LugeTobogganing - Winterberg
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Start in the best way for the colors blue two days of races in Winterberg. This morning on the gut'' s Hochsauerland Oberstolz-Gruber and Rieder-Rastner gave Italy'' s the second and third step of the podium.
Saturday 30 November 2013 4 minutes reading time
The two double Italians have played two rounds almost perfect proving to be competitive from the first closed down respectively the third and fifth. In the second run the young Patrick Ludwig Rieder and Rastner climbed into the chair by clocking a time of'' excellent third round that allowed him to match the Austrians in third-Penz and Fischler to get the first podium of his career.
For veterans Christian Oberstolz and Patrick Gruber after two fourth places in Lillehammer and in Igls, beloved'' on track in Winterberg comes the much anticipated and awaited first podium of the season, the fifty-second of his career.
It was in December of 2010 that came not up with two doubles Italian on the podium in a World Cup race. On that occasion, in Calgary, Oberstolz-Gruber and Fischnaller-Schwienbacher closed in second and third position.
In front of everyone, however, have closed the Germans Tobias Wendl and Tobias Artl real rulers of the day.
The two "Bayern Express", this'' today took to the track very determined and already in the first round thanks to a new record of thrust have laid the groundwork to bring home the second victory of the season after the opening'' obtained in Lillehammer . The two Tobias in the second run have further gained ground again marking a new record starting and trimming a gap of more than half a second over the first chasers.
For Wendl-Artl that today is the third victory in Winterberg, the nineteenth of his career, allowing the double to take back the German leadership lone of the ranking of the World Cup.
Unfortunately for Toni Eggert and Sasha Benecken that when they were preparing to give Germany the third double of the season were reversed'' in the last part of the track, finishing off the charts, and losing points crucial to the fight at the World Cup.
The positive blue day was completed by the ninth of the third tri-color double-entered for the race. Fischnaller-Schwienbacher after a subdued start to the season quest'' redeemed themselves today and thanks to the ninth fastest time in the heats made in the final descent were traced from the fourteenth to the ninth position.
Of note is the strong performance of the Canadian Walker-Snith this morning finally showed their talent by closing ranks fifth in just 13 thousandths from the podium.
The next round of the World Cup luge is planned time in seven days on the track at Whistler in Canada.
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