Patrick Pigneter takes back the throne

“I made the necessary changes to the material and it worked perfectly in the first run. In the second run I perhaps lacked the last bit of concentration,” said Pigneter, analyzing the race in which he achieved the fastest time in the first run and the fourth best time in the second run and celebrated his 30th World Cup victory.

In second place went Hannes Clara, who impressed with consistent performance despite his lack of training in the summer: “It's true that I mainly concentrated on my job in the summer and pushed luge to the side a little. I only started fully again in the fall. But I can rely on my father to prepare my material and it always works great, so I don't have to test a lot and still always have good material. It's nice to be in second place again, behind Patrick," said Hannes Clara, who took second place behind Pigneter exactly five times last winter and came third twice in the first two World Cup races this year.

This time, the Austrian Thomas Kammerlander and the Gadertaler Florian Clara dueled for third place. “When I heard Florian’s time, I wasn’t completely comfortable anymore,” said Kammerlander, who ultimately finished third, after the race. In fact, Clara took the lead with her best running time in the second round. However, Thomas Kammerlander responded promptly and beat Clara's time by five hundredths of a second and was the only one to stay under the 1:13,00 mark in the second run. Neither Hannes Clara nor Patrick Pigneter, who started after him, were able to beat this time, but they had enough of a lead from the second run to still overtake Kammerlander. “For the second run I changed little things about the material. “I’m not putting any pressure on myself, I’m glad I stayed on the podium,” said the local hero.

Toni Blasbichler and Carmen Planötscher win the Nations Cup In the Nations Cup, the experienced Anton Blasbichler won ahead of his teammate Stefan Gruber. Third place went to the reigning world champion Gerald Kammerlander, who will compete at the World Championships in Deutscheofen next week to defend his title and then end his career.

Women and doubles qualified on Saturday. Hannes Clara/Stefan Gruber prevailed in the Italian team and will start in the World Cup alongside Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara. For the women, Melanie Schwarz won the qualifying run and, together with Evelin Lanthaler and Greta Pinggera, forms the Italian women's World Cup team. For the women, the decision has already been made in the Nations Cup, which Carmen Planötscher won ahead of Sarah Gruber and the Austrian Maria Auer.

Final result Men’s World Cup Umhausen (January 19, 2013) 1. Patrick Pigneter (ITA), 1:12,54(1), 1:13,19(4), 2:25,73 2. Hannes Clara (ITA), 1:13,03(2), 1:13,12(3), 2:26,15 3. Thomas Kammerlander (AUT), 1:13,21(3), 1:12,96(1), 2:26,17 4. Florian Clara (ITA), 1:13,34(4), 1:13.01(2), 2:26,35 5. Thomas Schopf (AUT), 1:13,34(4), 1:13,44(6), 2:26,78 6. Alex Gruber (ITA), 1:13,64(6), 1:13,19(4), 2:26,83 7. Michael Scheikl (AUT), 1:13,68(7), 1:13,63(7), 2:27,31 8. Gernot Schwab (AUT), 1:13,77(8), 1:13,81(8), 2:27,58 9. Stanislav Kovshik (RUS), 1:13,80(9), 1:14,10(10), 2:27,90 10. Georg Maurer (GER), 1:14,01(9), 1:14,10(10), 2:27,90

Men's World Cup standings after three of six competitions 1. Patrick Pigneter (ITA) 285 points 2. Thomas Kammerlander (AUT) 230 3. Hannes Clara (ITA) 225 4. Thomas Schopf (AUT) 195 5. Michael Scheikl (AUT) 166 6. Stanislav Kovshik (RUS) 119 7. Georg Maurer (GER) 111 8. Adam Jedrzejko (POL) 106 9. Yurii Talikh (RUS) 100 10. Alex Gruber (ITA) 96

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