Lochner Wins First EC Start of the Season

From Königssee, GER

(Dec. 1, 2017) Johannes Lochner won his first European Cup start of the season, winning by a half-second over the field.

The German was the quickest at every split on his way down, and carried a .22 advantage over Czech pilot Dominik Dvorak going into his second run. Neither Dvorak or Austrian Benjamin Maier could match Lochner’s second run time, handing Lochner the victory.

The win is Lochner’s third straight European Cup bobsled victory, and the 19th in his career between two and four-man bobsled.

Dvorak finished with a silver medal, while Maier came from fourth to third after Korean Yunjong won failed to start the second heat.

Clemens Bracher continued his solid European Cup season, finishing fourth, while Pablo Nolte finished fifth. Romain Heinrich and Christoph Hafer tied for sixth.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Lochner / Bluhm GER 4.90 4.90 49.74 49.89 1:39.63
2 Dvorak / Nosek CZE 4.90 4.91 49.96 50.17 1:40.13
3 Maier / Walch AUT 4.90 4.90 50.17 50.13 1:40.30
4 Bracher / Kuonen SUI 4.92 4.94 50.19 50.24 1:40.43
5 Nolte / Bauer GER 4.91 4.91 50.21 50.24 1:40.45
6 Heinrch / Lefebvre FRA 5.01 5.04 50.21 50.28 1:40.49
6 Hafer / Reichle GER 5.00 5.02 50.23 50.26 1:40.49
8 Treichl / Rangl AUT 5.01 5.00 50.24 50.31 1:40.55
9 Tentea / Daroczi ROU 4.99 5.00 50.21 50.37 1:40.58
10 Luty / Tylkowski POL 5.02 5.02 50.47 50.37 1:40.84
11 Popov / Zharovtsev RUS 5.03 5.04 50.53 50.61 1:41.14
12 Jannusch / Bogdaschin GER 5.02 5.04 50.55 50.61 1:41.16
13 de Bruin / Veenker NED 5.06 5.03 50.62 50.60 1:41.22
14 Kim / Jun KOR 4.99 4.99 50.48 50.79 1:41.27
15 Vrba / Havlin CZE 5.01 5.05 50.67 50.70 1:41.37
16 den Ouden / van der Geest NED 5.02 5.05 50.62 50.84 1:41.46
17 Berzins / Priekulis LAT 5.04 5.03 50.75 50.77 1:41.52
18 Bredikhin / Gaitukevich RUS 5.04 5.07 50.82 50.71 1:41.53
19 Radenovic / Nikolic SRB 5.05 5.05 50.73 50.81 1:41.54
20 Linuchev / Buryakov RUS 5.04 5.05 50.90 50.71 1:41.61
21 Godefroy / Alais FRA 5.14 51.16
22 Rohner / Leimgruber SUI 5.21 51.23
23 Grigore / Coman ROU 5.18 51.42
24 Ivanov / Mokrousov RUS 5.06 51.52
25 Zakrzewski / Zdebiak POL 5.15 51.63
26 Ito / Shinohara JPN 5.10 52.11
27 Stano / Sarnecki POL 5.11 52.25
28 Asano / Nakamura JPN 5.22 52.30
29 Follador / Flückieger SUI 5.25 52.43
30 Hwang / Lee KOR 5.18 53.77
DNS Won / Seo KOR 4.90 50.10 DNS
DNS Meyerhans / Lorenzoni SUI DNS