Eggert & Benecken Win Second in a Row

From Winterberg, GER

(Nov. 25, 2017) The German duo of Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken won their second doubles World Cup event in as many races, cruising to victory by .237 over the field.

Eggert & Benecken led a German sweep of the podium, with Tobais Wendl & Tobias Arlt moving up from third to second in their second run, while the team of Robin Geueke & David Gamm moved into the medals from fourth.

Innsbruck silver medalists Ludwig Rieder & Patrick Rastner finished fourth, moving up from ninth after the first heat. Americans Matt Mortensen & Jayson Terdiman finished fifth, while the Latvian team of Andris Sics & Juris Sics fell from second to sixth in their second run.

Jacob Hyrns & Anthony Espinoza finished 13th, moving up from 17th after a tough first run, while teammates Justin Krewson & Andrew Sherk finished 16th. Canadians Tristan Walker & Justin Snith finished 8th.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Eggert / Benecken GER 20 3.037 3.025 43.609 43.731 1:27.340
2 Wendl / Arlt GER 22 3.008 3.000 43.830 43.747 1:27.577
3 Geueke / Gamm GER 23 3.029 3.016 43.866 43.903 1:27.769
4 Rieder / Rastner ITA 21 3.033 3.035 43.941 43.917 1:27.858
5 Mortensen / Terdiman USA 19 3.066 3.054 43.889 43.977 1:27.866
6 Sics / Sics LAT 16 3.050 3.064 43.824 44.074 1:27.898
7 Bogdanov / Medvedev RUS 6 3.046 3.037 43.884 44.036 1:27.920
8 Walker / Snith CAN 14 3.017 3.005 43.880 44.058 1:27.938
9 Chmielewski / Kowalewski POL 11 3.049 3.009 43.939 44.201 1:28.140
10 Gudramovics / Kalnins LAT 10 3.053 3.055 44.068 44.151 1:28.219
11 Oberstolz / Gruber ITA 15 3.067 3.061 44.150 44.167 1:28.317
12 Broz / Broz CZE 9 3.073 3.064 44.122 44.252 1:28.374
13 Hyrns / Espinoza USA 17 3.031 3.033 44.345 44.083 1:28.428
14 Denisev / Antonov RUS 12 3.055 3.070 44.350 44.151 1:28.501
15 Solcansky / Stuchlak SVK 4 3.078 3.089 44.188 44.391 1:28.579
16 Krewson / Sherk USA 7 3.055 3.037 44.340 44.292 1:28.632
17 Gitlan / Craciun ROU 3 3.059 3.057 44.365 44.473 1:28.838
18 Yuzhakov / Prokhorov RUS 13 3.079 3.075 44.691 44.284 1:28.975
19 Park / Cho KOR 1 3.096 3.087 44.620 44.915 1:29.535
20 Putins / Marcinkevics LAT 5 3.045 3.041 44.149 45.496 1:29.645
21 Obolonchyk / Zakharkiv UKR 2 3.095 3.085 44.794 44.855 1:29.649
22 Gruber / Kainzwaldner ITA 8 3.087 3.096 44.150 45.568 1:29.718
23 Steu / Koller AUT 24 3.094 3.075 48.568 44.974 1:33.542
DNF Penz / Fischler AUT 18 3.041 DNF