From Deutschnofen, ITA
(Jan. 26, 2019) – Patrick Pigneter & Florian Clara cruised to victory in Deutschnofen, beating out familiar rivals to take gold.
The Italian doubles team opened up the race with a .66 second lead over the team of Pavel porshnev & Ivan lazarev and over a full second on Rupert Brüggler & Tobias Angerer. The second run was no different, with nobody able to keep up with Pigneter & Clara as they finished 1.03 seconds ahead of Porshnev & Lazarev and over two seconds ahead of anyone else.
The Russian duo finished second, with Brüggler & Angerer finishing third. Aleksandr Egorov & Petr Popov finished fourth..
Pigneter & Clara leave Deutschnofen with over a 100 point advantage over Egorov & Popov, and more than 150 points ahead of anyone else. With Brüggler & Angerer skipping the dual races in Moscow, they sit sixth in the overall standings.
Results:
| Pos | Names | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Pigneter / Clara | ITA | 9 | 17.06 | 17.22 | 57.26 | 57.82 | 1:55.08 |
| 2 | Porshnev / Lazarev | RUS | 5 | 17.14 | 17.32 | 57.92 | 58.19 | 1:56.11 |
| 3 | Brüggler / Angerer | AUT | 4 | 17.59 | 17.53 | 58.86 | 58.81 | 1:57.67 |
| 4 | Eogorov / Popov | RUS | 8 | 17.61 | 17.56 | 58.83 | 58.87 | 1:57.70 |
| 5 | Lambacher / Lambacher | ITA | 7 | 17.40 | 17.40 | 59.02 | 59.06 | 1:58.08 |
| 6 | Martianov / Rodin | RUS | 3 | 17.87 | 17.66 | 59.31 | 59.36 | 1:58.67 |
| DNS | Lenko / Lenko | UKR | 1 | DNS |
