Felix Loch has impressively returned to the home World Cup after a form-depth. The two-time individual Olympic champion won the men's race in Winterberg after a good one year without a win and celebrated his sixth title. This makes the German now world champion. He leads the leaderboard together with Italy's icon Armin Zöggeler.
The 29-year-old Loch prevailed after two races with 0.1 seconds ahead of the Austrian Reinhard Egger. European champion Semen Pawlitschenko from Russia (0.113 seconds back) finished third.
"It was amazing, I knew that I had to give everything, to win now after this season is just awesome," said Loch on ZDF: "We have changed a lot on the sled, the whole team fits in. That makes the success out - it's a great day. "
Olympic bronze medalist Johannes Ludwig finished fourth, ahead of strong debutant Chris Eissler. Sebastian Bley landed as the fourth German starter in 20th place.
Geisenberger, Eggert, Benecken - all gold
Olympic champion Natalie Geisenberger had already won World Championship gold on Saturday. The 30-year-old sovereignly led a German double victory, Julia Taubitz took more than four tenths of a second behind silver.
In the doubles, Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken had triumphed. The Thuringians defended their title in front of the Olympic champions Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt.
Loch lost his title to Wolfgang Kindl (Austria) at the 2017 World Championships in Igls, but at the winter games in February 2018 in Pyeongchang he forgave the almost sure gold with a mistake in the last race. His last win until Sunday Loch had retracted on January 14, 2018 at the World Cup in Oberhof.