From Deutschnofen, ITA
Jan. 25, 2020 – Patrick Pigneter & Florian Clara dominated the doubles race in Deutschnofen, cruising to a 1.11 second victory over the Russian team of Pavel Porshnev & Ivan Lazarev.
The Italian duo were the quickest in both heats on their way to their fourth gold medal of the 2019/2020 season.
Porshnev & Lazarev, the only other gold medal team of the season (WInterleiten), finished just .03 ahead of Patrick & Matthias Lambacher. Porshnev & Lazarev carried a .03 second lead into the second heat, then matched Lambacher & Lambacher’s time in the second run to hang onto second place, with the Italians in third.
Aleksandr Egorov & Petr Popov finished fourth, ahead of Stanislav Kovshik & Ilia Tarasov in fifth. The Polish team of Adam Jedrzejko & Konrad Stano rounded out the top six.
Pigneter & Clara left Deutschnofen 100 points ahead of Porshnev & Lazarev, and 115 points ahead of teammates Lambacher & Lambacher.
Results:
| Pos | Names | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Pigneter / Clara | ITA | 10 | 17.20 | 17.35 | 57.48 | 58.20 | 1:55.68 |
| 2 | Porshnev / Lazarev | RUS | 8 | 17.35 | 17.31 | 58.31 | 58.48 | 1:56.79 |
| 3 | Lambacher / Lambacher | ITA | 9 | 17.40 | 17.42 | 58.34 | 58.48 | 1:56.82 |
| 4 | Egorov / Popov | RUS | 7 | 17.68 | 17.78 | 58.97 | 59.12 | 1:58.09 |
| 5 | Kovshik / Tarasov | RUS | 3 | 17.89 | 17.59 | 1:00.14 | 59.77 | 1:59.91 |
| 6 | Jedrzejko / Stano | POL | 6 | 18.29 | 18.23 | 1:02.09 | 1:01.94 | 2:04.03 |
| 7 | Hasek / Rydl | CZE | 4 | 19.77 | 19.08 | 1:05.00 | 1:06.73 | 2:11.73 |
| 8 | Milok / Lebedev | KAZ | 1 | 20.58 | 20.11 | 1:09.42 | 1:10.01 | 2:19.43 |
| 9 | Guzeloglu / Ozcan | TUR | 2 | 19.59 | 19.33 | 1:04.90 | 1:59.46 | 3:04.36 |
