Bobsleigh World Cup 2007/08

Alewtina Kowalenko The 2007/08 Bobsleigh World Cup began on November 26, 2007 in Calgary, Canada and ended on February 10, 2008 in Winterberg . The highlight of the season was the 58th Bobsleigh World Championship from February 11 to 24, 2008 in Altenberg .

The season was held at eight World Cup stations.

Individual results of the 2007/08 World Cup season

1st World Cup in Calgary , November 26, 2007 - December 1, 2007
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Helen Upperton Jennifer Ciochetti	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer	Sandra Kiriasis Berit Wiacker
Two-man bobsleigh	André Lange Kevin Kuske	Steven Holcomb Curtis Tomasevicz	Wolfgang Stampfer Martin Lachkovics
4-man bobsleigh men	United States Steven Holcomb Pavle Jovanovic Steve Mesler Brock Kreitzburg	Germany André Lange René Hoppe Kevin Kuske Martin Putze	Canada Pierre Lueders David Bissett Lascelles Brown Justin Kripps

2nd World Cup in Park City , December 3, 2007 - December 8, 2007
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Sandra Kiriasis Berit Wiacker	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer	Shauna Rohbock Valerie Fleming
Two-man bobsleigh	Steven Holcomb Curtis Tomasevicz	Thomas Florschütz Mirko Pätzold	Wolfgang Stampfer Johannes Wipplinger
4-man bobsleigh men	United States Steven Holcomb Pavle Jovanovic Steve Mesler Brock Kreitzburg	Germany André Lange René Hoppe Kevin Kuske Martin Putze	Canada Pierre Lueders Ken Kotyk Lascelles Brown Justin Kripps

3rd World Cup in Lake Placid , December 10, 2007 - December 16, 2007
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Sandra Kiriasis Romy Logsch	Helen Upperton Jennifer Ciochetti	Kaillie Humphries Shelly-Ann Brown
Two-man bobsleigh	Pierre Lueders Lascelles Brown	André Lange Kevin Kuske	Steven Holcomb Curtis Tomasevicz
4-man bobsleigh men	Russia Alexander Subkow Alexei Seliwjorstow Filipp Jegorow Alexei Andrjunin	United States Steven Holcomb Pavle Jovanovic Steve Mesler Brock Kreitzburg	Canada Pierre Lueders Ken Kotyk Lascelles Brown Justin Kripps

4th World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo , January 7th 2008 - January 13th 2008
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Sandra Kiriasis Romy Logsch	Helen Upperton Heather Moyse	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer
Two-man bobsleigh	Canceled due to snowfall. Replacement in Cesana.
4-man bobsleigh men	Canada Pierre Lueders Ken Kotyk David Bissett Justin Kripps	Russia Alexander Zubkov Filipp Yegorov Alexei sSeliwjorstow Yevgeny Pechonkin	Switzerland Ivo Rüegg Michael Lukas Roman Handschin Cédric Grand

Replacement World Cup in Cesana , January 18, 2008
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	Simone Bertazzo Samuele Romanini	André Lange Martin Putze	Ivo Rüegg Roman Handschin

5th World Cup and European Championships in Cesana , January 14, 2008 - January 20, 2008
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Helen Upperton Jennifer Ciochetti	Shauna Rohbock Valerie Fleming	Sandra Kiriasis Berit Wiacker
Two-man bobsleigh	Alexander Zubkov Alexei Wojewoda	André Lange Kevin Kuske	Simone Bertazzo Samuele Romanini
4-man bobsleigh men	Latvia Jānis Miņins Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbārdis Intars Dambis	Switzerland Martin Galliker Jürg Egger Olexander Streltsov Patrick Blöchliger	Germany André Lange René Hoppe Kevin Kuske Martin Putze

6th World Cup in St. Moritz , January 21, 2008 - January 27, 2008
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Sandra Kiriasis Romy Logsch	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer	Helen Upperton Heather Moyse
Two-man bobsleigh	André Lange Martin Putze	Ivo Rüegg Cédric Grand	Pierre Lueders Lascelles Brown
4-man bobsleigh men	Latvia Jānis Miņins Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbārdis Intars Dambis	Russia Alexander Zubkov Roman Oreschnikow Dmitri Trunenkow Dmitri Stjopuschkin	Switzerland Ivo Rüegg Tommy Herzog Roman Handschin Cédric Grand

7th World Cup in Königssee , January 28, 2008 - February 2, 2008
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer	Sandra Kiriasis Berit Wiacker	Claudia Schramm Nicole Herschmann
Two-man bobsleigh	Matthias Höpfner Alexander Mann	André Lange Kevin Kuske	Pierre Lueders Lascelles Brown
4-man bobsleigh men	Germany André Lange René Hoppe Kevin Kuske Alexander Metzger	Russia Alexander Zubkov Roman Oreschnikow Dmitri Trunenkow Dmitri Stjopuschkin  United States Steven Holcomb Pavle Jovanovic Steve Mesler Brock Kreitzburg

8th World Cup in Winterberg , February 4, 2008 - February 10, 2008
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Sandra Kiriasis Berit Wiacker	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer	Shauna Rohbock Valerie Fleming
Two-man bobsleigh	Alexander Zubkov Alexei Wojewoda	Thomas Florschütz Enrico Kühn	Matthias Höpfner Alexander Mann
4-man bobsleigh men	Germany André Lange René Hoppe Marc Kühne Martin Putze	Russia Alexander Subkow Alexei Andryunin Alexander Ushakow Dmitri Stjopuschkin	Latvia Jānis Miņins Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbārdis Intars Dambis

Overall standings and placements in the women's two-man bobsleigh

rank	Bobsleigh pilot	country	CAL	PAC	LAP	COR	CES	STM	CAN	WIN	Points	OLD
1.	Sandra Kiriasis	Germany	3	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	1735	1
2.	Cathleen Martini	Germany	2	2	4th	3	4th	2	1	2	1649	2
3.	Helen Upperton	Canada	1	4th	2	2	1	3	4th	5	1638	4th
4th	Shauna Rohbock	United States	5	3	5	4th	2	6th	6th	3	1522	9
5.	Kaillie Humphries	Canada	4th	6th	3	8th	5	7th	5	9	1416	5
6th	Claudia Schramm	Germany	6th	7th	8th	5	8th	10	3	4th	1384	3
7th	Nicola Minichiello	United Kingdom	11	12	7th	7th	9	4th	11	11	1216	6th
8th.	Maya Bamert	Switzerland	7th	13	9	10	6th	15th	7th	6th	1208	8th
9.	Sabina Hafner	Switzerland	10	10	12	9	10	11	9	10	1144	12
10.	Jessica Gillarduzzi	Italy	14th	9	10	6th	11	14th	13	13	1072	dns
11.	Erin Pac	United States	8th	5	6th	-	14th	9	17th	7th	1040	7th
12.	Lisa Szabon	Canada	12	8th	13	12	13	13	15th	8th	1040	11
13.	Viktoria Tokovaya	Russia	13	11	11	dns	7th	5	8th	14th	1016	14th
14th	Jackie Davies	United Kingdom	15th	15th	14th	14th	22nd	17th	16	17th	760	dns
15th	Aiva Aparjode	Latvia	16	14th	15th	dsq	18th	22nd	19th	16	618	21st
16.	Manami Hino	Japan	17th	17th	16	-	20th	19th	20th	18th	562	17th
17th	Karin Olsson	Sweden	-	-	-	10	21st	18th	14th	12	526	16
18th	Esme Kamphuis	Netherlands	-	-	-	13	15th	16	12	-	448	10
19th	Jamia Jackson	United States	-	-	-	-	12	8th	10	-	432	13
20th	Christine Müssiggang	Austria	-	-	-	15th	19th	21st	18th	-	320	-
21st	Isabel Baumann	Switzerland	-	-	-	-	-	12	23	15th	282	-
22nd	Alewtina Kovalenko	Russia	9	16	dns	-	-	-	-		248	-
23.	Dana Ungureanu	Romania	-	-	-	-	-	20th	21st	19th	204	20th
24.	Francesca Iossi	Italy	-	-	-	-	17th	-	22nd	-	144	-
25th	Anastasia Skulkina	Russia	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	96	19th

Overall standings and placements in the men's two-man bobsleigh

rank	Bobsleigh pilot	country	CAL	PAC	LAP	CES	CES	STM	CAN	WIN	Points	OLD
1.	André Lange	Germany	1	4th	2	2	2	1	2	9	1634	1
2.	Ivo Rüegg	Switzerland	6th	9	7th	3	4th	2	5	5	1466	5
3.	Alexander Zubkov	Russia	8th	7th	4th	4th	1	16	7th	1	1426	3
4th	Steven Holcomb	United States	2	1	3	5	8th	17th	11	5	1387	10
5.	Simone Bertazzo	Italy	9	6th	5	1	3	5	15th	8th	1385	12
6th	Thomas Florschütz	Germany	4th	2	6th	10	15th	7th	6th	2	1380	2
7th	Pierre Lueders	Canada	5	5	1	8th	9	3	3	-	1305	-
8th.	Jānis Miņins	Latvia	10	11	12	6th	6th	14th	8th	16	1128	7th
9.	Wolfgang Stampfer	Austria	3	3	dsq	9	5	13	16	10	1096	9
10.	Patrice Servelle	Monaco	13	12	16	11	7th	12	12	4th	1096	11
11.	Ivo Danilevič	Czech Republic	20th	17th	9	11	10	10	13	7th	1020	6th
12.	Daniel Schmid	Switzerland	12	13	9	16	12	9	14th	14th	1000	19th
13.	Edwin van Calker	Netherlands	16	18th	15th	13	16	11	4th	13	944	dns
14th	Matthias Höpfner	Germany	-	-	-	7th	11	4th	1	3	921	4th
15th	Fabrizio Tosini	Italy	18th	14th	13	15th	13	18th	17th	12	832	15th
16.	Lyndon Rush	Canada	10	10	8th	14th	20th	25th	18th	20th	816	13
17th	Martin Galliker	Switzerland	21st	20th	17th	18th	18th	8th	9	18th	770	26th
18th	Jürgen Loacker	Austria	15th	16	18th	20th	14th	21st	24	11	703	14th
19th	Mike Kohn	United States	13	-	-	19th	21st	6th	10	15th	680	18th
20th	Yevgeny Popov	Russia	17th	23	19th	22nd	17th	24	19th	17th	563	8th
21st	Karl Angerer	Germany	7th	8th	11	-	-	-	-	-	464	-
22nd	John Napier	United States	-	15th	14th	-	25th	23	20th	21st	436	16
23.	Dmitry Abramovitch	Russia	23	22nd	23	16	19th	26th	22nd	-	418	dsq
24.	Nicolae Istrate	Romania	22nd	19th	25th	21st	23	19th	24	-	401	20th
25th	Martin Wright	United Kingdom	25th	26th	24	25th	26th	20th	21st	23	377	24
26th	Lee Johnston	United Kingdom	24	25th	22nd	-	-	22nd	26th	19th	307	dns
27.	Mickael Serise	France	19th	21st	20th	-	-	-	27	22nd	292	-
28.	Edgars Maskalāns	Latvia	-	-	-	23	22nd	15th	23	-	260	17th
29	Dawid Kupczyk	Poland	-	-	-	-	-	27	28	24	105	-
30th	John Jackson	United Kingdom	-	-	-	24	24	-	-	-	90	-
31.	Stephan Bosch	United States	26th	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	86	-
32.	Grayson Done	United States	-	-	21st	-	-	-	-	-	62	-
33.	Stefan Vasilev	Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	-	24	-

Overall standings and placements in the men's four-man bobsleigh

rank	Bobsleigh pilot	country	CAL	PAC	LAP	COR	CES	STM	CAN	WIN	Points	OLD
1.	André Lange	Germany	2	2	5	5	3	7th	1	1	1606	1
2.	Alexander Zubkov	Russia	7th	6th	1	2	5	2	2	2	1593	2
3.	Jānis Miņins	Latvia	5	4th	9	7th	1	1	4th	3	1538	7th
4th	Steven Holcomb	United States	1	1	2	8th	11	6th	2	4th	1534	6th
5.	Ivo Rüegg	Switzerland	6th	9	6th	3	6th	3	10	5	1408	5
6th	Pierre Lueders	Canada	3	3	3	1	8th	5	6th	-	1345	-
7th	Martin Galliker	Switzerland	12	16	11	9	2	4th	13	11	1170	11
8th.	Yevgeny Popov	Russia	4th	5	4th	dsq	4th	18th	15th	6th	1120	10
9.	Thomas Florschütz	Germany	8th	10	dsq	5	9	11	7th	7th	1112	4th
10.	Dmitry Abramovitch	Russia	15th	14th	7th	11	7th	10	9	-	984	9
11.	Fabrizio Tosini	Italy	16	12	10	12	10	26th	16	14th	884	14th
12.	Wolfgang Stampfer	Austria	9	15th	13	15th	16	22nd	22nd	12	816	-
13.	Daniel Schmid	Switzerland	10	17th	dsq	16	14th	13	19th	8th	794	-
14th	Matthias Höpfner	Germany	-	-	-	4th	13	9	5	15th	752	3
15th	Edwin van Calker	Netherlands	19th	20th	16	17th	21st	21st	14th	9	714	dns
16.	Ivo Danilevič	Czech Republic	20th	23	15th	10	19th	19th	20th	16	678	12
17th	Mike Kohn	United States	21st	-	-	14th	20th	12	11	10	650	dns
18th	Jürgen Loacker	Austria	-	-	-	12	15th	8th	8th	17th	640	8th
19th	Lee Johnston	United Kingdom	13	18th	18th	-	-	16	17th	13	584	13
20th	Simone Bertazzo	Italy	11	13	14th	18th	12	-	-	-	576	-
21st	John Napier	United States	-	8th	8th	-	-	15th	18th	-	504	18th
22nd	Martin Wright	United Kingdom	24	25th	19th	20th	24	23	23	19th	446	19th
23.	Lyndon Rush	Canada	25th	7th	dsq	19th	23	25th	21st	dns	434	16
24.	Edgars Maskalāns	Latvia	-	-	-	21st	17th	14th	12	-	390	15th
25th	Nicolae Istrate	Romania	22nd	21st	20th	dsq	22nd	20th	24	-	355	20th
26th	Patrice Servelle	Monaco	18th	19th	-	-	18th	17th	-	-	322	17th
27.	Mickael Serise	France	23	24	21st	-	-	-	26th	18th	273	-
28.	Karl Angerer	Germany	14th	22nd	17th	-	-	-	-	-	256	-
29	Stephan Bosch	United States	17th	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	224	-
30th	Dawid Kupczyk	Poland	-	-	-	-	-	24	25th	20th	153	-
31.	Grayson Done	United States	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	128	-
32.	Stefan Vasilev	Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	-	32	-

Overall standings and placements in the men's combination

The overview shows the final result in the combination, i.e. the addition of the points achieved in the two-man and four-man bobsleigh.

rank	Bobsleigh pilot	country		CAL	PAC	LAP	COR	CES	STM	CAN	WIN	Points
1.	André Lange	Germany	2er	1	4th	2	2	2	1	2	9	3240
			4er	2	2	5	5	3	7th	1	1
2.	Alexander Zubkov	Russia	2er	8th	7th	4th	4th	1	16	7th	1	3019
			4er	7th	6th	1	2	5	2	2	2
3.	Steven Holcomb	United States	2er	2	1	3	5	8th	17th	11	5	2921
			4er	1	1	2	8th	11	6th	2	4th

Web links

• Results of the 2007/2008 season on www.bsd-portal.de