From Winterberg, GER
Germany owned the day at Winterberg.
The team of Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken set both the start record and track record on their first run on their way to a dominant victory in the first race of the 2016/2017 FIL World Cup season, breaking their own record again on their second run.
Robin Geueke & David Gamm score their first ever World Cup medal with two consistent runs on their home track for a silver medal, after Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt broke a strap at the start for a very lackluster second run. Wendl & Arlt held on for a bronze medal for the second German sweep of the day.
The Latvian team of Andris and Juris Sics finished just off the podium in fourth, with Italians Ludwig Rieder & Patrick Rastner finishing fifth. Americans Matt Mortensen & Jayson Terdiman finished sixth with a very strong run on the bottom half of the Winterberg track.
The Canadian team of Tristan Walker & Justin Snith finished seventh on the strength of a monster start and a very clean run, while Americans Jacob Hyrns & Anthony Espinoza finished 15th. Hyrns & Espinoza’s finish placed both American teams in Sunday’s Sprint World Cup race.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Eggert / Benecken | GER | 22 | 2.983 | 3.009 | 42.962 | 42.943 | 1:25.905 |
| 2 | Geueke / Gamm | GER | 24 | 3.045 | 3.041 | 43.138 | 43.149 | 1:26.287 |
| 3 | Wendl / Arlt | GER | 20 | 3.042 | 3.134 | 43.066 | 43.360 | 1:26.426 |
| 4 | Sics / Sics | LAT | 23 | 3.047 | 3.049 | 43.192 | 43.345 | 1:26.537 |
| 5 | Rieder / Rastner | ITA | 14 | 3.000 | 3.006 | 43.236 | 43.310 | 1:26.564 |
| 6 | Mortensen / Terdiman | USA | 15 | 3.057 | 3.067 | 43.282 | 43.299 | 1:26.581 |
| 7 | Walker / Snith | CAN | 12 | 3.040 | 3.018 | 43.467 | 43.280 | 1:26.747 |
| 8 | Oberstolz / Gruber | ITA | 21 | 3.053 | 3.064 | 43.370 | 43.389 | 1:26.759 |
| 9 | Denisyev / Antonov | RUS | 13 | 3.058 | 3.069 | 43.349 | 43.411 | 1:26.760 |
| 10 | Chmielewski / Kowalewski | POL | 18 | 3.060 | 3.044 | 43.533 | 43.349 | 1:26.882 |
| 11 | Gudramovics / Kalnins | LAT | 11 | 3.072 | 3.068 | 43.585 | 43.336 | 1:26.921 |
| 12 | Bogdanov / Medvedev | RUS | 19 | 3.055 | 3.057 | 43.488 | 43.449 | 1:26.937 |
| 13 | Broz / Broz | CZE | 10 | 3.052 | 3.086 | 43.453 | 43.536 | 1:26.989 |
| 14 | Steu / Koller | AUT | 5 | 3.071 | 3.066 | 43.437 | 43.598 | 1:27.035 |
| 15 | Hyrns / Espinoza | USA | 4 | 3.025 | 3.034 | 43.534 | 43.583 | 1:27.117 |
| 16 | Penz / Fischler | AUT | 17 | 3.076 | 3.051 | 43.935 | 43.239 | 1:27.174 |
| 17 | Yuzhakov / Prokhorov | RUS | 16 | 3.073 | 3.072 | 43.554 | 43.662 | 1:27.218 |
| 18 | Putins / Marcinkevics | LAT | 7 | 3.055 | 3.075 | 43.624 | 43.655 | 1:27.279 |
| 19 | Solcansky / Stuchlak | SVK | 8 | 3.089 | 3.105 | 43.606 | 43.794 | 1:27.400 |
| 20 | Trojer / Knoll | AUT | 2 | 3.034 | 3.044 | 43.568 | 43.853 | 1:27.421 |
| 21 | Kvicala / Kudera | CZE | 9 | 3.088 | 3.084 | 43.862 | 43.785 | 1:27.647 |
| 22 | Obolonchyk / Zakharkiv | UKR | 3 | 3.076 | 3.121 | 43.962 | 44.617 | 1:28.579 |
| 23 | Atodiresei / Musei | ROU | 1 | 3.142 | 3.185 | 44.313 | 44.294 | 1:28.607 |
| DNS | Gruber / Kainzwaldner | ITA | 6 | 3.067 | 45.148 | DNS |
