From Winterberg, GER
Results from the seventh four-man bobsled race of the 2016/2017 IBSF European Cup schedule, held January 25, 2017.
Dmitriy Popov won his first European Cup race of the season, edging Christoph Hafer of Germany by .08.
The Russian’s win is his third of the season, and gives him a commanding point lead going into the final race of the season.
Two-man winner, Richard Oelsner, finished with a bronze medal. Aleksandr Bredikhin finished fourth, ahead of Germans Pablo Nolte and Bennet Buchmüller.
Ollie Biddulph of Great Britain finished 10th.
Results:
Pos | Names | Nation | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
1 | Popov / Kazantsev / Kardakov / Mordasov | RUS | 5.19 | 5.192 | 54.93 | 54.84 | 1:49.77 |
2 | Hafer / Salzer / Krenz / Reichle | GER | 5.20 | 5.23 | 54.89 | 54.96 | 1:49.85 |
3 | Oelsner / Rademacher / Knötzsch / Schüller | GER | 5.21 | 5.18 | 54.95 | 55.02 | 1:49.97 |
4 | Bredikhin / Gaitiukevich / Zharovtsev / Sysoev | RUS | 5.23 | 5.25 | 54.97 | 55.17 | 1:50.14 |
5 | Nolte / Mair / Weber / Sommer | GER | 5.24 | 5.19 | 55.18 | 55.03 | 1:50.21 |
6 | Buchmüller, Hertel / Scherer / Laurenz | GER | 5.17 | 5.19 | 55.11 | 55.19 | 1:50.30 |
7 | Linuchev / Buryakov / Gnezdilov / Neustroev | RUS | 5.21 | 5.25 | 55.13 | 55.30 | 1:50.43 |
8 | Bracher / Knuser / Doerig / Kuonen | SUI | 5.25 | 5.19 | 55.33 | 55.13 | 1:50.46 |
9 | Holinger / Roesti / Lorenzoni / Tanner | SUI | 5.36 | 5.34 | 55.35 | 55.41 | 1:50.76 |
10 | Biddulph / Gleeson / Letts / Simpson | GBR | 5.23 | 5.21 | 55.49 | 55.48 | 1:50.97 |
11 | Heinrich / Bytebier / Lefebvre / Flaven | FRA | 5.37 | 5.33 | 55.72 | 55.52 | 1:51.24 |
12 | Silic / Nikpalj / Krajisnik / Zlatnar | CRO | 5.28 | 5.25 | 55.70 | 55.58 | 1:51.28 |
13 | Baumgartner / Ughi / Variola / Bilotti | ITA | 5.38 | 5.39 | 55.66 | 55.65 | 1:51.31 |
14 | Radenovic / Vujanic / Stojic / Salmier | SRB | 5.44 | 5.39 | 55.79 | 55.64 | 1:51.43 |
15 | Tentea / Dobre / Cojan / Bugheanu | ROU | 5.34 | 5.39 | 55.79 | 55.81 | 1:51.60 |
16 | Dvorak / Sindelar / Kopriva / Zalesky | CZE | 5.32 | 5.34 | 55.85 | 55.83 | 1:51.68 |
17 | Constantin / Halai / Iubu / Codreanu | ROU | 6.04 | 5.86 | 57.73 | 57.28 | 1:55.01 |