From Winterberg, GER
(December 5, 2021) – Alexey Stulnev and his team led a Russia 1-2 in the fourth European Cup four-man race of the season in Winterberg.
Stulnev drove his team into the lead by .05 over teammate Vyachesiav Popov. On the second run Popov couldn’t match his first run’s pace, and while he was able to maintain his position, that was all Stulnev needed to slide in for the win.
Stulnev’s win was his third four-man gold in four races and third of his career after having many races thrown out as part of the 2014 Olympic doping scandal.
Germany tied for bronze, with Richard Oelsner and Nico Semmler tying for bronze. Jonas Jannusch finished fifth, while Swiss pilot Cedric Follador rounded out the top six.
Liechtenstein’s Martin Kranz finished 14th.
The race counted as a double-points event in Winterberg, as the previous day’s action had been canceled due to fog.
Results:
| Pos | Names | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Stulnev / Zakhryapin / Khuzin / Antukh | RUS | 6 | 5.16 | 5.12 | 54.50 | 54.32 | 1:48.82 |
| 2 | Popov / Zhestiankin / Alekhanov / Zakharchenko | RUS | 10 | 5.13 | 5.10 | 54.55 | 54.59 | 1:49.14 |
| 3 | Oelsner / Bosse / Fleischhauer / Laurenz | GER | 7 | 5.20 | 5.19 | 54.56 | 54.63 | 1:49.19 |
| 3 | Semmler / Ebert / Koch / Schenk | GER | 1 | 5.23 | 5.22 | 54.64 | 54.55 | 1:49.19 |
| 5 | Jannusch / Hertel / Kornhardt / Tasche | GER | 5 | 5.20 | 5.18 | 54.72 | 54.63 | 1:49.35 |
| 6 | Follador / Mariani / Hufschmid / Obrist | SUI | 11 | 5.22 | 5.19 | 54.78 | 54.68 | 1:49.46 |
| 7 | Sun / Ye / Wu / Zhen | CHN | 14 | 5.18 | 5.17 | 54.85 | 54.99 | 1:49.84 |
| 7 | Illmann / Wobeto / Pietza / Hensel | GER | 3 | 5.25 | 5.21 | 54.95 | 54.89 | 1:49.84 |
| 9 | Dubinko / Ivanov / Efimov / Lopin | RUS | 16 | 5.17 | 5.10 | 55.06 | 54.92 | 1:49.98 |
| 10 | Li / Liu / Shi / Ma | CHN | 13 | 5.16 | 5.41 | 54.85 | 55.27 | 1:50.12 |
| 11 | Shinohara / Hamano / Kaneko / Murakami | JPN | 15 | 5.26 | 5.24 | 55.40 | 55.08 | 1:50.48 |
| 12 | A. Dobes / M. Dobes / Hrazdil / Zalesky | CZE | 2 | 5.28 | 5.23 | 55.44 | 55.14 | 1:50.58 |
| 13 | Kuonen / Dorig / Badraun / Tanner | SUI | 12 | 5.21 | 5.17 | 55.09 | 55.90 | 1:50.99 |
| 14 | Kranz / Beck / Bektas / Lenherr | LIE | 4 | 5.53 | 5.50 | 55.55 | 55.50 | 1:51.05 |
| 15 | Baechler / Ambs / Alais / Adoui | FRA | 9 | 5.47 | 5.47 | 55.60 | 56.14 | 1:51.74 |
| DNS | Moulinier / Hersperger / Juillard / Matthys | SUI | 8 | 5.26 | 56.90 | DNS | ||
| DNS | Bankov / Ivanov / Andriyanov / Kislitsa | RUS | 17 | DNS |
