Sigulda (pps) Silke Kraushaar (GER), Albert Demchenko (RUS) and André Florschuetz-Torsten Wustlich (GER) were last year’s winners at Sigulda.
The 1998 Olympic champion then achieved the 23rd of her altogether 24 World Cup victories. Demchenko laid the basis for his eventual overall Viessmann Luge World Cup victory by winning the first of his altogether five wins last season. The doubles World champions celebrated their fourth of altogether five World Cup victories.

The schedule at Sigulda / 1st Viessmann World Cup (local time Sigulda/CET):

November 5, 2005
11.00 / 10.00 hrs Doubles, 1st heat
12.00 / 11.00 hrs Doubles, 2nd heat
13.00 / 12.00 hrs Women, 1st heat
14.15 / 13.15 hrs Women, 2nd heat

November 6, 2005
10.00 / 09.00 hrs Men, 1st heat
11.30 / 10.30 hrs Men, 2nd heat
14.00 / 13.00 hrs Team

Updated transmission times are available in the section "events".