Franz and Miller fastest in challenging St. Moritz training run
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland – It has been 12 years since the last men’s World Cup events took place in St. Moritz and 11 years since the world championships were held at the exclusive Swiss resort. Ever since, the ladies’ races have been held here annually, but the men haven’t had the opportunity to return until today (Jan. 30). When the races originally scheduled in Garmisch-Partenkirchen had to be canceled due to warm temperatures and lack of snow, St.Moritz was chosen as a replacement venue.
Low visibility, light snowfall, powder on the slope and big jumps marked the first downhill training run. Despite traditionally being a ladies’ course, it didn’t cut the guys any slack.
Current overall leader and owner of the red bib in downhill and super-G, Aksel Lund Svindal was the first to admit today was not an easy run.
“It has really been a long time since I last skied here at the World Championships in 2003. Of course I recognize some parts of the course, but it snowed a lot last night and that changes things a bit. It’s dark today and it was a difficult training run. There is still some loose snow on the line and you can’t see it before you hit it. A lot of the skiers were skiing out, missing gates and having some troubles; this is for sure partly due to the new course but mostly because of the difficulty visibility,” noted Aksel Lund Svindal who finished 0.83 seconds behind the fastest time.
Max Franz, fresh off his third place in the Kitzbuehel super-G, faced the challenges best and clocked the fastest time of the day. He finished just 0.03 seconds ahead of Bode Miller and 0.16 seconds ahead of teammate Matthias Mayer who were second and third, respectively.
“The conditions are difficult, there is snow in the line and the jumps are quite tough, some have a little kicker on them and you had to focus during the whole run as you never knew what was coming next. It was not easy! It’s flat light all the way down, and it makes it hard to see the waves. I have never skied this course so it was hard to know what to expect. Normally I like flat courses with these kind of waves but it was only the first training so we will see how things go in the next days,” Franz said.
Canadian Manny Osborne-Paradis was fourth and American Travis Ganong fifth. After sitting out the Hahnenkamm to rest his aggravated knee, Erik Guay returned to competition but posted a conservative run in 28th, 1.66 back.
One more training run is scheduled for tomorrow (Jan. 31) on the slope before race time. This is the last weekend of racing before the Olympic Winter Games; a downhill is scheduled for Saturday and a giant slalom Sunday
Release courtesy of FIS
Results
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Total Time | Diff. | |||
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1 | 11 | 53817 | FRANZ Max | 1989 | AUT | 1:37.72 | ||||
2 | 13 | 532431 | MILLER Bode | 1977 | USA | 1:37.75 | +0.03 | |||
3 | 18 | 53902 | MAYER Matthias | 1990 | AUT | 1:37.88 | +0.16 | |||
4 | 24 | 102899 | OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel | 1984 | CAN | 1:37.95 | +0.23 | |||
5 | 1 | 530874 | GANONG Travis | 1988 | USA | 1:38.05 | +0.33 | |||
6 | 42 | 511847 | MANI Nils | 1992 | SUI | 1:38.34 | +0.62 | |||
7 | 12 | 511139 | KUENG Patrick | 1984 | SUI | 1:38.37 | +0.65 | |||
8 | 60 | 510890 | ZURBRIGGEN Silvan | 1981 | SUI | 1:38.45 | +0.73 | |||
9 | 20 | 292514 | HEEL Werner | 1982 | ITA | 1:38.47 | +0.75 | |||
9 | 6 | 292455 | FILL Peter | 1982 | ITA | 1:38.47 | +0.75 | |||
11 | 34 | 511352 | VILETTA Sandro | 1986 | SUI | 1:38.54 | +0.82 | |||
11 | 10 | 291459 | PARIS Dominik | 1989 | ITA | 1:38.54 | +0.82 | |||
13 | 19 | 421328 | SVINDAL Aksel Lund | 1982 | NOR | 1:38.55 | +0.83 | |||
14 | 28 | 50858 | STREITBERGER Georg | 1981 | AUT | 1:38.61 | +0.89 | |||
15 | 32 | 202059 | FERSTL Josef | 1988 | GER | 1:38.64 | +0.92 | |||
16 | 8 | 421483 | JANSRUD Kjetil | 1985 | NOR | 1:38.66 | +0.94 | |||
17 | 27 | 510727 | DEFAGO Didier | 1977 | SUI | 1:38.67 | +0.95 | |||
18 | 26 | 192932 | FAYED Guillermo | 1985 | FRA | 1:38.77 | +1.05 | |||
19 | 16 | 293006 | INNERHOFER Christof | 1984 | ITA | 1:38.84 | +1.12 | |||
20 | 36 | 511529 | GISIN Marc | 1988 | SUI | 1:38.94 | +1.22 | |||
21 | 46 | 54005 | STRIEDINGER Otmar | 1991 | AUT | 1:39.11 | +1.39 | |||
22 | 9 | 191740 | CLAREY Johan | 1981 | FRA | 1:39.12 | +1.40 | |||
23 | 67 | 422139 | KILDE Aleksander Aamodt | 1992 | NOR | 1:39.13 | +1.41 | |||
24 | 29 | 533131 | SULLIVAN Marco | 1980 | USA | 1:39.22 | +1.50 | |||
24 | 5 | 51332 | SCHEIBER Florian | 1987 | AUT | 1:39.22 | +1.50 | |||
26 | 73 | 561255 | CATER Martin | 1992 | SLO | 1:39.26 | +1.54 | |||
27 | 30 | 194190 | ROGER Brice | 1990 | FRA | 1:39.28 | +1.56 | |||
28 | 17 | 102263 | GUAY Erik | 1981 | CAN | 1:39.38 | +1.66 | |||
29 | 44 | 380292 | ZRNCIC-DIM Natko | 1986 | CRO | 1:39.39 | +1.67 | |||
30 | 64 | 510997 | BERTHOD Marc | 1983 | SUI | 1:39.44 | +1.72 | |||
31 | 39 | 561067 | PERKO Rok | 1985 | SLO | 1:39.46 | +1.74 | |||
32 | 65 | 294277 | KLOTZ Siegmar | 1987 | ITA | 1:39.63 | +1.91 | |||
32 | 59 | 194368 | RAFFORT Nicolas | 1991 | FRA | 1:39.63 | +1.91 | |||
34 | 43 | 934643 | GOLDBERG Jared | 1991 | USA | 1:39.65 | +1.93 | |||
35 | 58 | 103385 | PRIDY Conrad | 1988 | CAN | 1:39.70 | +1.98 | |||
35 | 23 | 511313 | JANKA Carlo | 1986 | SUI | 1:39.70 | +1.98 | |||
37 | 63 | 193034 | BOUILLOT Alexandre | 1985 | FRA | 1:39.71 | +1.99 | |||
38 | 21 | 102271 | HUDEC Jan | 1981 | CAN | 1:39.73 | +2.01 | |||
39 | 25 | 51215 | BAUMANN Romed | 1986 | AUT | 1:39.77 | +2.05 | |||
40 | 14 | 192746 | THEAUX Adrien | 1984 | FRA | 1:39.82 | +2.10 | |||
41 | 15 | 50753 | KROELL Klaus | 1980 | AUT | 1:39.83 | +2.11 | |||
42 | 54 | 194542 | GIRAUD MOINE Valentin | 1992 | FRA | 1:39.89 | +2.17 | |||
43 | 66 | 491151 | DE LA CUESTA Paul | 1988 | SPA | 1:39.90 | +2.18 | |||
44 | 72 | 530939 | WEIBRECHT Andrew | 1986 | USA | 1:40.03 | +2.31 | |||
45 | 40 | 560447 | SPORN Andrej | 1981 | SLO | 1:40.05 | +2.33 | |||
46 | 4 | 51327 | PUCHNER Joachim | 1987 | AUT | 1:40.10 | +2.38 | |||
47 | 48 | 481705 | GLEBOV Alexander | 1983 | RUS | 1:40.11 | +2.39 | |||
48 | 47 | 103271 | THOMSEN Benjamin | 1987 | CAN | 1:40.14 | +2.42 | |||
49 | 3 | 293141 | VARETTONI Silvano | 1984 | ITA | 1:40.15 | +2.43 | |||
50 | 69 | 6291029 | BATTILANI Henri | 1994 | ITA | 1:40.17 | +2.45 | |||
51 | 62 | 201606 | KEPPLER Stephan | 1983 | GER | 1:40.20 | +2.48 | |||
51 | 57 | 53837 | KRAMER Manuel | 1989 | AUT | 1:40.20 | +2.48 | |||
53 | 52 | 53936 | DUERAGER Markus | 1990 | AUT | 1:40.28 | +2.56 | |||
54 | 53 | 511513 | CAVIEZEL Mauro | 1988 | SUI | 1:40.30 | +2.58 | |||
54 | 33 | 103512 | FRISCH Jeffrey | 1984 | CAN | 1:40.30 | +2.58 | |||
56 | 49 | 220695 | CRAWFORD Douglas | 1987 | GBR | 1:40.42 | +2.70 | |||
57 | 68 | 501076 | OLSSON Hans | 1984 | SWE | 1:40.62 | +2.90 | |||
58 | 41 | 511981 | WEBER Ralph | 1993 | SUI | 1:40.64 | +2.92 | |||
59 | 37 | 534939 | FISHER Erik | 1985 | USA | 1:40.68 | +2.96 | |||
60 | 22 | 191964 | POISSON David | 1982 | FRA | 1:40.85 | +3.13 | |||
61 | 55 | 103612 | PRIDY Morgan | 1990 | CAN | 1:41.24 | +3.52 | |||
62 | 71 | 194298 | GIEZENDANNER Blaise | 1991 | FRA | 1:41.28 | +3.56 | |||
63 | 35 | 53981 | KROELL Johannes | 1991 | AUT | 1:41.42 | +3.70 | |||
64 | 61 | 501439 | HEDIN Douglas | 1990 | SWE | 1:41.80 | +4.08 | |||
65 | 45 | 6530104 | BENNETT Bryce | 1992 | USA | 1:41.91 | +4.19 | |||
66 | 75 | 670037 | ZAKURDAEV Igor | 1987 | KAZ | 1:42.09 | +4.37 | |||
67 | 74 | 481054 | MURAVYEV Ivan | 1989 | RUS | 1:42.45 | +4.73 | |||
68 | 77 | 670058 | KOSHKIN Dmitriy | 1986 | KAZ | 1:42.89 | +5.17 | |||
69 | 56 | 194167 | MUZATON Maxence | 1990 | FRA | 1:44.86 | +7.14 | |||
70 | 2 | 533866 | NYMAN Steven | 1982 | USA | 1:49.70 | +11.98 | |||
Did not start 1st run | ||||||||||
78 | 30149 | SIMARI BIRKNER Cristian Javier | 1980 | ARG | ||||||
70 | 561217 | KOSI Klemen | 1991 | SLO | ||||||
51 | 990081 | CASSE Mattia | 1990 | ITA | ||||||
50 | 53980 | KRIECHMAYR Vincent | 1991 | AUT | ||||||
38 | 293550 | MARSAGLIA Matteo | 1985 | ITA | ||||||
31 | 534562 | LIGETY Ted | 1984 | USA | ||||||
7 | 511383 | FEUZ Beat | 1987 | SUI | ||||||
Did not finish 1st run | ||||||||||
76 | 370031 | ALESSANDRIA Arnaud | 1993 | MON |