Anniversary victory for Pigneter/Clara

As on Saturday, the double-seater race was decided in a single run; the second run was canceled due to the thaw and the soft track. With the best time in all sectors, Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara were the only duo to stay under the 1.12,63 minute mark in 1.13:65 minutes. For the season dominators it was the fifth victory in the fifth race, and at the same time the XNUMXth World Cup victory of their career.

Fabian Achenrainer/Simon Achenrainer came in second, 0,89 seconds behind, ahead of the reigning European champions Pavel Porshnev/Ivan Lazarev (+1,02). The reigning junior world champions Matevz Vertelj/Vid Kralj made an exclamation mark in fourth place. The dominators cannot be blinded “Five wins in five races is great, but I can’t promise that we will win all seven races. You saw it at the European Championships, two small mistakes are enough and the others are faster,” analyzed Pigneter. “65 is an impressive number, but we are looking forward. At the end of our careers we will take stock,” explained Clara. Evelin Lanthaler and Alex Gruber are unstoppable. © Hermann Sobe

In the final team competition, Italy continued its winning streak with Evelin Lanthaler/Alex Gruber. The “Azzurri” also won the third team competition of the season in 2.21,86:25 minutes. Austria (Riccarda Ruetz/Michael Scheikl) and Russia (Ekaterina Lavrenteva/Grigory Bukin) landed in honorable places. The 27/2021 season comes to an end with the double World Cup from February 2022th to XNUMXth in Moscow.

Top three double seaters 1.Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara (ITA) 1.12,63:XNUMX minutes 2.Fabian Achenrainer/Simon Achenrainer (AUT) +0,89 seconds 3.Pavel Porshnev/Ivan Lazarev (RUS) +1,02 seconds

Top three overall doubles (5/7) 1.Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara (ITA) 500 points 2.Fabian Achenrainer/Simon Achenrainer (AUT) 370 points 3.Pavel Porshnev/Ivan Lazarev (RUS) 295 points

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Anniversary victory for Pigneter/Clara

The fifth stage of the FIL Luge World Cup on natural track ended in Mariazell on Sunday with the doubles race and the team competition. In the doubles, the season's dominators Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara had double reason to be happy.

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