From Deutschnofen, ITA
For the first time in a long time, the overall World Cup points battle is, in fact, a battle.
Pavel Porshnev & Ivan Lazarev came into their second run a half second ahead of Italians Patrick Pigneter & Florian Clara. On their second run, Pigneter & Clara were the fastest of the heat, but not fast enough to take the win away from the Russians.
With their win, Porshnev & Lazarev are still in second place overall leaving Deutschnofen, but only by five points with just Umhausen to come.
For Pigneter & Clara, the silver medal is their second of the season, combined with two wins and a bronze medal. But a sixth place in Moscow, coupled with the worst season for the Italians in years, leaves the door open for the Russians.
Christian & Andreas Schopf finished third, over a second behind the leaders to take bronze, while the teams of Brueggler & Angerer, Regensburger & Holzknecht, and Martyanov & Rodin rounded out the top six.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Porshnev / Lazarev | RUS | 14 | 57.51 | 57.69 | 1:55.20 |
| 2 | Pigneter / Clara | ITA | 15 | 58.02 | 57.43 | 1:55.45 |
| 3 | Schopf / Schopf | AUT | 12 | 58.11 | 58.33 | 1:56.44 |
| 4 | Brueggler / Angerer | AUT | 11 | 58.31 | 58.41 | 1:56.72 |
| 5 | Regensburger / Holzknecht | AUT | 10 | 58.41 | 58.83 | 1:57.24 |
| 6 | Martyanov / Rodin | RUS | 9 | 58.77 | 58.74 | 1:57.51 |
| 7 | Egorov / Popov | RUS | 13 | 58.61 | 59.78 | 1:58.39 |
| 8 | Demchuk / Lenko | UKR | 6 | 62.19 | 62.59 | 2:04.76 |
| 9 | Gaio / Debertolis | ITA | 3 | 62.09 | 62.75 | 2:04.84 |
| 10 | Dragicevic / Dragicevic | SLO | 8 | 63.51 | 61.93 | 2:05.44 |
| 11 | Limmer / Dietz | GER | 2 | 63.87 | 64.39 | 2:08.26 |
| 12 | Sitkowski / Budney | POL | 1 | 68.38 | 69.27 | 2:17.65 |
