From Moscow, RUS
(Jan. 20, 2019) – The Italian duo of Patrick Pigneter & Florian Clara returned to their winning ways, taking gold on the back half of a Moscow doubleheader.
Pigneter & Clara were the quickest in both heats, setting the two fastest times of the competition on their way to a .41 second victory over Aleksandr Egorov & Petr Popov.
The previous day’s winners, Stanislav Kovshik & Ilia Tarasov, finished third.
The win moves the Italians comfortably ahead of Egorov and Popov in the season’s point race with a handful of races to go. Rupert Brüggler & Tobias Angerer skipped the trip to Moscow, likely tanking their chances of a season title this year.
Results:
| Pos | Names | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Pigneter / Clara | ITA | 7 | 9.27 | 9.16 | 31.06 | 30.82 | 1:01.88 |
| 2 | Egorov / Popov | RUS | 6 | 9.31 | 9.35 | 31.17 | 31.12 | 1:02.29 |
| 3 | Kovshik / Tarasov | RUS | 4 | 9.31 | 9.25 | 31.30 | 31.13 | 1:02.43 |
| 4 | Lambacher / Lambacher | ITA | 5 | 9.21 | 9.25 | 31.22 | 31.29 | 1:02.51 |
| 5 | Porshnev / Lazarev | RUS | 3 | 9.23 | 9.31 | 31.69 | 31.45 | 1:03.14 |
| 6 | Pichler / Pichler | AUT | 2 | 9.66 | 9.65 | 36.96 | 32.97 | 1:09.93 |