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Last weekend on the track in Winterberg went on stage the third act of the European Cup bobsled. On gut'' s Hochsauerland have played two rounds female, one male and one two-man bobsleigh bobsleigh four.
Monday 16 December 2013 6 minutes reading time
Among the women, as predicted Germany has been getting the lion's share of a hat-trick in the first day and a poker in that final. In Race 1, Stefanie Szczurek won the second victory of the season ahead of the 32 cents teammate and dominating last weekend Carolin Zenker and over a second Miriam Wagner.
In race two, Wagner junior world champion in charge has risen on the shields in Winterberg taking his first victory this season. In second place went Zenker while the podium was completed by Szczurek. To conclude the day house party poker Germany came second season in fourth place thanks to Sandra Kroll.
'' The crew consists of blue Capponcelli Serena and Martina Schiavon brakeman was reconfirmed in top positions finishing in fifth and seventh place, respectively, race 1 and race 2. Beyond the placement, it is encouraging to see a drastic reduction in the loss of leading from the blue against the winners. In the first race of the weekend, the Italian have closed a little more than two seconds from the leader and less than a second from the third step of the podium. Signals important in view of the debut of'' crew tricolor in World Cup circuit.
In the overall standings with 16 points Zenker commands Carolin margin of Szczurek and 34 of Wagner. Serena Capponcelli is in fifth place with 114 points behind detached leadership.
In the two-man bobsleigh men's first win for the Swiss Rico Peter (pictured) and Simon Friedli. The two Swiss usual protagonists of the major circuit of the bob have built the success in the first round that allowed him to secure a competitive edge sufficient to meet the comeback of Albrecht Klammer arrived at the place of honor'' trailing by only 5 cents. In third place went to another crew Teutonic race brought in by the driver Nico Walther winner a week ago for the first race of Koenigssee.
Even in Winterberg Manuel Machata has continued to fail to impress in two-man bobsleigh. The big star of the bobsleigh world ended at the foot of the podium in third place just two cents from losing in the final run for two placings.
Good performance for the youth Olympic champion Patrick Baumgartner teamed with Danilo Zanarotto finished in seventh position taking the best result of the season and playing a final part of the track on the same level as the top three finishers. He takes a step back compared to the first two appointments as expert Lukas Gschitzer that ranked eighteenth place. The third race in the blue crew piloted by Alexander the Great arrived in thirty-first place.
The ranking is led by specialty German Walther with 60 points ahead of Peter and 118 on the Latvian Zalims. The first of the Italian Gschnitzer Lukas is currently tenth in the overall ranking.
In the four-man bob second consecutive Manuel Machata. The world champion of the specialty accompanied by brakemen Paasche, Speer and preceded by Becke 14 and 33 cents teammates Albrecht Klammer and Nico Walther. Just off the podium trailing by 42 cents from the winner ended the Russian Dmitry Abramovitch who meet again in the World Cup during the first European races.
Italy'' s got a thirteenth place with Baumgartner-Zanarotto-Great Zucchini, and a fifteenth-square-Gschnitzer Romanini-Ughi-Benedetti.
The leadership is in the hands of the general commanding Machata with 442 points, behind it lies at an altitude of 406 Walther while in third place we find the Romanian Neagu. Baumgartner and Gschnitzer are in tenth place ex-aequo with 248 lengths.
The next round of the European Cup in Igls bobsleigh will be staged on the second weekend of January.
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