Austrians lead training for Chamonix World Cup DH

By Published On: January 27th, 2011Comments Off on Austrians lead training for Chamonix World Cup DH

klaus kroellThe Austrians put three skiers in among the fastest four for the first training run at Chamonix, France Wednesday (Jan. 27) under a sunny sky. World Cup skiers are training for a downhill scheduled Saturday.

Klaus Kroell was quickest down the La Verte course, narrowly ahead of teammate Georg Streitberger. Italian Christof Innerhofer, developing quite a knack for fast first training runs, was third, just a tenth off Kroell’s time. In fourth was Hannes Reichelt who moved up from the 44th start position for the finish.

The top 12 racers on the day were all within a second of Kroell indicating a close race might be in store for Saturday.

Team rookie Travis Ganong was the first American on the finish list in 26th as the U.S. squad looks to rebound from a series of injuries sustained by the speed skiers. Bode Miller elected to skip Chamonix in order to prepare for the World Championships in Garmisch, Germany beginning Feb. 8 with super G.

Steven Nyman finished 39th, Erik Fisher 42nd, Wiley Maple 55th, Tim Jitloff 57th and Will Brandenburg 62nd.

Austrian Mario Scheiber was airlifted off the course after a crash. Austrian team physician Dr Martin Gruber said Scheiber was unconscious for several minutes after the crash, broke his collarbone and nose sustaining a nasal sinus fracture. “The good news is that no bleeding in the brain occured. The spine, skull bones, arms and legs are fine. He is alert and his condition is stable.”

Klaus Kroell photo by Gepa

Place   Chamonix
(FRA)		   Discipline   Downhill
Date   27.01.2011   Category   Training
Race codex   6962   Gender   M
Valid for FIS Points   NO   TD Name   Roig Vivas Lluis (SPA)
       
  
OFFICIAL RESULTS – FIRST TRAINING
Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Total Time
 1  12  50753 KROELL Klaus  1980  AUT   2:02.53
 2  7  50858 STREITBERGER Georg  1981  AUT   2:02.57
 3  19  293006 INNERHOFER Christof  1984  ITA   2:02.63
 4  44  50742 REICHELT Hannes  1980  AUT   2:02.67
 5  8  191591 BERTRAND Yannick  1980  FRA   2:02.81
 6  3  510767 HOFFMANN Ambrosi  1977  SUI   2:02.87
 7  24  380260 KOSTELIC Ivica  1979  CRO   2:03.11
 8  16  50041 WALCHHOFER Michael  1975  AUT   2:03.12
 9  11  511139 KUENG Patrick  1984  SUI   2:03.18
 10  13  192746 THEAUX Adrien  1984  FRA   2:03.20
 11  5  500150 JAERBYN Patrik  1969  SWE   2:03.39
 12  9  191740 CLAREY Johan  1981  FRA   2:03.43
 13  18  292514 HEEL Werner  1982  ITA   2:03.54
 14  43  180570 ROMAR Andreas  1989  FIN   2:03.88
 14  23  560447 SPORN Andrej  1981  SLO   2:03.88
 16  32  51327 PUCHNER Joachim  1987  AUT   2:03.91
 17  25  560332 JERMAN Andrej  1978  SLO   2:03.96
 18  6  191964 POISSON David  1982  FRA   2:03.97
 19  35  510498 ZUEGER Cornel  1981  SUI   2:04.00
 20  53  150398 BANK Ondrej  1980  CZE   2:04.08
 21  22  421328 SVINDAL Aksel Lund  1982  NOR   2:04.11
 22  51  561087 MARKIC Gasper  1986  SLO   2:04.30
 23  21  292455 FILL Peter  1982  ITA   2:04.44
 24  1  380292 ZRNCIC-DIM Natko  1986  CRO   2:04.51
 25  42  201811 STECHERT Tobias  1985  GER   2:04.58
 26  33  530874 GANONG Travis  1988  USA   2:04.67
 27  49  200379 SANDER Andreas  1989  GER   2:04.69
 28  50  103271 THOMSEN Benjamin  1987  CAN   2:04.75
 29  10  102899 OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel  1984  CAN   2:04.79
 30  4  511383 FEUZ Beat  1987  SUI   2:04.88
 31  17  510890 ZURBRIGGEN Silvan  1981  SUI   2:04.89
 32  58  561085 KRIZAJ Andrej  1986  SLO   2:04.92
 33  56  53853 SIEBER Bjoern  1989  AUT   2:04.96
 33  37  511142 LUEOEND Vitus  1984  SUI   2:04.96
 35  20  51215 BAUMANN Romed  1986  AUT   2:04.98
 36  28  102263 GUAY Erik  1981  CAN   2:05.02
 37  59  192504 MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas  1984  FRA   2:05.07
 38  36  290998 STAUDACHER Patrick  1980  ITA   2:05.11
 39  26  533866 NYMAN Steven  1982  USA   2:05.14
 40  64  194190 ROGER Brice  1990  FRA   2:05.15
 41  2  291459 PARIS Dominik  1989  ITA   2:05.38
 42  47  534939 FISHER Erik  1985  USA   2:05.43
 42  45  294904 PANGRAZZI Paolo  1988  ITA   2:05.43
 44  27  510747 GRUENENFELDER Tobias  1977  SUI   2:05.59
 45  57  193034 BOUILLOT Alexandre  1985  FRA   2:05.61
 46  40  511405 OREILLER Ami  1987  SUI   2:05.62
 47  41  292291 THANEI Stefan  1981  ITA   2:05.70
 48  34  511529 GISIN Marc  1988  SUI   2:05.71
 49  48  293550 MARSAGLIA Matteo  1985  ITA   2:05.95
 50  30  501076 OLSSON Hans  1984  SWE   2:06.09
 51  39  511634 SPESCHA Christian  1989  SUI   2:06.23
 52  29  192932 FAYED Guillermo  1985  FRA   2:06.42
 53  52  421400 MYHRE Lars Elton  1984  NOR   2:06.57
 54  31  421483 JANSRUD Kjetil  1985  NOR   2:06.84
 55  54  930024 MAPLE Wiley  1990  USA   2:06.92
 56  38  53817 FRANZ Max  1989  AUT   2:06.94
 57  65  534959 JITLOFF Tim  1985  USA   2:07.18
 58  60  220656 DRAKE Ed  1986  GBR   2:07.60
 59  55  51007 SCHOERGHOFER Philipp  1983  AUT   2:08.01
 60  67  20267 ESTEVE RIGAIL Kevin  1989  AND   2:08.03
 61  63  380298 SIROKI Tin  1987  CRO   2:08.04
 62  46  530165 BRANDENBURG Will  1987  USA   2:08.43
 63  71  60159 VAN BUYNDER Frederik  1988  BEL   2:09.42
 64  68  430429 BYDLINSKI Maciej  1988  POL   2:10.40
 65  72  380290 SAMSAL Dalibor  1985  CRO   2:10.94
 66  70  430472 KLUSAK Michal  1990  POL   2:10.96
 67  69  150495 VRABLIK Martin  1982  CZE   2:11.46
 68  66  151099 SYROVATKA Mark  1989  CZE   2:13.03
 69  62  150644 KRYZL Krystof  1986  CZE   18:04.46
 70  15  510030 CUCHE Didier  1974  SUI   32:51.81
Did not finish 1st run
   61  102403 SEMPLE Ryan  1982  CAN   
   14  51005 SCHEIBER Mario  1983  AUT 

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In memoriam: The veteran of the staff, McKee started with Ski Racing in 1980. Over the seasons, he covered virtually every aspect of the sport, from the pro tours to junior racing, freestyle and World Cup alpine competition. He wrote the first national stories for many U.S. team stars, and was still around to report on their retirements. “Longevity has its rewards,” he said, “but it’s a slow process.”

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