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Second victory of the season for Simone Bertazzo in the circuit of the European Cup bobsled. The 'blue quest''oggi in La Plagne & egrave; awarded the proof of the four-man bob ahead of Czech Jan Vrba and Latvian Ugis Zalims.
Sunday 7 December 2014 4 minutes reading time
The policeman of Pieve di Cadore along with brakeman Francesco Costa, Simone Fontana and Constantine Ughi had no rivals in signing both run in the program the best references chronometric. The 'crew is Italian & egrave; proved very competitive from the start, critical that in recent seasons had given pi & ugrave; the formation of a headache blue.
Beyond the field of starters definitely a lower level than in the competitions of the World Cup, today's result confirms the positive feeling had in earlier appointment of Igls, namely that at this time Simone Bertazzo & egrave; pi & ugrave; Competitive bob four than in two. The pilot Cadore closes a weekend with a smile that earned him the beauty of two wins and a podium.
In place of 'honor it & egrave; placed the Czech Jan Vrba trailing by 57 cents from the winner, while the Latvian Ugis Zalims finished in third place on the final bypassing Russian Andrianov third after the first round. (Official standing)
Another race to forget for the German Manuel Machata, quest''oggi seventh, increasingly & ugrave; distant relative of the driver who no longer & ugrave; later than four years ago in Koenigssee will laureava world champion four-man bob.
The slope of La Plagne resizes the ambitions of success of the two women entered in the competition. Both Elana Meyers-Taylor Kaillie Humphries at the first competition of four-man bob on European soil have not been able to repeat the excellent performance highlighted in the circuit of North-America Cup where among 'others have centered two podiums. The better of the two ladies & egrave; found to be the 'American Meyers-Taylor who finished in tenth position while the twice Olympic champion finished in seventeenth place.
The second crew blue led in the race by Lukas Gschnitzer and composed brakemen Alexander the Great, Rocco Caruso and Marco Rosa finished in fifteenth position with a delay from Bertazzo of nearly two seconds.
The next round of the European series of four-man bob & egrave; scheduled in seven days on the track in Koenigssee, Germany.
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