From Passeiertal, ITA
Jan. 10, 2020 – Patrick Pigneter & Florian Clara took gold in the second race of the FIL Natural Track World Cup season, winning in dominating fashion.
The Italian duo opened up a .71 second lead over Pavel Porshnev & Ivan Lazarev in the first heat. On the second run, the Russians could not reel in Pigneter & Clara, with the Italians finishing 1.26 ahead of anyone else.
Porshnev & Lazarev finished second, with teammates Aleksandr & Petr Popov behind them in third.
With the win, Pigneter & Clara are now tied with Porshnev & Lazarev for the FIL World Cup point lead, with each team holding a gold and silver in two races.
Italians Patrick & Matthias Lambacher finished fourth, only .16 out of the medals. Fabian & Simon Achenrainer finished fifth, while Stanislav Kovshik & Ilia Tarasov rounded out the top six.
Results:
| Pos | Names | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Pigneter / Clara | ITA | 10 | 10.73 | 10.79 | 56.96 | 57.37 | 1:54.33 |
| 2 | Porshnev / Lazarev | RUS | 11 | 10.93 | 10.94 | 57.67 | 57.92 | 1:55.59 |
| 3 | Egorov / Popov | RUS | 8 | 10.86 | 10.85 | 58.19 | 57.75 | 1:55.94 |
| 4 | Lambacher / Lambacher | ITA | 9 | 10.74 | 10.72 | 57.95 | 58.15 | 1:56.10 |
| 5 | Achenrainer / Achenrainer | AUT | 1 | 10.98 | 10.97 | 58.12 | 58.57 | 1:56.69 |
| 6 | Kovshik / Tarasov | RUS | 3 | 10.80 | 10.82 | 58.45 | 58.54 | 1:56.99 |
| 7 | Jedrzejko / Stano | POL | 6 | 11.28 | 11.34 | 1:00.91 | 1:01.01 | 2:01.92 |
| 8 | Hasek / Rydl | CZE | 4 | 11.92 | 11.98 | 1:04.56 | 1:03.95 | 2:08.51 |
| 9 | Guzeloglu / Ozcan | TUR | 2 | 11.97 | 11.67 | 1:05.97 | 1:04.75 | 2:10.72 |
| 10 | Lenko / Lenko | UKR | 5 | 12.65 | 11.51 | 1:02.81 | 1:32.17 | 2:34.98 |
