2016/2017 FIL Natural Track World Cup – Team Relay – Race 1

From Latsch, ITA

In the first team relay of the 2016/2017 season, Italy dominated on their way to gold.

Evelin Lanthaler and Alex Gruber both set the fastest times of the heat for men and women. Patrick Pigneter & Florian Clara once again were beat on the track by Rupert Brueggler & Tobias Angerer of Austria, but it wasn’t nearly enough to beat the Italian team.

The Austrians finished second, just ahead of the Russian team anchored by Pavel Porshnev & Ivan Lazarev.

The British team of Evans, Budd, and Unwin & Reeves finished fifth.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Women Men Doubles Total
1 Lanthaler / Gruber / Pigneter & Clara ITA 2 1:03.39 1:02.13 1:06.95 3:12.47
2 Unterberger / Kammerlander / Brueggler & Angerer AUT 1 1:03.58 1:02.52 1:06.68 3:12.78
3 Malieva / Talikh / Porshnev & Lazarev RUS 3 1:04.72 1:03.20 1:07.28 3:15.20
4 Yarunich / Hirniak / Demchuk & Lenko UKR 5 1:13.05 1:24.83 1:13.62 3:51.50
5 Evans / Budd / Unwin & Reeves GBR 4 1:29.52 1:13.51 1:29.97 4:13.00
DIS Bayrak / Dellalbasi / Guzeloglu & Ercoskun TUR 6 1:16.47 1:09.99 DIS DIS