FIBT World Cup – Round 2 – 4-Man Bobsled

From LaPlagne, France

With the top 6 sleds all within .18 of each other, the smoothest second run would win the day.  When all was said and done, it was a German sweep of the podium.  Manuel Machata set the fast time in both runs, while Arndt and Florschuetz led the rest of the field.  After the .24 lead from first to second, it was just .09 from silver to 7th place.

“Got about 9 hours of sleep, the boys did a good job pushing today,” said Machata on his Sunday afternoon in France.  It’s the first gold of the 2011/2012 campaign for the Germany 3 sled.

USA 1 and Holcomb finishes sixth, while CAN 2 and Spring finishes 9th.

Final results:

Pos Pilot Nation Draw Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Machata GER 3 1 58.48 58.52 1:57.00
2 Arndt GER 2 7 58.58 58.66 1:57.24
3 Florschuetz GER 1 6 58.66 58.60 1:57.26
4 Kasjanov RUS 2 4 58.72 58.55 1:57.27
5 Zubkov RUS 1 8 58.61 58.67 1:57.28
6 Holcomb USA 1 10 58.66 58.66 1:57.32
7 van Calker NED 1 11 58.66 58.67 1:57.33
8 Maskalans LAT 1 2 58.78 58.79 1:57.57
9 Spring CAN 2 5 58.88 58.75 1:57.63
10 Melbardis LAT 2 3 58.83 58.83 1:57.66
11 Rush CAN 1 13 59.03 58.68 1:57.71
12 Gorlachev RUS 3 17 59.26 58.91 1:58.17
13 Napier USA 2 12 59.16 59.09 1:58.25
14 Baumann SUI 1 9 58.81 59.51 1:58.32
15 Jackson GBR 1 14 59.30 59.14 1:58.44
16 Kupzyk POL 1 16 59.32 59.29 1:58.61
17 Luty POL 2 18 59.87 59.67 1:59.54
18 Jagnesak SVK 1 21 59.87 59.70 1:59.57
19 Godefroy FRA 1 20 59.86 59.82 1:59.68
20 Bertazzo ITA 1 15 59.99 59.87 1:59.86
21 Radjenovic SRB 1 19 60.25