Well, things went according to plan today for Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy. They are in the lead at Trophee Eric Bompard Cachemire after the pairs short program. USA's Rena Inoue and John Baldwin are down in a very far away fifth place. Here are the standings:

1) Savchenko and Szolkowy, Germany: 72.98

2) Mukhortova and Trankov, Russia: 66.98

3) Dube and Davison, Canada: 64.54

4) Canac and Coia, France: 55.96

5) Inoue and Baldwin, USA: 55.06

6) Dong and Wu, China: 49.70

7) Castelli and Schnapir, USA: 49.50

8) James and Bonheur, France: 38.96