A thriller Saturday is inevitable

The seventh and final stop in the World Cup calendar began with three surprises. The women started their first competition run under floodlights on the 955m long Grantau track. Greta Pinggera from Vinschger showed a brisk ride and relegated the series winner Evelin Lanthaler from the Passeier Valley to second place with just 0,03 seconds ahead of her, followed by the Russian Ekaterina Lavrenteva, 0,46 seconds behind.

“The route just suits me” Greta Pinggera “A lot has happened on this track in my career, I celebrated my greatest successes here, the track just suits me. I had a small mistake in the finish corner, but I'm happy. “It will be exciting tomorrow,” explained Pinggera. World champion Evelin Lanthaler has won all six World Cup races so far this season and she wants to win in the last race too: “There were a few small mistakes, but I'm more or less satisfied with my ride. It's nice that it's so exciting at the end." Pigneter with a track record The race for daily and overall victory in the men's single-seater is a real thriller. Patrick Pigneter from Völs set a new track record in the first run in 1:11.48 minutes and goes into the decision with a solid lead of 0,45 seconds over local hero Thomas Kammerlander. “It suits me better to be at the back” Alex Gruber In third place, 3 seconds behind, is the South Tyrolean world champion Alex Gruber, who is 0,60 points behind the leader Kammerlander in the overall World Cup. Whoever is ahead at the end gets the big crystal ball. “This is a great starting point. It suits me better to be at the back. “It’s going to be super exciting on Saturday,” said Gruber.

In the doubles, the Russians Pavel Porshnev/Ivan Lazarev are surprisingly leading; the three-time world champions have not yet won a race this season. The overall winners Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara are only 0,33 seconds behind in second place. It starts at 15 p.m The final on Saturday begins at 15 p.m. with the doubles, at 16 p.m. the women start and from 16.45:18.15 p.m. the decision in the overall World Cup for men will be made. The team competition is scheduled for 19:XNUMX p.m. A total of XNUMX nations are represented at the World Cup finals in Umhausen.

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A thriller Saturday is inevitable

The first races were on the program at the final of the natural track tobogganing World Cup on Friday evening in Umhausen in the Ötztal. Half-time leaders are not the top favorites.

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