Sigulda (pps). With his sixth overall victory, Olympic Champion Armin Zöggeler from Italy won the overall ranking of VIESSMANN Luge World Cup for the sixth time after 1997/98, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2003/04 and 2005/06.
On the luge track in Sigulda (Latvia), the five times World Champion won the season’s final in an overall time of 1 minute 38,116 seconds. Tightly beaten with an arrears of 0,033 seconds was Olympic bronze medallist and local hero Martins Rubenis (LAT, 1 minute 38,149 seconds) on rank two. Rank three went to Olympic silver medallist and European Champion Albert Demtschenko (1 minute 38,408 seconds) from Russia.
With the victory in Sigulda, Zöggeler also is Overall Champion of the VIESSMANN Luge World Cup for the sixth time. The Olympic Champion of 2002 and 2006 after the nine races of the season is first with 815 points. Rank two of overall ranking went to two times World Champion David Möller (705 points) from Germany, who was fourth in Sigulda. Rank three and with that his best overall result went to the sixth of the World Championships Reinhold Rainer from Italy (451 points).
Best athlete of the US-luge-team at the World Cup finals in Sigulda was Tony Benshoof on rank five (1 minute 38,998 seconds). The vice world champion with the team of 2004 and 2005 is also best US-luge-athlete in overall ranking on rank eight.

Quotes:

Armin Zöggeler (ITA, Olympic Champion 2002 and 2006, five times World Champion, six times Overall Champion in VIESSMANN Luge World Cup)
„I am very satisfied. My first aim was the overall World Cup. To manage that with a victory is optimal. Even when I was clearly leading before the race, on the hard track in Sigulda a crash is always possible. I am glad that I have won.”

Martins Rubenis (LAT, Olympic bronze medallist 2006, Vice World Champion 2003, third at World Championships 2004)
„The first run was super, the second not so perfect. I am not angry that I have lost but I am happy about my second rank.”

Albert Demtschenko (RUS, Olympic silver medallist 2006, European Champion 2006)
„I am not happy about my third rank. Of course I want to win every time but here in Sigulda rank three had cost me the third rank in overall World Cup. That is especially annoying.“