German hat-trick in the first race at Altenberg. Azzurri in the rear

In Saxony, Albrecht Klammer in pairs with brakeman Martin Grothkopp, conducted a head race from the first drop-down list. The German driver, although he did not record times thrust worthy of note, has made a difference in the central section of the DKB Eiskanal victoriously concluding race 1 with a lead of 18 cents on Germany 2'' crew, led in the race by Nico Walther . The triumphant day for the German colors was completed in the third place of the man who was the favorite of the eve: Manuel Machata. The world champion and European four-man bob, he repeated a disappointing performance in line with those already shown during the selection trials, dimostando to have been rightly excluded from the World Cup circuit. Behind the three Teutonic he finished the'' Russian crew Pashkov-Prudnikov who finished just 5 cents from'' last step of the podium, further emphasizing the disastrous performance of Machata. Altenberg was also attended by three blue bob, worn by riders in the race Patrick Baumgartner, Lukas Gschnitzer and Alessandro Grande. Of the three Italian teams what is best placed was that composed of Baumgartner-Zanarotto who finished in fourteenth position worse of two setups, the result of the first run. A little further back they closed the other Italians. Olympic champion juvenile Gschnitzer Lukas (pictured) was not able to go beyond the sixteenth place, while Alexander the Great paired with Rocco Caruso finished in twentieth place. Beyond the placings, what is striking in the negative test of the Azzurri on the posting accused by the best crew tricolor both to the winners, well over 3 and a half seconds, which in comparison with the'' last place top ten at the time far more than the second. We hope that from tomorrow in the second race of the Italian bishops can rebuild.