Luge Challenge Cup 2009/10

Lillehammer Cesana

Location of the European venues

Calgary

Location of the rest of the venue

The Luge Challenge Cup 2009/10 was the eleventh edition of the cup. The venues were Calgary (CAN), Lillehammer (NOR) and Cesana (ITA). The Challenge Cup took place from November 20, 2009 to January 29, 2010. The defending champions were Tatjana Hüfner , Armin Zöggeler in the men's singles and Gerhard Plankensteiner / Oswald Haselrieder in the men's doubles.

Venues and races

 Calgary :

• November 20, 2009: singles, women and men + doubles, men

 Lillehammer :

• December 12, 2009: singles, women and men + doubles, men

 Cesana Torinese :

• January 29, 2010: singles, women and men + doubles, men

Competition mode

In the run-up to the Luge Challenge Cup 2009/2010, five groups of two athletes each took part. The first and second fastest made it to the final, the third and fourth fastest made it to the small final.

Men's singles

November 20, 2009 Calgary 

leader							Small finale							final
1	1	AUT	Daniel Pfister	45.316	0(9)
	2	AUT	Martin adventure	45,404	(10)
2	3	CAN	Jeff Christie	45.169	0(8th)
	4th	GER	Felix Hole	44.864			6th	4th	GER	Felix Hole	44,928	(4)
3	5	ITA	David Mair	45.144	0(7)									7th	07th	ITA	Armin Zöggeler	44.822	(2)
	6th	RUS	Albert Demchenko	44.752											10	GER	David Möller	44.821	(1)
4th	7th	ITA	Armin Zöggeler	44.712				6th	RUS	Albert Demchenko	44.870	(3)
	8th	RUS	Viktor Kneib	44,928	0(5)
5	9	United States	Bengt Walden	44,970	0(6)
	10	GER	David Möller	44.668

December 12, 2009 Lillehammer 

leader							Small finale							final
1	1	RUS	Albert Demchenko	50,063
	2	GER	David Möller	50.388	0(5)
2	3	GER	Felix Hole	50.384
	4th	United States	Bengt Walden	51.231	(10)		6th	3	GER	Felix Hole	50.259	(3)
3	5	United States	Tony Benshoof	50,603	0(6)									7th	1	RUS	Albert Demchenko	50.120	(1)
	6th	RUS	Viktor Kneib	50,490											7th	ITA	Armin Zöggeler	50.169	(2)
4th	7th	ITA	Armin Zöggeler	50.069				6th	RUS	Viktor Kneib	50.644	(4)
	8th	ITA	Wilfried Huber	50.611	0(7)
5	9	AUT	Daniel Pfister	50.720	0(8th)
	10	AUT	Reinhard Egger	50,804	0(9)

January 29, 2010 Cesana Torinese 

leader							Small finale							final
1	1	ITA	Armin Zöggeler	51,488
	2	AUT	Wolfgang Kindl	52.049	(9)
2	3	GER	David Möller	51,548
	4th	United States	Tony Benshoof	51.725	(5)		6th	6th	RUS	Albert Demchenko	1: 21.404	(4)
3	5	RUS	Viktor Kneib	51.918	(8th)									7th	1	ITA	Armin Zöggeler	51.831	(1)
	6th	RUS	Albert Demchenko	51.637											3	GER	David Möller	52.269	(2)
4th	7th	AUT	Daniel Pfister	51.823	(6)			10	ITA	Reinhold Rainer	52.035	(3)
	8th	GER	Andi Langenhan	51.839	(7)
5	9	SUI	Stefan Höhener	52.544	(10)
	10	ITA	Reinhold Rainer	51.748

Final score in the men's singles

1.  ITA Armin Zöggeler 270 2.  GER David Möller 240 3.  RUS Albert Demchenko 230 4th  RUS Viktor Kneib 157 5.  AUT Daniel Pfister 131 6th  GER Felix Hole 130 7th  United States Tony Benshoof 105 8th.  United States Bengt Walden 86

9.  ITA Reinhold Rainer 70 10.  ITA David Mair 46 10.  ITA Wilfried Huber 46 10.  GER Andi Langenhan 46 13.  CAN Jeff Christie 42 14th  AUT Reinhard Egger 39 14th  AUT Wolfgang Kindl 39 16.  AUT Martin adventure 36 16.  SUI Stefan Höhener 36

Women's singles

November 20, 2009 Calgary 

leader							Small finale							final
1	1	GER	Tatjana Huefner	46.626
	2	LAT	Maija Tīruma	47.627	0(9)
2	3	AUT	Nina Reithmayer	47.257	0(6)
	4th	United States	Erin Hamlin	47.127			6th	4th	United States	Erin Hamlin	47.085	(4)
3	5	AUT	Veronika Halder	47.283	0(7)									7th	1	GER	Tatjana Huefner	46,579	(1)
	6th	CAN	Regan Listener	47.241	0(5)										9	GER	Natalie Geisenberger	46.769	(2)
4th	7th	CAN	Alex Gough	46.999				7th	CAN	Alex Gough	47.051	(3)
	8th	POLE	Ewelina Staszulonek	47.643	(10)
5	9	GER	Natalie Geisenberger	46.782
	10	UKR	Natalja Jakuschenko	47,370	0(8th)

December 12, 2009 Lillehammer 

leader							Small finale							final
1	1	SUI	Martina Kocher	49.282	(10)
	2	United States	Erin Hamlin	48.686
2	3	UKR	Natalja Jakuschenko	48.889
	4th	RUS	Tatiana Ivanova	49.226	0(9)		6th	3	UKR	Natalja Jakuschenko	48.888	(3)
3	5	AUT	Veronika Halder	48.988	0(6)									7th	2	United States	Erin Hamlin	48.827	(2)
	6th	LAT	Maija Tīruma	49.124	0(8th)										8th	GER	Tatjana Huefner	48.672	(1)
4th	7th	AUT	Nina Reithmayer	48.991	0(7)			9	GER	Natalie Geisenberger	49.096	(4)
	8th	GER	Tatjana Huefner	48.705
5	9	GER	Natalie Geisenberger	48.716
	10	RUS	Alexandra Rodionova	48.974	0(5)

January 29, 2010 Cesana Torinese 

leader							Small finale							final
1	1	CAN	Alex Gough	46,950	(5)
	2	GER	Tatjana Huefner	46.903
2	3	AUT	Veronika Halder	47.677	(7)
	4th	AUT	Nina Reithmayer	DNF			6th	5	GER	Natalie Geisenberger	47,077	(3)
3	5	GER	Natalie Geisenberger	47.085										7th	2	GER	Tatjana Huefner	47.055	(1)
	6th	RUS	Natalia Khorjowa	49.283	(9)										7th	United States	Erin Hamlin	47.115	(2)
4th	7th	United States	Erin Hamlin	46.873				9	SUI	Martina Kocher	47.496	(4)
	8th	RUS	Alexandra Rodionova	47.249	(6)
5	9	SUI	Martina Kocher	47.285
	10	United States	Julia Clukey	47.835	(8th)

Final result in the women's singles

1.  GER Tatjana Huefner 300 2.  United States Erin Hamlin 230 3.  GER Natalie Geisenberger 215 4th  AUT Veronika Halder 142 5.  CAN Alex Gough 125 6th  UKR Natalja Jakuschenko 112 7th  RUS Alexandra Rodionova 105 8th.  AUT Nina Reithmayer 96

8th.  SUI Martina Kocher 96 10.  LAT Maija Tīruma 81 11.  CAN Regan Listener 55 12.  United States Julia Clukey 42 13.  RUS Natalia Khorjowa 39 13.  RUS Tatiana Ivanova 39 15th  POLE Ewelina Staszulonek 36

Men's two-seater

November 20, 2009 Calgary 

leader							Small finale							final
1	1	ITA	Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber	44.135
	2	AUT	Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger	44.255	0(5)
2	3	ITA	Hans Peter Fischnaller / Patrick Schwienbacher	44,360	0(7)
	4th	GER	Patric Leitner / Alexander Resch	43.913			6th	05	United States	Mark Grimmette / Brian Martin	44.272	(4)
3	5	United States	Mark Grimmette / Brian Martin	44.252										7th	1	ITA	Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber	44.011	(2)
	6th	GER	André Florschütz / Torsten Wustlich	44.291	0(6)										4th	GER	Patric Leitner / Alexander Resch	43,809	(1)
4th	7th	CAN	Chris Moffat / Mike Moffat	44,439	0(9)			10	LAT	Juris Šics / Andris Šics	44,250	(3)
	8th	SVK	Ján Harniš / Branislav Regec	44,485	(10)
5	9	AUT	Peter Penz / Georg Fischler	44,408	0(8th)
	10	LAT	Juris Šics / Andris Šics	44.357

December 12, 2009 Lillehammer 

leader							Small finale							final
1	1	GER	Patric Leitner / Alexander Resch	48.325
	2	LAT	Juris Šics / Andris Šics	48,548	0(6)
2	3	SVK	Ján Harniš / Branislav Regec	48,923	(10)
	4th	United States	Mark Grimmette / Brian Martin	48.655	0(8th)		6th	5	AUT	Peter Penz / Georg Fischler	48,920	(4)
3	5	AUT	Peter Penz / Georg Fischler	48,561										7th	01	GER	Patric Leitner / Alexander Resch	48,448	(2)
	6th	United States	Matt Mortensen / Preston Griffall	48.613	0(7)										10	AUT	Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger	48.375	(1)
4th	7th	ITA	Hans Peter Fischnaller / Patrick Schwienbacher	48,922	0(9)			8th	GER	André Florschütz / Torsten Wustlich	48.532	(3)
	8th	GER	André Florschütz / Torsten Wustlich	48,468
5	9	ITA	Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber	48.501	0(5)
	10	AUT	Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger	48,350

January 29, 2010 Cesana Torinese 

leader							Small finale							final
1	1	AUT	Tobias Schiegl / Markus Schiegl	46,562	(6)
	2	LAT	Juris Šics / Andris Šics	46.494
2	3	AUT	Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger	46.434	(5)
	4th	ITA	Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber	46.295			6th	3	GER	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt	46,605	(3)
3	5	GER	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt	46,573										7th	2	LAT	Juris Šics / Andris Šics	46.678	(2)
	6th	United States	Mark Grimmette / Brian Martin	47,583	(10)										4th	ITA	Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber	46,571	(1)
4th	7th	GER	André Florschütz / Torsten Wustlich	47,563	(9)			4th	ITA	Gerhard Plankensteiner / Oswald Haselrieder	47.023	(4)
	8th	RUS	Mikhail Kuzmitsch / Stanislaw Michejew	47.199	(8th)
5	9	ITA	Gerhard Plankensteiner / Oswald Haselrieder	46.548
	10	United States	Christian Niccum / Dan Joye	46.850	(7)

Final score in the men's doubles

1.  ITA Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber 240 2.  AUT Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger 210 3.  LAT Juris Šics / Andris Šics 205 4th  GER Patric Leitner / Alexander Resch 185 5.  GER André Florschütz / Torsten Wustlich 159 6th  United States Mark Grimmette / Brian Martin 138 7th  AUT Peter Penz / Georg Fischler 102 8th.  ITA Hans Peter Fischnaller / Patrick Schwienbacher 85

9.  SVK Ján Harniš / Branislav Regec 72 10.  GER Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt 70 11.  ITA Gerhard Plankensteiner / Oswald Haselrieder 60 12.  AUT Tobias Schiegl / Markus Schiegl 50 13.  United States Matt Mortensen / Preston Griffall 46 13.  United States Christian Niccum / Dan Joye 46 15th  RUS Mikhail Kuzmitsch / Stanislaw Michejew 42 16.  CAN Chris Moffat / Mike Moffat 39

Web links

Results on rennrodeln.info