Gruber Wins 3rd of Season

From Deutschnofen, ITA

(Jan. 29, 2019) – Alex Gruber won his third race of the 2018/2019 FIL season, edging out Thomas Kammerlander to win gold.

Gruber came into the second heat in third, just .13 behind leader Patrick Pigneter and .11 behind Thomas Kammerlander. On the second run Gruber threw down the fast time of the race. Neither Kammerlander or Pigneter could match Gruber’s pace, with Gruber winning by .25 over Kammerlander. Pigneter finished third after his second run was .74 slower than Gruber’s.

Michael Scheikl, Stefan Federer and Florian Glatzl rounded out the top six.

Gruber’s win extended his lead over Kammerlander by 15 points, giving him a 30 point advantage leaving Deutschnofen. Pigneter is third, over 100 points back.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Alex Gruber ITA 44 16.18 16.01 53.81 53.57 1:47.38
2 Thomas Kammerlander AUT 43 16.12 16.13 53.70 53.93 1:47.63
3 Patrick Pigneter ITA 42 16.13 16.18 53.68 54.31 1:47.99
4 Michael Scheikl AUT 40 16.37 16.25 54.38 54.41 1:48.79
5 Stefan Federer ITA 37 16.20 16.26 54.28 54.57 1:48.85
6 Florian Glatzl AUT 41 16.39 16.33 54.42 54.77 1:49.19
7 Florian Clara ITA 39 16.45 16.40 54.65 54.94 1:49.59
8 Aleksandrr Egorov RUS 38 16.43 16.51 54.82 54.94 1:49.76
9 Grigory Bukin RUS 35 16.31 16.37 55.00 55.10 1:50.10
10 Stainislav Kovshik RUS 33 16.48 16.65 55.10 55.46 1:50.56
11 Iurii Talykh RUS 32 16.76 16.77 55.41 55.75 1:51.16
12 Christian Schpf AUT 36 16.50 16.45 55.59 56.25 1:51.84
13 Adam Jedrzejko POL 24 17.14 17.23 57.52 57.62 1:55.14
14 Josef Limmer GER 34 17.05 17.00 57.91 57.76 1:55.67
15 Myroslav Lenko UKR 20 18.27 17.38 59.87 57.43 1:57.30
16 Bine Mekina SLO 21 17.57 17.59 59.01 58.39 1:57.40
17 Blaz Mekina SLO 18 17.88 18.34 59.98 1:00.25 2:00.23
18 Leonardo de Oliveira Silva BRA 29 18.23 17.96 1:00.19 1:01.30 2:01.49
19 Renzo Atance Conde ARG 27 18.11 17.92 1:01.44 1:01.30 2:02.74
20 Tomas Hasek CZE 25 18.95 18.47 1:03.67 1:03.69 2:07.36
21 Denis Lebedev KAZ 22 19.96 18.60 1:05.02 1:03.09 2:08.11
22 David Rydl CZE 28 19.03 19.37 1:06.67 1:03.62 2:10.29
23 Aleksandr Milkov KAZ 26 19.49 17.77 1:07.33 1:04.15 2:11.48
24 Mykhailo Ivashchuk MDA 1 19.43 19.31 1:06.40 1:07.03 2:13.43
25 Benjamin Voice NZL 10 19.81 19.65 1:08.32 1:05.89 2:14.21
26 Sam Flanagan NZL 7 20.29 19.94 1:05.46 1:09.87 2:15.33