From Altenberg, GER
Dec. 5, 2019 – Richard Oelsner picked up right where he left off in the 2018/2019 2-man season, cruising to European Cup gold in Altenberg.
Oelsner, who skipped the season opener in Lillehammer, was the quickest in both heats on his way to a .36 victory over Romania’s Mihai Tentea.
Timo Rohner finished third, just .06 behind Tentea to secure the bronze medal.
Maximilian Illmann tied for fourth place with Olympic 4-man gold medalist Oskars Melbardis, who continues to come back from back injury. Jonas Jannusch rounded out the top six.
Oelsner cruised to a European Cup overall title in the 2018/2019 season, with only three total finishes outside of the top five across both 2-man and 4-man bobsled.
Results:
| Pos | Names | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Oelsner / Strauss | GER | 29 | 5.31 | 5.34 | 55.27 | 55.43 | 1:50.70 |
| 2 | Tentea / Daroczi | ROU | 9 | 5.36 | 5.35 | 55.53 | 55.53 | 1:51.06 |
| 3 | Rohner / Fässler | SUI | 11 | 5.39 | 5.38 | 55.50 | 55.62 | 1:51.12 |
| 4 | Illann / Fleischhauer | GER | 10 | 5.34 | 5.35 | 55.49 | 55.88 | 1:51.37 |
| 4 | Melbardis / Dambis | LAT | 4 | 5.38 | 5.37 | 55.59 | 55.78 | 1:51.37 |
| 6 | Jannusch / Kornhardt | GER | 6 | 5.39 | 5.34 | 55.67 | 55.71 | 1:51.38 |
| 7 | Kuonen / Tanner | SUI | 7 | 5.3 | 5.28 | 55.69 | 55.73 | 1:51.42 |
| 8 | de Bruin / Veenker | NED | 28 | 5.44 | 5.41 | 55.78 | 55.77 | 1:51.55 |
| 9 | Friedli / Jones | SUI | 22 | 5.32 | 5.38 | 55.86 | 55.84 | 1:51.70 |
| 10 | Kaufmanis / Bebriss | LAT | 12 | 5.33 | 5.33 | 55.91 | 55.84 | 1:51.75 |
| 11 | Deen / Letts | GBR | 26 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 56.24 | 55.90 | 1:52.14 |
| 12 | Babris / Nemme | LAT | 15 | 5.29 | 5.34 | 56.06 | 56.18 | 1:52.24 |
| 13 | Buchmüller / Scherer | GER | 25 | 5.41 | 5.41 | 56.30 | 56.02 | 1:52.32 |
| 14 | Follador / Nikpalj | SUI | 5 | 5.39 | 5.39 | 56.15 | 56.12 | 1:52.37 |
| 15 | Baumgartner / Atchori Essoh | ITA | 14 | 5.61 | 5.61 | 56.28 | 56.21 | 1:52.49 |
| 16 | Popov / Kozlov | RUS | 27 | 5.41 | 5.43 | 56.26 | 56.88 | 1:53.46 |
| 17 | Bredikhin / Travkin | RUS | 8 | 5.41 | 5.43 | 56.26 | 56.46 | 1:52.72 |
| 18 | Shinohara / Nishida | JPN | 16 | 5.47 | 5.49 | 56.58 | 56.88 | 1:53.46 |
| 19 | Gaitukevich / Gryaznov | RUS | 13 | 5.23 | 5.23 | 55.88 | 62.96 | 1:58.84 |
| 20 | Sasaki / Homma | JPN | 17 | 5.47 | 56.61 | |||
| 21 | Geiger / Kompain | AUT | 23 | 5.62 | 56.88 | |||
| 22 | Variola / VerginerITA | ITA | 2 | 5.49 | 56.91 | |||
| 23 | Dobes / Dobes | CZE | 21 | 5.49 | 57.30 | |||
| 24 | Zaitsev / Mazurok | RUS | 24 | 5.57 | 57.33 | |||
| 25 | Cipulis / Pirogs | LAT | 1 | 5.37 | 57.50 | |||
| 26 | Taborsky / Haborak | SVK | 20 | 5.98 | 58.14 | |||
| 27 | Ohanlon / Sorensen | AUS | 3 | 5.53 | 58.16 | |||
| 28 | Takahashi / Shishido | JPN | 1 | 5.54 | 61.73 | |||
| DSQ | Hall / Blanchet | GBR | 19 | 5.26 | 55.58 | DSQ |
