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Koenigssee confirms an impregnable stronghold for all opponents of Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt that for the seventh consecutive time impose their law in their home track.
Saturday 3 January 2015 5 minutes reading time
The two Bavarian some '' surprise they managed to deceive in the second round of the great rulers of this season teammates Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken. Wendl-Arlt had indeed closed the first run in the second position by accusing a delay of more than one-tenth by compatriots and seemed destined to reach out to the fifth defeat of the season. Instead, in the final run has started to rain changing ice conditions made it much more & ugrave; slippery than the first round, particularly that pushed the athletes to choose lines pi & ugrave; clean to work in the best materials.
Just quest''ultimi seasoned with the great experience of the Olympic champion duo were the two factors that have allowed Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt operate overtaking against Eggert-Benecken who finished second accusing a detachment of 185 thousandths. A delay important if you think that the two athletes of Thuringia have lost in one down the beauty of 307 thousandths.
The victory of the two "Bayern-Express", the second in a row after that obtained in the Sprint Race in Calgary, you can reopen least on paper the race to the World Cup. In the overall standings the gap between the leaders Eggert-Benecken and Wendl-Arlt & egrave; now 70 lengths, but gi & agrave; the next appointment to Oberhof should return to growth since on that track the duo of Thuringia & egrave; virtually unbeatable.
Completing the podium the Austrians Peter Penz and Georg Fischler authors as usual a great second run, which screened them for the fourth time this season in the top-three.
Continue the good time of the Latvian Andris and Juris Sics that close in the fourth position. The two brothers Baltic are disputing their best season of his career by finding a continuity & agrave; of placings never shown before. Good fifth place for the second crew of Latvia in the street consists of Oskars Gudramovics and Peteris Kalnins, protagonists of a great comeback in the final round, which led them to recover the beauty of four placings and get the best result ever in his career.
Only sixths blues Christian Oberstolz and Patrick Gruber who continue to play a season by supporting actors. The veterans of South Tyrol have been delayed rather high not only compared to the winners (over 7/10), but especially against the third place well away quest''oggi 575 thousandths. Thirteenth youngsters Florian Gruber and Simon Kainzwaldner from which was not expected to pi & ugrave ;. It did not took part in the third binomial Italian Rieder-Rastner.
The next round of the Luge World Cup twice & egrave; scheduled in two weeks on the track in Oberhof in Thuringia.
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