From Winterberg, GER
(December 18, 2025) – Maxmilian Illmann cruised to victory in Winterberg as part of another German medal sweep in Europe Cup action.
Illman n and Lukas Koller opened up a .33 lead over Laurin Zern and Rubert Schenk after the first heat, with Lichtenstein’s Martin Kranz and Tim Kesseler mixed in amongst the German contingent.
In the second heat, Hans Peter Hannighofer and Henrik Bosse slid to the lead and picked off both Kranz and teammates Tobias Dostthaler and David Steube to slide into the medals. Zern held off Hannighofer with only Illmann to go.
Illmann and Koller weren’t the quickest in the second heat, but had enough in their first run to take gold by .46 ahead of Zern, with Hannighofer third.
Dostthaler was fourth, with Kranz fifth, and Nick Gleeson and Jens Hullah in sixth for Great Britain.
Canada’s Cyrus Gray and Cesar de Guzman were 17th.
Results:
| Pos | Names | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Finish |
| 1 | Illmann / Koller | GER | 6 | 5.22 | 5.24 | 56.02 | 56.20 | 1:52.22 |
| 2 | Zern / Schenk | GER | 4 | 5.26 | 5.24 | 56.35 | 56.33 | 1:52.68 |
| 3 | Hannighofer / Bosse | GER | 5 | 5.21 | 5.20 | 56.71 | 56.11 | 1:52.82 |
| 4 | Dostthaler / Steube | GER | 16 | 5.22 | 5.22 | 56.55 | 56.39 | 1:52.94 |
| 5 | Kranz / Kesseler | LIE | 12 | 5.28 | 5.27 | 56.61 | 57.02 | 1:53.63 |
| 6 | Gleeson / Hullah | GBR | 7 | 5.19 | 5.20 | 57.02 | 56.92 | 1:53.94 |
| 7 | Variola / Lambrughi | ITA | 8 | 5.22 | 5.20 | 57.29 | 56.66 | 1:53.95 |
| 8 | Turea / Dinca | ROU | 9 | 5.36 | 5.35 | 57.03 | 56.95 | 1:53.98 |
| 9 | Prochazka / Petrikovic | CZE | 14 | 5.24 | 5.25 | 57.27 | 57.07 | 1:54.34 |
| 10 | Baechler / Laporal | FRA | 13 | 5.37 | 5.36 | 57.35 | 57.08 | 1:54.43 |
| 11 | Zakrzewski / Jakobczyk | POL | 18 | 5.43 | 5.40 | 57.48 | 56.97 | 1:54.45 |
| 12 | Pals / Janssens | NED | 2 | 5.41 | 5.44 | 57.47 | 57.33 | 1:54.80 |
| 13 | Verginer / Atchori essoh | ITA | 1 | 5.33 | 5.32 | 57.45 | 57.41 | 1:54.86 |
| 14 | Rohn / Matthys | SUI | 11 | 5.56 | 5.59 | 57.70 | 57.48 | 1:55.18 |
| 15 | Lourimi / Ujma | POL | 19 | 5.50 | 5.49 | 57.83 | 57.52 | 1:55.35 |
| 15 | Beierl / Sares | AUT | 21 | 5.31 | 5.32 | 58.08 | 57.27 | 1:55.35 |
| 17 | Gray / De guzman | CAN | 20 | 5.31 | 5.30 | 58.03 | 57.65 | 1:55.68 |
| 18 | Sletten / Lindberg | NOR | 3 | 5.79 | 5.79 | 58.14 | 57.95 | 1:56.09 |
| 19 | Lagrange / Lagrange | ARG | 17 | 5.59 | 5.58 | 58.46 | 57.87 | 1:56.33 |
| 20 | Bangiev / Legrand | BUL | 15 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 62.25 | 60.32 | 2:02.57 |
| DNS | Reich / Manganas | SUI | 10 | DNS |