Ferstl fastest in opening Santa Caterina training run
SANTA CATERINA VALFURVA, Italy – It was a smooth post-Christmas training run for the men today on the Deborah Compagnoni slope in Santa Caterina with 69 out of the 75 athletes on the start list successfully completing their runs.
But due to the flat light present in sections of the course that remained in the shadow for most of the training run, the first training proved tougher than what most skiers expected.
Despite the tough conditions, one skier didn’t seem to have problems charging down the new slope on the men’s World Cup – starting with bib 31, Josef Ferstl was the man to beat as he crossed the finish line with a time of 1:53:28. Frenchman Brice Roger also skied a strong first training run and finished in second place, only 0.09 seconds behind Ferstl.
Only Christof Innerhofer and Matthias Mayer managed to cross the finish line within one second of the German’s time.
Steven Nyman was the quickest American on the day, completing his run in seventh but still more than 1.5 seconds off Ferstl’s pace.
“The hill here in Santa Caterina is legit, reminds me of a mix of Sochi and Lenzerheide,” Nyman posted to social media after his inaugural trip down the race slope.
A second training run is scheduled for Saturday at 11:30 a.m. local time, giving racers one last opportunity to get acquainted with all the sections of the over three kilometers long slope. They will have to decide on their fastest line in time for race day on Sunday.
Release courtesy of FIS
Results
1 | 31 | 202059 | FERSTL Josef | 1988 | GER | 1:53.28 | ||||
2 | 23 | 194190 | ROGER Brice | 1990 | FRA | 1:53.37 | +0.09 | |||
3 | 20 | 293006 | INNERHOFER Christof | 1984 | ITA | 1:53.62 | +0.34 | |||
4 | 18 | 53902 | MAYER Matthias | 1990 | AUT | 1:53.97 | +0.69 | |||
5 | 22 | 510727 | DEFAGO Didier | 1977 | SUI | 1:54.48 | +1.20 | |||
6 | 39 | 511513 | CAVIEZEL Mauro | 1988 | SUI | 1:54.49 | +1.21 | |||
7 | 21 | 533866 | NYMAN Steven | 1982 | USA | 1:54.86 | +1.58 | |||
8 | 6 | 511313 | JANKA Carlo | 1986 | SUI | 1:54.88 | +1.60 | |||
9 | 37 | 511529 | GISIN Marc | 1988 | SUI | 1:54.97 | +1.69 | |||
10 | 12 | 292455 | FILL Peter | 1982 | ITA | 1:55.17 | +1.89 | |||
11 | 62 | 990081 | CASSE Mattia | 1990 | ITA | 1:55.21 | +1.93 | |||
12 | 44 | 481705 | GLEBOV Alexander | 1983 | RUS | 1:55.22 | +1.94 | |||
13 | 10 | 291459 | PARIS Dominik | 1989 | ITA | 1:55.24 | +1.96 | |||
14 | 58 | 200379 | SANDER Andreas | 1989 | GER | 1:55.30 | +2.02 | |||
15 | 46 | 150398 | BANK Ondrej | 1980 | CZE | 1:55.32 | +2.04 | |||
16 | 4 | 293141 | VARETTONI Silvano | 1984 | ITA | 1:55.47 | +2.19 | |||
17 | 5 | 292514 | HEEL Werner | 1982 | ITA | 1:55.50 | +2.22 | |||
18 | 14 | 50742 | REICHELT Hannes | 1980 | AUT | 1:55.51 | +2.23 | |||
19 | 38 | 561217 | KOSI Klemen | 1991 | SLO | 1:55.61 | +2.33 | |||
20 | 48 | 202196 | BRANDNER Klaus | 1990 | GER | 1:55.68 | +2.40 | |||
21 | 73 | 6290985 | BUZZI Emanuele | 1994 | ITA | 1:55.79 | +2.51 | |||
22 | 17 | 511139 | KUENG Patrick | 1984 | SUI | 1:55.80 | +2.52 | |||
23 | 47 | 53968 | BERTHOLD Frederic | 1991 | AUT | 1:55.83 | +2.55 | |||
24 | 24 | 511352 | VILETTA Sandro | 1986 | SUI | 1:55.93 | +2.65 | |||
25 | 57 | 491151 | DE LA CUESTA Paul | 1988 | SPA | 1:56.13 | +2.85 | |||
26 | 15 | 530874 | GANONG Travis | 1988 | USA | 1:56.14 | +2.86 | |||
27 | 19 | 191740 | CLAREY Johan | 1981 | FRA | 1:56.41 | +3.13 | |||
28 | 8 | 192746 | THEAUX Adrien | 1984 | FRA | 1:56.44 | +3.16 | |||
29 | 1 | 54005 | STRIEDINGER Otmar | 1991 | AUT | 1:56.48 | +3.20 | |||
30 | 16 | 421483 | JANSRUD Kjetil | 1985 | NOR | 1:56.56 | +3.28 | |||
31 | 3 | 191964 | POISSON David | 1982 | FRA | 1:56.62 | +3.34 | |||
32 | 40 | 934643 | GOLDBERG Jared | 1991 | USA | 1:56.72 | +3.44 | |||
33 | 41 | 561067 | PERKO Rok | 1985 | SLO | 1:56.74 | +3.46 | |||
34 | 52 | 194167 | MUZATON Maxence | 1990 | FRA | 1:56.77 | +3.49 | |||
35 | 56 | 512042 | KRYENBUEHL Urs | 1994 | SUI | 1:56.94 | +3.66 | |||
36 | 27 | 50753 | KROELL Klaus | 1980 | AUT | 1:56.95 | +3.67 | |||
37 | 51 | 510997 | BERTHOD Marc | 1983 | SUI | 1:56.96 | +3.68 | |||
38 | 66 | 294277 | KLOTZ Siegmar | 1987 | ITA | 1:57.00 | +3.72 | |||
39 | 61 | 194298 | GIEZENDANNER Blaise | 1991 | FRA | 1:57.02 | +3.74 | |||
40 | 42 | 380292 | ZRNCIC-DIM Natko | 1986 | CRO | 1:57.09 | +3.81 | |||
40 | 9 | 511383 | FEUZ Beat | 1987 | SUI | 1:57.09 | +3.81 | |||
42 | 53 | 194542 | GIRAUD MOINE Valentin | 1992 | FRA | 1:57.20 | +3.92 | |||
43 | 28 | 510890 | ZURBRIGGEN Silvan | 1981 | SUI | 1:57.43 | +4.15 | |||
44 | 71 | 202469 | RENZ Fabio | 1992 | GER | 1:57.44 | +4.16 | |||
45 | 11 | 53817 | FRANZ Max | 1989 | AUT | 1:57.46 | +4.18 | |||
46 | 32 | 560447 | SPORN Andrej | 1981 | SLO | 1:57.54 | +4.26 | |||
47 | 13 | 192932 | FAYED Guillermo | 1985 | FRA | 1:57.59 | +4.31 | |||
48 | 30 | 50858 | STREITBERGER Georg | 1981 | AUT | 1:57.61 | +4.33 | |||
49 | 29 | 533131 | SULLIVAN Marco | 1980 | USA | 1:57.74 | +4.46 | |||
50 | 7 | 102899 | OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel | 1984 | CAN | 1:57.78 | +4.50 | |||
51 | 25 | 53936 | DUERAGER Markus | 1990 | AUT | 1:58.01 | +4.73 | |||
52 | 34 | 511981 | WEBER Ralph | 1993 | SUI | 1:58.06 | +4.78 | |||
53 | 67 | 54157 | DANKLMAIER Daniel | 1993 | AUT | 1:58.14 | +4.86 | |||
54 | 65 | 511808 | SCHMED Fernando | 1991 | SUI | 1:58.26 | +4.98 | |||
55 | 49 | 103271 | THOMSEN Benjamin | 1987 | CAN | 1:58.31 | +5.03 | |||
56 | 70 | 511405 | OREILLER Ami | 1987 | SUI | 1:58.40 | +5.12 | |||
57 | 64 | 294904 | PANGRAZZI Paolo | 1988 | ITA | 1:58.56 | +5.28 | |||
58 | 35 | 501076 | OLSSON Hans | 1984 | SWE | 1:58.84 | +5.56 | |||
59 | 55 | 51327 | PUCHNER Joachim | 1987 | AUT | 1:59.20 | +5.92 | |||
59 | 50 | 194368 | RAFFORT Nicolas | 1991 | FRA | 1:59.20 | +5.92 | |||
61 | 2 | 51215 | BAUMANN Romed | 1986 | AUT | 1:59.51 | +6.23 | |||
62 | 69 | 530939 | WEIBRECHT Andrew | 1986 | USA | 1:59.68 | +6.40 | |||
63 | 59 | 54099 | MAYRPETER Thomas | 1992 | AUT | 2:00.20 | +6.92 | |||
64 | 72 | 202535 | DRESSEN Thomas | 1993 | GER | 2:00.25 | +6.97 | |||
65 | 33 | 103762 | WERRY Tyler | 1991 | CAN | 2:00.84 | +7.56 | |||
66 | 75 | 370031 | ALESSANDRIA Arnaud | 1993 | MON | 2:01.29 | +8.01 | |||
67 | 54 | 561216 | KLINE Bostjan | 1991 | SLO | 2:01.36 | +8.08 | |||
68 | 60 | 293550 | MARSAGLIA Matteo | 1985 | ITA | 2:01.39 | +8.11 | |||
69 | 74 | 150743 | BERNDT Ondrej | 1988 | CZE | 2:04.98 | +11.70 | |||
Did not start 1st run | ||||||||||
45 | 400281 | VAN HEEK Marvin | 1991 | NED | ||||||
36 | 561255 | CATER Martin | 1992 | SLO | ||||||
26 | 201811 | STECHERT Tobias | 1985 | GER | ||||||
Did not finish 1st run | ||||||||||
68 | 6291029 | BATTILANI Henri | 1994 | ITA | ||||||
63 | 531452 | BIESEMEYER Thomas | 1989 | USA | ||||||
43 | 6530104 | BENNETT Bryce | 1992 | USA |