrdis authentic man podium this season. The Latvian also quest''oggi & egrave; was among the leading figures of the Austrian race, disputing evidence of the highest level stained by a small burr committed during the start of the first run, when once entered nell''abitacolo lurched toward the left bank of the basin Tyrolean losing in that situation a part of the 31 cents that the 'separated from the winner. Melbardis conquest cos & Igrave; the fourth position in the top-three of the season which added to the victories of Calgary and Sankt Moritz make the Baltic a real habitu & eacute; the podium. In third place trailing by more than 6/10 from Friedrich & egrave; placed Switzerland's Beat Hefti. The 'Swiss & egrave not on this occasion; never been able to trouble the first two of the league having to settle most of the step & ugrave; the bottom of the podium. With this result, the holder of the Crystal Ball sees dwindle more and more & ugrave; their possibilities & agrave; reconfirmation of the title, since now the gap in the standings between him and Melbardis & egrave; share rose to 38 lengths, a gap recoverable by the Swiss only in case of victory in the final race of Sochi with the direct opponent who must get a placement at or below the fifth place. Completing the top five Germans Nico Walther and Johannes Lochner with quest''ultimo good at Igls to repeat the splendid fifth of Sankt Moritz, his best result in the maximum circuit of the bob. Discreet race for the veteran Steven Holcomb sixth, which gave the show in Austria in the final part of the track split by scoring podium despite the lap times being driven by low ranking. Nineteenth position for the 'blue Simone Bertazzo returned quest''oggi circuit greater after triumphant season in the European Cup. The pilot of Pieve di Cadore accompanied as usual by Francesco Costa has frustrated today's result in the first run, when & egrave; stumbled in the boost phase losing important cents gi & agrave; in the initial part of the race that the 'penalized then throughout is economy of the final result, relegating him in reserve positions. Good performance instead, for novices Simone Fontana and Constantine Ughi who have closed their first experience in the World Cup at the twenty-second place is not so & Igrave; far from qualification to the second run. The next round of the maximum circuit of the two-man bobsleigh & egrave; scheduled in seven days on the Olympic track in Sochi where he will assign & agrave; the Crystal Ball.