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It is Russia and Latvia who come out with a smile between their teeth from the weekend in Sigulda, where the sixth act of the World Cup toboggan run took place on the artificial track.
Sunday 13 January 2019 8 minutes reading time
Both the national teams have benefited the most from the field factor, since they have always used this plant during the preparation of the season, to capture significant results. Russia dominated both single-seater sled races, while Latvia grabbed a double podium between the doubles and the success in the teams test.
Among the women was the Russian Tatyana Ivanova who with two perfect heats took her first seasonal triumph confirming for the umpteenth time her special feeling with the track located one hour away from Riga. The almost twenty-seven in fact, ÄŒusovoj has so far won 10 individual individual victories in the World Cup, six of which he obtained on the Baltic gut, of which five in the last six races played.
Behind the indecisive Ivanova was the German Natalie Geisenberger who has claimed a detachment of 128 thousandths from the winner. The fight for the last step of the podium was much more intense, with the American Summer Britcher and the Italian Andrea Voetter fighting on the edge of the thousandths. The two are fighting each other at the last intermediate with the 'South Tyrolean who lost the podium for just 4 thousandths.
Voetter has played the best race of intermediate stamped career in all respects, in some places the 'blue was even very close to Geisenberger, but in' last stretch (the fastest part ed) has given way to rivals. Beyond the rage for the lost podium, this result confirms the enormous progress made by this girl who at the moment seems to be the only ray of sunshine in a season decidedly subdued by Italian colors. Seventeenth position for Sandra Robatscher the other blue registered in the race.
The other two big Germans Tatjana Huefner and Dajana Eitberger are still behind, closing only in sixth and eighth place, while the young Julia Taubitz is ninth in the first place on the podium and losing important points in the general classification. Now Geisenberger commands with 63 lengths of advantage over the young teammate.
In the men's field, Russia even takes a double with first place Semen Pavlichenko and second place Aleksandr Gorbatcevich. Also for Pavlichenko, the same goes for Ivanova regarding the special feeling with the Sigulda track, in fact, the Russian has conquered here 3 of his 7 World Cup victories and especially the world title in 2015.
Pavlichenko separated his teammate by 188 milliseconds and 264 thousandths from the Austrian David Gleirscher who, after the Olympic gold medal in Pyeongchang, returned to play a supporting role. Sixth place with much regret for the 'blue Dominik Fischnaller that without the mistakes made during the first descent could have finished on the podium gaining important points in the World Cup optics. The South Tyrolean in fact preceded by three positions Felix Loch (9th), four Wolfgang Kindl (10th) and six the leader of the ranking Johannes Ludwig (12th) climbing to sixth place in the general classification.
Ranking that by virtue of the disqualification of the Russian Repilov for irregular weight has become very short with 8 athletes enclosed in only 60 points. Ludwig now leads with 33 points on Kindl, 36 on Loch, 38 on Egger, 40 on Pavlichenko, 50 on Fischnaller and 60 on Repilov.
Among the doubles continues the winning march of Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken that even on a traditionally difficult track for the German sleds have managed to impose their own law. The Thuringian duo has printed the two best references of the day trimming heavy gaps to the rest of the company. Behind the Teutons, more and more launched towards the conquest of the fourth career Crystal Ball, two Baltic crews were placed: Gudramovics-Kalnins and the brothers Andris and Juris Sics.
Fourth place for the Bavarians Wendl-Arlt who preceded the two double Rieder-Rastner and Rieder-Kainzwaldner double this also get their best result of their career. Eighth young Nagler-Malleier. The great fights of this weekend are undoubtedly the Austrians Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller who with the tenth place of Sigulda lose further ground in the fight against the general classification.
Latvia's victory in the team test, thanks to a solid team composed of the brothers Kedija Aparjode and Kristeris Aparjods in the single-seater sled and the double Gudramovics-Kalnins. The Baltics were prophets in their country thanks to three consistent trials that allowed him to precede Russia and Germany on the podium. Italy has not finished its test for not having touched the touchpad that allows the change of fraction.
Now the World Cup of Toboggan takes a long break. The maximum circuit of the sledges will return to action at the beginning of February, one week after the Winterberg World Championship.
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