Altenberg (pps) Italy`s Olympic Champion Armin Zöggeler repeated his victory from the season`s opener at Sigulda. In Altenberg (Germany) the defending World Champion won the second race of Viessmann Luge World Cup. Only on place eight after the first run, Zöggeler started a chase to his 23rd victory in World Cup. He finished in one minute 49,447 seconds. Second Place went to Austria`s Markus Kleinheinz (1:49,634). Tony Benshoof clocked in the first run a new track record in 54,240 seconds (old record: Kleinheinz 54,539) and finished third. It was his best result ever.

Quotes:

Armin Zöggeler (Olympic Champion 2002): „In the first run I made two big mistakes. In the second run, I have had truly a little bit of luck with the conditions. From my point of view winning can go on. Surely, everything fits togehter for me from the equipment, start to the driving abilities.”

Markus Kleinheinz (World Cup Champion 2003):
„I`m satisfied with the second place, but not at all with the second run. This run was just bad.”

Tony Benshoof (USA):
“This was the first ever track record of my life. I was very relaxed before the second run. Now I`m very happy to be in top three of World Cup.“