Seven at one stroke for Pigneter/Clara

Vatra Dornei (PMA) Patrick Pigneter and Florian Clara are the winners of the doubles event at the 3rd FIL Luge World Cup on Natural Track. The two Italians won at Vatra Dornei in Romania. Second place went to Austria and Rupert Brüggler and Tobias Angerer. Russians Aleksandr Egorov and Petr Popov finished third.

Italian top stars Patrick Pigneter and Florian Clara are unbeatable at the third stage of the Luge World Cup on natural track 2015/16. They dominate the doubles event, by winning three out of three races so far. At the qualification run they established a 0,72 seconds advantage and have doubled their lead at the deciding competition run. In 2017 the 21st FIL Luge World Championships are held at Vatra Dornei, so the Italian duo won the dress rehearsal for the event. "It is a good feeling to celebrate victory at the track of the World Championships a year before. We are really looking forward for the event in 2017. They hosted a good event this year. Today our opponents were strong and pushed us hard", explained Pigneter.

Seventh straight win for Pigneter/Clara

In January 2015 Aleksandr Egorov and Petr Popov won the World Cup race at Laas in Italy. This was the last time, when the Italian Double Patrick Pigneter and Florian Clara haven't finished on the top spot of the podium. They won the last seven races. Also in Laas Austrian Rupert Brüggler and Tobias Angerer celebrated their best World Cup career finish by taking second place. They tied their best career result with another second place at Vatra Dornei. „We are happy with the World Cup weekend. We had constant and good runs. At the moment Pigneter/Clara are unbeatable, but we are in the hunt if they make a mistake", stated Rupert Brüggler.

Third and fourth place at Vatra Dornei went to Russia. Aleksandr Egorov/Petr Popov finished ahead of their team mates Pavel Porshnev and Ivan Lazarev. Christoph Regensburger/Dominik Holzknecht finished fifth, Slovenias siblings Tadej and Petra Dragicevic took sixth place. At the Overall World Cup Pigneter/Clara lead with the maximum number of points.

RESULTS DOUBLES:
1. Patrick PIGNETER/Florian CLARA (ITA) 0:50.07
2. Rupert BRÜGGLER/Tobias ANGERER (AUT) 0:51.45
3. Aleksandr EGOROV/Petr POPOV (RUS) 0:51.92
4. Pavel PORSHNEV/Ivan LAZAREV (RUS) 0:52.16
5. Christoph REGENSBURGER/Dominik HOLZKNECHT (AUT) 0:52.20
6. Tadej DRAGICEVIC/Petra DRAGICEVIC (SLO) 0:57.26

OVERALL WORLD CUP DOUBLES (after 3 of 6 events)
1. PIGNETER/CLARA 300, 2. REGENSBURGER/HOLZKNECHT 200, 3. EGOROV/POPOV 195