Garmisch-Partenkirchen (ck) Even though the faces on the podium were exactly the same as in Grande Prairie two weeks ago – Blasbichler ahead of Schwab and Psenner – the spectators saw a breath taking final. After the first run Anton Blasbichler (ITA) and Gernot Schwab (AUT) had been tied, in the second run Blasbichler won by 14 hundredths due to a minor flaw of Gernot Schwab. "In the final part I touched the snow a little bit. This was enough to cause the time difference. But I am very, very satisfied with my second place. This is still my comeback year after the injury and my performance is better than I could have dared to hope." Blasbichler had a perfect second run, was the only one who managed to stay under 1:14,00 and so celebrated his third World Cup victory in a row. "Today there were difficult conditions, I have a lot of routine and I know how to adjust. And I do not get nervous easily. Besides that there is a lot of pressure from my younger team mates, they make me hurry up," he says with a smile.
The third place took once again Martin Psenner (ITA) who already showed his good form in Canada, where he had not been beaten until he had a major mistake in his final run.
Bad luck had Roland Kallan (AUT). After a completely messed up first run he was ranked 17th only. In his excellent second run a technical problem stopped the timing, so he had to repeat his second run. "Why didn´t they have the technical problem during my first run?" he said, but he had another really good second run (second best time of the day) and finally finished 13th.

Results of todays race (38):

1. Anton Blasbichler (ITA), 1:13,47 (1), 1:13,88 (1), 2:27,35
2. Gernot Schwab (AUT), 1:13,47 (1), 1:14,02 (2), 2:27,49
3. Martin Psenner (ITA), 1:13,56 (3), 1:14,24 (4), 2:27,80
4. Gerhard Pilz (AUT), 1:13,62 (4), 1:14,55 (8), 2:28,17
5. Robert Batkowski (AUT), 1:13,82 (6), 1:14,36 (5), 2.28,18
6. Gerald Kammerlander (AUT), 1:13,71 (5), 1:14,74 (11), 2.28,45
7. Andreas Castiglioni (ITA), 1:14,03 (7), 1:14,47 (7), 2:28,50
8. Thomas Damian (ITA), 1:14,29 (8), 1.14,63 (9), 2.28,92
9. Andreas Gruber (ITA), 1:14,57 (12), 1:14,42 (6), 2:28,99
10. Florian Breitenberger (ITA), 1:14,33 (9), 1:14,69 (10), 2:29,02
11. Marcus Grausam (GER), 1:14,34 (10), 1:14,76 (12), 2:29,10
12. Gerald Kallan (AUT), 1:14:43 (11), 1:14,76 (12), 2:29,19
13. Roland Kallan (AUT), 1:15,65 (17), 1:14,02 (2), 2:29,67
14. Björn Kierspel (GER), 1:15,25 (13), 1:15,56 (14), 2:30,81
19. Corey Pusey (CAN), 1:16,00 (21), 1:16,30 (21), 2:32,30
27. Johnson Kaj (CAN), 1:19,06 (30), 1:18,52 (28), 2:37,58
30. John Gibson (CAN), 1:17:94 (26), 1:21,92 (33), 2:39,86
32. Greg Jones (CAN), 1:21,95 (32), 1:21,69 (32), 2:43,64

World Cup Standing:

1. Anton Blasbichler (ITA) 300 points
2. Gernot Schwab (AUT) 220
3. Andreas Castiglioni (ITA) 170
4. Gerald Kallan (AUT) 162
5. Robert Batkowski (AUT) 156
6. Martin Psenner (ITA) 140
7. Roland Kallan (AUT) 135
8. Gerald Kammerlander (AUT) 134
9. Gerhard Pilz (AUT) 120
10. Florian Breitenberger (ITA) 118
11. Marcus Grausam (GER) 104
12. Borut Kralj (SLO) 84
16. Corey Pusey (CAN) 71
22. John Gibson (CAN) 46
24. Johnson Kaj (CAN) 37
28. Greg Jones (CAN) 26