Chamonix: Osborne-Paradis wins final training run
Canadian Manuel Osborn-Paradis claimed the final training run for the Chamonix World Cup downhill, edging Marco Buechel of Liechtenstein by eight hundredths of a second. America's Marco Sullivan posted third.
Austrian Michael Walchhofer was fourth and Canadian Erik Guay fifth.
There were ties in both sixth and eighth place with Klaus Kroell and Andrej Jerman getting sixth and three competitors, Rainer Schoenfelder, Patrick Staudacher and Mario Scheiber locked together for eighth.
Although the top of the finish order was strong for the North Americans, there was not another between Guay's fifth and John Kucera in 34th. Bode Miller finished 37th, Francois Bourque 38th, TJ Lanning 41st and Jeff Frisch 43rd. Still those were stronger than the one man in the field who has won a downhill on the Chamonix course. Hermann Maier was 47th.
The race happens Saturday.
CANADA'S Manuel Osborn-Paradis claimed the final training run for the Chamonix World Cup downhill Friday, edging Marco Buechel of Liechtenstein by eight hundredths of a second. America's Marco Sullivan posted third.
Austrian Michael Walchhofer was fourth and Canadian Erik Guay fifth.
There were ties in both sixth and eighth place with Klaus Kroell and Andrej Jerman getting sixth and three competitors, Rainer Schoenfelder, Patrick Staudacher and Mario Scheiber locked together for eighth.
Although the top of the finish order was strong for the North Americans, there was not another between Guay's fifth and John Kucera in 34th. Bode Miller finished 37th, Francois Bourque 38th, TJ Lanning 41st and Jeff Frisch 43rd. Still those were stronger than the one man in the field who has won a downhill on the Chamonix course. Hermann Maier was 47th.
The race happens Saturday.
1 | 8 | 102899 | OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel | 1984 | CAN | 2:01.65 |
2 | 15 | 350032 | BUECHEL Marco | 1971 | LIE | 2:01.73 |
3 | 16 | 533131 | SULLIVAN Marco | 1980 | USA | 2:02.24 |
4 | 14 | 50041 | WALCHHOFER Michael | 1975 | AUT | 2:02.27 |
5 | 11 | 102263 | GUAY Erik | 1981 | CAN | 2:02.35 |
6 | 28 | 50753 | KROELL Klaus | 1980 | AUT | 2:02.38 |
6 | 18 | 560332 | JERMAN Andrej | 1978 | SLO | 2:02.38 |
8 | 33 | 50547 | SCHOENFELDER Rainer | 1977 | AUT | 2:02.43 |
8 | 26 | 290998 | STAUDACHER Patrick | 1980 | ITA | 2:02.43 |
8 | 9 | 51005 | SCHEIBER Mario | 1983 | AUT | 2:02.43 |
11 | 29 | 191116 | DALCIN Pierre-Emmanuel | 1977 | FRA | 2:02.46 |
12 | 6 | 510767 | HOFFMANN Ambrosi | 1977 | SUI | 2:02.48 |
13 | 24 | 191591 | BERTRAND Yannick | 1980 | FRA | 2:02.54 |
14 | 46 | 192932 | FAYED Guillermo | 1985 | FRA | 2:02.59 |
15 | 43 | 510498 | ZUEGER Cornel | 1981 | SUI | 2:02.60 |
16 | 44 | 510165 | HOFER Beni | 1978 | SUI | 2:02.72 |
17 | 12 | 510030 | CUCHE Didier | 1974 | SUI | 2:02.81 |
18 | 22 | 293006 | INNERHOFER Christof | 1984 | ITA | 2:02.88 |
19 | 10 | 292455 | FILL Peter | 1982 | ITA | 2:02.92 |
20 | 27 | 510747 | GRUENENFELDER Tobias | 1977 | SUI | 2:03.04 |
21 | 13 | 510727 | DEFAGO Didier | 1977 | SUI | 2:03.09 |
22 | 39 | 191964 | POISSON David | 1982 | FRA | 2:03.10 |
22 | 19 | 50451 | GRUBER Christoph | 1976 | AUT | 2:03.10 |
24 | 23 | 292514 | HEEL Werner | 1982 | ITA | 2:03.18 |
25 | 3 | 191740 | CLAREY Johan | 1981 | FRA | 2:03.19 |
26 | 30 | 191415 | BOTTOLLIER-LASQUIN Marc | 1979 | FRA | 2:03.22 |
27 | 41 | 380292 | ZRNCIC-DIM Natko | 1986 | CRO | 2:03.25 |
28 | 25 | 501076 | OLSSON Hans | 1984 | SWE | 2:03.31 |
29 | 57 | 293141 | VARETTONI Silvano | 1984 | ITA | 2:03.51 |
29 | 42 | 561067 | PERKO Rok | 1985 | SLO | 2:03.51 |
31 | 1 | 50858 | STREITBERGER Georg | 1981 | AUT | 2:03.52 |
32 | 48 | 191911 | NOCENTI Cyril | 1982 | FRA | 2:03.59 |
33 | 38 | 51215 | BAUMANN Romed | 1986 | AUT | 2:03.60 |
34 | 5 | 102873 | KUCERA John | 1984 | CAN | 2:03.76 |
35 | 31 | 380260 | KOSTELIC Ivica | 1979 | CRO | 2:03.79 |
36 | 35 | 192665 | GRANGE Jean-Baptiste | 1984 | FRA | 2:03.87 |
37 | 20 | 532431 | MILLER Bode | 1977 | USA | 2:03.98 |
38 | 45 | 102814 | BOURQUE Francois | 1984 | CAN | 2:03.99 |
39 | 2 | 192746 | THEAUX Adrien | 1984 | FRA | 2:04.01 |
40 | 56 | 201606 | KEPPLER Stephan | 1983 | GER | 2:04.03 |
41 | 68 | 192122 | PITTIN Alexandre | 1983 | FRA | 2:04.08 |
41 | 59 | 534567 | LANNING Thomas (tj) | 1984 | USA | 2:04.08 |
43 | 47 | 103512 | FRISCH Jeffrey | 1984 | CAN | 2:04.16 |
44 | 54 | 291389 | FISCHNALLER Roland | 1975 | ITA | 2:04.17 |
45 | 32 | 510997 | BERTHOD Marc | 1983 | SUI | 2:04.34 |
46 | 64 | 420911 | SOLBAKKEN Bjarne | 1977 | NOR | 2:04.41 |
47 | 53 | 510207 | HARI Konrad | 1978 | SUI | 2:04.46 |
47 | 17 | 50423 | MAIER Hermann | 1972 | AUT | 2:04.46 |
49 | 55 | 50742 | REICHELT Hannes | 1980 | AUT | 2:04.49 |
50 | 37 | 560447 | SPORN Andrej | 1981 | SLO | 2:04.52 |
51 | 67 | 40171 | BRANCH Craig | 1977 | AUS | 2:04.67 |
52 | 61 | 50743 | LANZINGER Matthias | 1980 | AUT | 2:04.72 |
53 | 21 | 50625 | RAICH Benjamin | 1978 | AUT | 2:04.76 |
54 | 49 | 220228 | MICKEL Finlay | 1977 | GBR | 2:04.91 |
55 | 60 | 501026 | RAINER Niklas | 1983 | SWE | 2:05.00 |
56 | 50 | 421400 | MYHRE Lars Elton | 1984 | NOR | 2:05.17 |
57 | 52 | 191462 | PAQUIN Pierre | 1979 | FRA | 2:05.28 |
58 | 58 | 102947 | SINE Gareth | 1985 | CAN | 2:05.41 |
59 | 63 | 511313 | JANKA Carlo | 1986 | SUI | 2:05.50 |
60 | 73 | 102961 | DIXON Robbie | 1985 | CAN | 2:05.52 |
61 | 76 | 191459 | LIZEROUX Julien | 1979 | FRA | 2:05.65 |
62 | 36 | 501101 | BYGGMARK Jens | 1985 | SWE | 2:05.72 |
63 | 40 | 292967 | EISATH Florian | 1984 | ITA | 2:05.75 |
64 | 72 | 501324 | OLSSON Matts | 1988 | SWE | 2:05.82 |
65 | 74 | 150644 | KRYZL Krystof | 1986 | CZE | 2:05.93 |
66 | 65 | 380298 | SIROKI Tin | 1987 | CRO | 2:06.00 |
67 | 62 | 500656 | LARSSON Markus | 1979 | SWE | 2:06.30 |
68 | 34 | 50707 | MATT Mario | 1979 | AUT | 2:06.46 |
69 | 71 | 560406 | GORZA Ales | 1980 | SLO | 2:06.59 |
70 | 82 | 480794 | CHAADAYEV Alexey | 1986 | RUS | 2:06.80 |
71 | 75 | 501230 | ERICSSON Daniel | 1987 | SWE | 2:06.88 |
72 | 80 | 20174 | VIDOSA Roger | 1984 | AND | 2:07.15 |
73 | 77 | 480736 | HOROSHILOV Alexandr | 1984 | RUS | 2:07.50 |
74 | 79 | 150594 | TREJBAL Filip | 1985 | CZE | 2:07.70 |
75 | 66 | 50900 | KOLL Alexander | 1982 | AUT | 2:07.90 |
76 | 78 | 102435 | JANYK Michael | 1982 | CAN | 2:08.98 |
77 | 81 | 301312 | SASAKI Akira | 1981 | JPN | 2:10.04 |
78 | 84 | 60159 | VAN BUYNDER Frederik | 1988 | BEL | 2:10.16 |
79 | 70 | 102727 | STUTZ Paul | 1983 | CAN | 2:20.84 |