From Sigulda, LAT
(February 1, 2025) – For the second time in as many days, Felix Seibel set the quick time of the race in the first heat on his way to a victory in Sigulda.
Seibel was the second slider off the top in the first heat and set a downtime that was unmatched by any of the 38 other athletes in the field. Behind him, Laurence Bostock and Jacob Salisbury were both within .2 in second and third.
In the second heat, Latvia’s Davis Valdovskis slid to the lead from eighth place and held his spot until Austria’s Florian Auer moved into the lead from fourth.
Auer picked off Slisbury, who had trouble in his second run and fell out of the medals altogether. Bostock then grabbed the lead from Auer, but slid back to the Austrian, with a lead of just .06.
For the second straight day, Seibel was the final slider off the top in the second heat. And for the second straight day he was out-slid in the heat but won the race, this time by nearly a quarter of a second over Bostock, with Auer in third.
Valdovskis was fourth, just ahead of teammate Emils Indriksons in fifth, with Alexander Schlintner in sixth.
Great Britain put Jacob Salisbury in seventh, Craig Thompson in eighth (up from 11th in the first heat) and Matthew Alvarez in tenth. Kane Densley finished 14th in a strong day for the British. Alexander Wilson was the lone British slider out of the top 25 in 26th.
For the second straight day, Hunter Williams was the top slider for the United States, this time in 17th. He was the only American to get a second run, with Sam Allred in 30th and Darryl Payne Jr. 31st.
With one race to go in the 2024/2025 Europe Cup season, Felix Seibel has clinched the season title. Teammates Stefan Röttig and Ludwig Mannhardt are second and third, with Mannhardt just ten points ahead of Florian Auer in fourth.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Finish |
| 1 | Felix Seibel | GER | 2 | 4.82 | 4.85 | 50.49 | 51.00 | 1:41.49 |
| 2 | Laurence Bostock | GBR | 7 | 4.70 | 4.70 | 50.57 | 51.16 | 1:41.73 |
| 3 | Florian Auer | AUT | 6 | 4.84 | 4.89 | 50.76 | 51.03 | 1:41.79 |
| 4 | Davis Valdovskis | LAT | 5 | 4.87 | 4.82 | 51.16 | 50.81 | 1:41.97 |
| 5 | Emils Indriksons | LAT | 19 | 4.86 | 4.82 | 51.07 | 50.91 | 1:41.98 |
| 6 | Alexander Schlintner | AUT | 3 | 4.81 | 4.83 | 51.04 | 51.08 | 1:42.12 |
| 7 | Jacob Salisbury | GBR | 11 | 4.68 | 4.76 | 50.68 | 51.61 | 1:42.29 |
| 8 | Craig Thompson | GBR | 9 | 4.74 | 4.77 | 51.41 | 51.05 | 1:42.46 |
| 9 | Ludwig Mannhardt | GER | 8 | 4.86 | 4.93 | 51.17 | 51.51 | 1:42.68 |
| 10 | Matthew Alverez | GBR | 14 | 4.69 | 4.64 | 51.39 | 51.63 | 1:43.02 |
| 11 | Stefan Röttig | GER | 10 | 4.62 | 4.64 | 51.02 | 52.13 | 1:43.15 |
| 12 | Pietro Drovanti | ITA | 18 | 4.79 | 4.66 | 52.07 | 51.41 | 1:43.48 |
| 13 | Yaroslav Lavreniuk | UKR | 17 | 4.85 | 4.87 | 51.56 | 52.01 | 1:43.57 |
| 14 | Kane Densley | GBR | 20 | 4.68 | 4.69 | 52.16 | 51.81 | 1:43.97 |
| 15 | Vladyslav Polyvach | POL | 12 | 4.91 | 4.97 | 52.00 | 52.24 | 1:44.24 |
| 16 | Renars Jumikis | LAT | 34 | 4.90 | 4.87 | 52.30 | 51.95 | 1:44.25 |
| 17 | Hunter Williams | USA | 32 | 4.75 | 4.71 | 52.41 | 51.86 | 1:44.27 |
| 18 | Vladyslav Klymenko | UKR | 38 | 4.94 | 4.93 | 52.47 | 51.96 | 1:44.43 |
| 19 | Timm Beiwinkler | GER | 15 | 4.88 | 4.91 | 52.10 | 52.35 | 1:44.45 |
| 20 | Roman Tanzer | AUT | 16 | 4.88 | 4.87 | 51.97 | 52.61 | 1:44.58 |
| 21 | Livio Summermatter | SUI | 4 | 4.73 | 4.76 | 52.41 | 52.37 | 1:44.78 |
| 21 | Joeri van Kuppeveld | NED | 13 | 4.70 | 4.64 | 52.53 | 52.25 | 1:44.78 |
| 23 | Niels Sommer | GER | 21 | 4.87 | 4.88 | 52.50 | 52.31 | 1:44.81 |
| 24 | Michal Jakobczyk | POL | 29 | 4.82 | 4.85 | 52.61 | 52.27 | 1:44.88 |
| 25 | Krists Turauskis | LAT | 33 | 4.98 | 5.01 | 52.37 | 52.59 | 1:44.96 |
| 26 | Alexander Wilson | GBR | 30 | 4.87 | 52.81 | |||
| 27 | Martin Krause | GER | 36 | 4.89 | 52.86 | |||
| 28 | Lorenzo Conti | ITA | 24 | 4.87 | 53.16 | |||
| 29 | Guido Persoon | NED | 40 | 4.69 | 53.19 | |||
| 30 | Sam Allred | USA | 23 | 4.79 | 53.27 | |||
| 31 | Darryl Payne Jr. | USA | 35 | 4.82 | 53.75 | |||
| 32 | Peter Jedinak | SVK | 37 | 5.21 | 53.81 | |||
| 33 | Andrea Monti | ITA | 31 | 4.84 | 53.89 | |||
| 34 | Leonid Tkachuk | UKR | 25 | 5.52 | 53.97 | |||
| 35 | Bor van den Berg | NED | 27 | 4.83 | 54.34 | |||
| 36 | Theodor Buligescu | ROU | 26 | 4.97 | 54.61 | |||
| 37 | Anton Kovalchuk | UKR | 39 | 5.62 | 55.14 | |||
| 38 | Maksym Churlovych | UKR | 1 | 5.55 | 55.25 | |||
| DNS | Sander de Haan | NED | 28 | DNS |