Ferstl fastest in opening Santa Caterina training run

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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

 

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