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Great excitement in Winterberg nell''ottavo appointment of the Luge World Cup on artificial track. A win & egrave; was once again Felix Loch that preceded a few thousandths of an extraordinary Stepan Fedorov the best race of his career, while third & egrave; Tucker came West.
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Loch big favorite Eve had to suffer more & ugrave; expected to make his fourth victory of the season, as the champion quest''oggi Bavarian & egrave; due scontrarare against a Stepan Fedorov in great dusting which granted little or nothing to the two-time Olympic champion. The two in fact at the end of the first descent were trailing by just 52 thousandths, with Loch that made the difference in the final stretch of the track dell''Hochsauerland.
In the final round the Russian tried to blow up the bench scoring an extraordinary part-time, as a result of trying to put pressure emblazoned opponent. For Loch & ograve; as usual not & egrave; intimidated and even committing an obvious error in the final S tore in Semen Pavlinchenko the best reference lap of the second descent, increasing a further 20 thousandths its competitive edge against Fedorov. With this win the champion born in Sonneberg Bavarian but in effect, share rises to 23 successes in the World Cup for the second time by entering your name nell''albo of 'gold of the race in Winterberg.
Fedorov instead quest''oggi get the best result ever in a test of the maximum circuit of the sled, he who at twenty-seven is experiencing the best season of his career.
The podium is completed by the young American West authentic Tucker great revelation of the year. The American eighth tied with Dominik Fischnaller after the first descent, & egrave; succeeded in the final run to catch the beauty of five positions centering his third season in the top-three placement.
West was delayed rather heavy compared to the first two of the standings, but & egrave; was quite lucky in being able to put behind him the 'blue Kevin Fischnaller who finished in fourth place just two tiny thousandths from the podium. For the cousin of the pi & ugrave; famous Dominik evidence today & egrave; was by far his best performance in the World Cup circuit, as & egrave; finally able to showcase its excellent driving skills in both runs, which has never happened before. For the twenty-Alto Adige is not for & ograve; the best finish ever in a competition valid for the top division of the sled, as earlier in the season at Igls had caught the third place in the Sprint Race, a race format on the specific gravity much lower compared to the test today.
Other race decidedly subdued for the 'Italian Dominik Fischnaller that after the disappointing evidence of Koenigssee and Oberhof was expected to surrender. Instead of the twenty-Mühlbach also not quest''oggi & egrave; never been able to contend a placing in the top floors of the standings, finishing only seventh. Fischnaller that now unless miracles & egrave; definitely out of the running to Crystal Ball will have & agrave; try to find the right feeling for the World Cup in Sigulda, and next calendar appointment scheduled in a week in Lillehammer could give him the joy of the podium, he there rises from the third place in Lake Placid in early December.
The 'blue quest''oggi & egrave; was also preceded by the Germans and Ludwig Von Schleinitz, that thanks to the disastrous second dicesa of Langenhan might still be in the running to get the place at the world championships.
The two other Italians in the race Emanuel Rieder and David Mair have closed respectively in seventeenth and twenty-second position.
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