Umhausen (PMA) Natural track season ended with sixth GRM Group Luge World Cup. Overall World Cup victories went to the title defenders Patrick Pigneter (ITA), Ekaterina Lavrentyeva (RUS) and Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara (ITA). All three won also the final race of the season at Umhausen. Austrian Team wasn’t able to score a win on their home track “Grantau”. After a good performance at the training and the qualification run Thomas Kammerlander (AUT) was the favourite at the Men’s competition. He finished on second place. Third place went to Italy and Alex Gruber, who secured his second place overall. Ladies race had a big surprise. Behind Evelin Lanthaler young Austrian Maria Auer scored her first World Cup podium. She finished third. Doubles podium was completed by Russian Aleksandr Egorov/Petr Popov on second and Austrian Rupert Brüggler and Tobias Angerer on third position. Egorov/Popov also finished second at the Overall World Cup in front of Austrian Christoph Regensburger and Dominik Holzknecht. Team Event was won by Italy in front of Austria and Russia. STATEMENTS: Patrick Pigneter (ITA): „Thomas Kammerlander was the big challenger this weekend. It was difficult to beat him. I was really fast and now I can look forward to the next season and upcoming challenges.“ Ekaterina Lavrentyeva (RUS): „I had a good season. The Overall World Cup was a big aim. I’m proud, that I showed a fast and constant performance this winter“. Florian Clara (ITA): „Five wins and the World Championship title is a great balance sheet. Next season will difficult again. A successful season is no guarantee for the upcoming.” Maria Auer (AUT): „I’ve never calculated with a podium finish this season. This is awesome“ Thomas Kammerlander (AUT): „I’m happy with my runs. Maybe it was too much pressure, but Patrick is the deserved winner today.“ STATISTICS: - 54th World Cup win for Ekaterina Lavrentyeva - 40th World Cup win for Patrick Pigneter - 34th World Cup win for Pigneter/Clara - 20th World Cup win for Evelin Lanthaler - 1st World Cup podium for Maria Auer - 10th Overall World Cup win for Patrick Pigneter - 12th Overall World Cup win for Ekaterina Lavrentyeva - 7th Overall World Cup win for Pigneter/Clara RESULTS: MEN (after two competition runs) 1. Patrick Pigneter (ITA) 2. Thomas Kammerlander (AUT) 3. Alex Gruber (ITA) 4. Michael Scheikl (AUT) 5. Florian Breitenberger (ITA) LADIES (after two competition runs) 1. Ekaterina Lavrentyeva (RUS) 2. Evelin Lanthaler (ITA) 3. Maria Auer (AUT) 4. Greta Pinggera (ITA) 5. Sara Bachmann (ITA) DOUBLES (after two competition runs) 1. Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara (ITA) 2. Alexandr Egorov/Petr Popov (RUS) 3. Rupert Brüggler/Tobias Angerer (AUT) 4. Pavel Porshnev/Ivan Lazarev (RUS) 5. Christoph Regensburger/Dominik Holzknecht (AUT) OVERALL WORLD CUP (final after 6 events) Men: 1. Pigneter 555 , 2. Gruber 413 , 3. Scheikl 391 Ladies: 1. Lavrentyeva 585, 2. Lanthaler 500, 3. Pinggera 375 Doubles: 1. Pigneter/Clara 570, 2. Egorov/Popov 500, 3. Regensburger/Holzknecht 400