Zern Dominates in EC Four-Man Finale, Hannighofer Wins Title

From St. Moritz, SUI

(January 25, 2026) – Laurin Zern cruised to victory in the final race of the 2025/2026 Europe Cup four-man season, beating teammate Tobias Dostthaler by nearly a half second as part of a German podium sweep.

Zern led fellow German Alexander Czudaj by .12 after the first heat, with Dostthaler in third, .16 back.

In the second heat, Dostthaler out-slid Czudaj to hold the lead by .08 with Zern to go.

But Zern was not going to be denied. His second run was quicker than his first, and enough to take a .47 second victory over Dostthaler, with Czudaj back in third.

Nick Gleeson was fourth, over a full second off the lead. Renars Grantins was fifth, with Edson Bindilatti sixth.

Despite missing the final race of the season, Hans Peter Hannighofer took the season title ahead of Zern. Maxmilian Illmann was third overall, with Dostthaler fourth and Gleeson fifth.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Finish
1 Zern / Paul / Steube / Schenk GER 12 5.22 5.15 66.18 65.83 2:12.01
2 Dostthaler / Büthe / Klein / Kocevar GER 5 5.22 5.17 66.34 66.14 2:12.48
3 Czudaj / Lanitz / Götzel / Vogel GER 10 5.14 5.14 66.30 66.26 2:12.56
4 Gleeson / Dixon / Williams / Dyer-Stott GBR 8 5.20 5.17 66.70 66.38 2:13.08
5 Grantins / Meijers / Gulbis / Skadins LAT 4 5.21 5.19 66.58 66.64 2:13.22
6 Bindilatti / de Souza / Souza da Silva / Bacca Goncalves BRA 11 5.28 5.25 66.64 66.92 2:13.56
7 Scherrer / Gnägi / Manganas / Casutt SUI 9 5.31 5.29 66.80 66.81 2:13.61
8 Felder / Mariani / Jones / Schlöpfer SUI 7 5.26 5.22 66.95 66.91 2:13.86
9 Beierl / Wiener / Hanschitz / Glaboniat AUT 13 5.34 5.32 67.38 67.40 2:14.78
10 Renggli / Gretler / Limacher / Burri SUI 2 5.45 5.41 68.22 67.72 2:15.94
11 Pals / Bante / Janssens / Van Loo NED 1 5.45 5.45 68.26 67.97 2:16.23
12 Diouf / Alais / Afagbegee / Bosse FRA 6 5.38 5.34 68.09 68.16 2:16.25
13 Pelletier / Gerente Paquet / Bonnefond / Adoui FRA 3 5.48 5.48 68.24 68.03 2:16.27