Hannighofer Wins EC 2-Man Finale, Illman Champion

From St. Moritz, SUI

(February 27, 2025) – Hans Peter Hannighofer won his first Europe Cup race in over a year as he slid to a .45 second victory over teammate Maximilian Illmann.

Hannighofer and Joshua Tasche slid to a .15 second lead over Illmann and Lukas Koller. In the second heat, Hannighofer once again out-drove Illmann, this time by another .3 on the way to a .45 win.

Germany once again swept the top four spots, with Laurin Zern and Alexander Schaller third, and Alexander Czudaj and Johannes Reuter fourth.

Great Britain’s Nick Gleeson and Callum Dixon finished a great season with a fifth place finish, with Dutch slider Dave Wesselink and Julian Jansen in sixth.

Maximilian Illmann finished the season as the tw0-man champion, ahead of Renars Grantins in second and Jachym Prochazka in third. Andrei Turea was fourth, and Laurin Zern fifth.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Finish
1 Hannighofer / Tasche GER 13 5.09 5.06 66.54 66.20 2:12.74
2 Illmann / Koller GER 7 5.17 5.14 66.69 66.50 2:13.19
3 Zern / Schaller GER 5 5.16 5.12 66.99 66.43 2:13.42
4 Czudaj / Reuter GER 9 5.24 5.19 67.02 66.83 2:13.85
5 Gleeson / Dixon GBR 2 5.22 5.19 67.52 67.01 2:14.53
6 Wesselink / Jansen NED 12 5.18 5.13 67.62 67.03 2:14.65
7 Kranz / Tschofen LIE 23 5.42 5.39 67.49 67.30 2:14.79
8 Variola / Lambrughi ITA 18 5.30 5.26 67.67 67.39 2:15.06
9 Turea / Calancea ROU 10 5.43 5.38 67.79 67.36 2:15.15
10 Reich / Eichenberger SUI 11 5.32 5.31 67.85 67.64 2:15.49
11 Shinohara / Hanyuda JPN 15 5.35 5.37 67.73 67.83 2:15.56
12 Matsuoka / Kato JPN 3 5.36 5.34 68.07 67.82 2:15.89
13 Scherrer / Güninger SUI 14 5.52 5.51 68.08 67.96 2:16.04
14 Diouf / Isoard FRA 17 5.22 5.20 68.15 67.97 2:16.12
15 Rohn / Toure SUI 6 5.42 5.42 68.39 67.74 2:16.13
16 Baechler / Alais FRA 16 5.42 5.46 68.12 68.15 2:16.27
17 Chi / Sun CHN 4 5.25 5.25 68.35 68.40 2:16.75
18 Guo / Zhu CHN 8 5.28 5.33 68.38 68.43 2:16.81
19 Beierl /Wiener AUT 19 5.33 5.27 68.35 68.70 2:17.05
20 Silic / Zelic CRO 20 5.58 5.62 68.91 68.87 2:17.78
21 Lagrange / Lagrange ARG 21 5.56 69.04
22 Sletten / Grothe NOR 1 5.67 69.38
23 Nicholls / White USA 22 6.04 70.59