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You break the streak of three consecutive victories in Oberhof double German composed of Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken. Today the two Germans were forced to surrender to the countrymen Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, Olympic and world champions in office, as well as holders of the crystal ball. & Nbsp;
Saturday 17 January 2015 6 minutes reading time
They were three years Eggert -Benecken climbed on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium in their home track and all three times Wendl-Arlt were placed in the second position. Today the roles were reversed at the end of an exciting challenge that you & egrave; played on the wire thousandths of both the first and in the second run. At the end were the Bavarians Wendl-Arlt that prevailed for just 17 thousandths compatriots.
The first round was completed with the reigning Olympic champions in front of compatriots for 16 milliseconds. In the second race the two Bavarians have prevented the recovery of countrymen and went on to win their third consecutive race, after a start to the season in which Eggert-Benecken were the undisputed masters of the double with four victories in the first four races.
Oberhof is & egrave; cos & Igrave; confirmed a real stronghold for sledding German, especially in doubles, just think that in 27 races this specialty & agrave; played on this track, including that of today, the Germans have got over 24 wins, leaving the other three races to as many double Italian, the 'least of which to dominate & egrave; was double formed by Christian Oberstolz and Patrick Gruber in the 2006-2007 season.
The podium today & egrave; was completed by the double Russian Alexandr composed Denisyev and Vladislav Antonov, the first podium of his career, the authors of a great second run in which they managed to gain three positions. The two Russians were terrific especially towards the end of the track, where they were able to keep in line with the times of the two German crews which were preceded to the finish line. The final gap accumulated by Denisyev-Antonov than Wendl-Arlt & egrave; state of well 570 milliseconds, just to realize, if proof were needed, of how much margin there is between the first two German crews and competition from all points of view: the boost phase, the guided and materials.
Denisyev-Antonov preceded by just three thousandths twice Austrian formed by Peter Penz and Georg Fischler, who kept the fourth place in the first heat. However, those who have lost two positions relative to the first heat were the Latvian brothers Andris and Juris Sics, passed by the third place of the first run in the fifth place finish, and Italians Christian Oberstolz and Patrick Gruber, passed from fourth to sixth place. The two Azzurri at the end of the first heat harbored hopes of podium since the gap that separated them from the third place of the two Latvians was only 24 thousandths.
Eighth place for Italians Ludwig Rieder and Patrick Rastner, always among the first in the boost phase but authors too many imperfections in the guide. The two young Azzurri will have to work hard to improve this fundamental if they will not remain the eternal promises.
Fifteenth place for the young couple blue formed by Florian Gruber and Simon Kainzwaldner, both born in 1994, their first season of the World Cup.
Note how in this race are different athletes ran into errors evident in the straight that leads into the final kreisel. A couple of teams were also reversed during the first run, only to be able to get back into position and finish the race regularly. One of the crews folded & egrave; was that of Canadian & nbsp; Tristan Walker and Justin Snith eventually classifcatisi in twentieth and last position.
In the overall rankings still lead Eggert-Benecken with 655 points, but Wendl-Arlt continue to approach reaching a total of 600. & nbsp;
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