The FIL World Cup in natural track luge in Jaufental/Val Giovo (ITA) continued on Friday evening with the night race for the doubles. The World Cup leaders Matthias Lambacher/Peter Lambacher showed a flawless run and celebrated their fourth win of the season in the fifth race.

Matthias Lambacher/Peter Lambacher (ITA) on the Tonnerboden-track

Jaufental/Val Giovo (FIL/02.02.2024) In the doubles, Matthias Lambacher/Peter Lambacher (ITA) and Maximilian Pichler/Nico Edlinger (AUT) are engaged in a thrilling duel for the lead in the overall World Cup ranking. After three wins in a row, Lambacher/Lambacher had to give way to Pichler/Edlinger in the eliminator in Umhausen (AUT) and finished in third place. On the 675 meter long Tonnerboden-track, the Lambacher brothers struck back, celebrating their fourth victory of the season in 57.19 seconds, ahead of Pichler/Edlinger (+0.46 seconds) and the newly crowned overall winners in the Junior World Cup, Tobias Paur/Andreas Hofer (ITA/+0.90).

Podium doubles (from left): Nico Edlinger/Maximilian Pichler (AUT), Matthias Lambacher/Peter Lambacher (ITA), Tobias Paur/Andreas Hofer (ITA)

“Back on top. It's nice to be on top again. We still have to work on our fine-tuning a bit, we can't want too much right away. Now it's time to adjust the luge, because tomorrow at the European Championships the conditions will certainly be different than today. In any case, we are looking forward to our first European Championships", analyzes Matthias Lambacher, who has already become European and World Champion with his brother Patrick. In the overall ranking, Lambacher/Lambacher lead with 470 points, ahead of Pichler/Edlinger (425) and Paur/Hofer (310).

On Saturday (2 p.m.) the doubles will continue on the Tonnerboden-track with the 30th European Championships in natural track luge. This will be followed by the World Cup in the women's singles and the men's singles, before the European champions in the singles and the team competition will be crowned on Sunday (from 10 a.m.).

World Cup Jaufental/Val Giovo, doubles 02/02/2024
1. Matthias Lambacher/Peter Lambacher (ITA), 57.19 seconds
2. Maximilian Pichler/Nico Edlinger (AUT), +0.46
3. Tobias Pauer/Andreas Hofer (ITA), +0.90
4. Peter Neupauer/Dominik Neupauer (SVK), +2.19
5. Bine Mekina/Simon Dietz (GER), +2.40

The program
Saturday, February 3rd, 2024
2 p.m.: European Championships doubles, followed by a flower ceremony
3 p.m.: 1st run women's singles (World Cup)
3.30 p.m.: 1st run men’s singles (World Cup)
5 p.m.: Final run women's singles (World Cup), followed by a flower ceremony
6 p.m.: Final rund men's singles (World Cup), followed by a flower ceremony
7.30 p.m.: Award ceremony for women’s singles, men’s singles and doubles

Sunday, February 4, 2024
10 a.m.: 1st run women's singles (European Championship)
10.30 a.m.: 1st run men's singles (European Championship)
11.30 a.m.: Final run women's singles (European Championship), followed by a flower ceremony
12.15 p.m.: Final run men's singles (European Championship), followed by a flower ceremony
1.45 p.m.: European Championship team competition
2.15 p.m.: Award ceremony for women's singles, men's singles and team competition