Röttig Slides to Victory in Bludenz

December 2, 2022 ken European Cup News, Skeleton News 0

From Bludenz, AUT

(December 2, 2022) – Germany’s Stefan Röttig had the quickest start time in both heats and the quickest downtime in both heats on his way to gold in the first European Cup skeleton race in Bludenz.

Röttig’s start times were matched in both heats by Italy’s Marvin Moscara, but the German was quicker than anyone else down the track, setting the two fastest times of the race on his way to a .34 second victory over Italy’s Pietro Drovanti.

Italy had a strong showing on the Austrian track, with Drovanti and Manuel Schwärzer taking silver and bronze behind Röttig. Moscara finished in a tie for fourth with Germany’s Cedric Renner, only .01 out of the medals.

Renner’s teammate, Ludwig Mannhardt, rounded out the top six.

Neither Great Britain nor the United States were able to get anyone into the top ten. For Great Britain, Kane Densley led the way in a tie for 11th with Qinwei Lin of China. Ronnie Wells and Patrick Atkin rounded out the British effort in 14th and 15th, respectively.

Daniel Barefoot was the top American in 16th place, while teammate Hunter Williams finished 26th.

Liechtenstein’s Jean Jacques Buff scored another top ten finish with a ninth place effort.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Finish
1 Stefan Röttig GER 16 4.20 4.19 31.85 31.94 1:03.79
2 Pietro Drovanti ITA 24 4.27 4.27 31.94 32.19 1:04.13
3 Manuel Schwärzer ITA 8 4.24 4.27 32.07 32.10 1:04.17
4 Marvin Moscara ITA 21 4.20 4.19 31.96 32.22 1:04.18
4 Cedric Renner GER 7 4.32 4.32 32.14 32.04 1:04.18
6 Ludwig Mannhardt GER 4 4.33 4.29 32.14 32.13 1:04.27
7 Haifeng Zhu CHN 13 4.26 4.23 32.13 32.20 1:04.33
8 Samuel Keiser SUI 20 4.33 4.34 32.45 32.10 1:04.55
9 Jean Jacques Buff LIE 10 4.40 4.48 32.38 32.20 1:04.58
10 Vinzenz Buff SUI 9 4.37 4.45 32.17 32.43 1:04.60
11 Kane Densley GBR 18 4.28 4.31 32.51 32.28 1:04.79
11 Qinwei Lin CHN 15 4.22 4.31 32.52 32.27 1:04.79
13 Lars Rumo SUI 23 4.44 4.40 32.44 32.44 1:04.88
14 Ronnie Wells GBR 22 4.28 4.28 32.53 32.38 1:04.91
15 Patrick Atkin GBR 2 4.23 4.25 32.39 32.62 1:05.01
16 Daniel Barefoot USA 5 4.31 4.32 32.25 32.77 1:05.02
17 Giovanni Marchetti ITA 14 4.26 4.28 32.60 32.44 1:05.04
18 Timm Beiwinkler GER 17 4.35 4.39 32.52 32.61 1:05.13
19 Timon Drahonovsky CZE 6 4.42 4.41 32.65 32.59 1:05.24
20 Adrian Rodriguez ESP 12 4.35 4.31 32.46 33.05 1:05.51
21 Eloy Fernandez ESP 19 4.46 32.95
22 Jorei Van Kuppeveld NED 28 4.37 33.06
23 Roman Tanzer AUT 1 4.32 33.21
24 Gidon Bante NED 31 4.49 33.36
25 Theodor Buligescu ROU 32 4.47 33.44
26 Hunter Williams USA 11 4.33 33.47
27 Guido Persoon NED 34 4.25 33.51
28 Luca Ungureanu ROU 37 4.54 33.64
29 Maxime Mingeon FRA 27 4.57 33.83
30 Gabriel Berger AUS 3 4.69 34.02
31 Javier Basas ESP 26 4.47 34.10
32 Bor Van Den Berg NED 33 4.61 34.12
33 Marko Stipanovic CRO 35 4.73 35.59
34 Lazar Mikic SRB 25 5.08 36.22
35 Peter Jedinak SVK 30 4.87 37.43
36 Daniel Basas ESP 36 DNS
37 Marin Bangiev BUL 29 DNS