Jansrud doubles down in Lake Louise

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Kjetil Jansrud wins his second cowboy hat of the weekend with another win on the Lake Louise track. GEPA

Kjetil Jansrud wins his second cowboy hat of the weekend with another win on the Lake Louise track. GEPA

LAKE LOUISE, Canada — Kjetil Jansrud officially laid ownership to the weekend in Lake Louise, winning his second race in as many days and picking up a cool 200 World Cup points in the process. With temperatures dipping down as low as -30 C for Sunday’s super G, the weather continued to be a factor with many racers struggling to find their groove in the frigid, sticky conditions.

“The thing about the cold is it is the same for everybody,” said Jansrud, who clearly fought through the conditions better than anyone else. “It feels different when you’re up at the start and it’s minus 30 and the cold is stealing a lot of your energy.”

Jansrud, who won the downhill under similar conditions on Saturday, wanted to take the same approach to today’s race. “I knew it would be the same as yesterday. You wanted to get off that outside ski as much as possible,” he said.

Many expected that the early starters would have the edge in this one. Dominik Paris set the pace running No. 4. He managed to hang on to the lead until Jansrud and Austria’s Matthias Mayer, running 20th and 21st respectively, busted through the Italian’s barrier. Slower conditions may have led to finish times packed pretty tight, with only .67 seconds separating the top 10 racers.

An open set by coach Florian Winkler may have been a catalyst for an all-around better day for the Austrians, who had a tough outing in the downhill on Saturday. Mayer was followed by a slew of his teammates just off the podium. Otmar Striedinger, Max Franz and Hannes Reichelt finished fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, packing four Austrians into the top six.

“Of course, it was very difficult. It was the second day on that snow. You really needed to put in the time to get the right setup,” said the downhill gold medalist Mayer, who only six weeks ago sustained an injury to his knee that kept him out of Soelden. “The last weeks, as I was injured, I didn’t have much time for training. So I’m very happy about this weekend.”

“It was not a bad run,” Paris humbly said after the race. “I had some little mistakes. But I had a very good feeling on the skis, so I’m happy with it. For me, this is a good hill. The course was very good because it was not so turny. The course setter was Austria, and I think he did a good job.”

It was perhaps not the best of days for the American squad, which was led by Andrew Weibrecht in 20th, followed closely by Travis Ganong in 21st. For Ganong, some bad luck early in his run may have prevented what could have been a strong performance.

“I stuck my head into a panel just before Coaches’ and got all twisted up,” said Ganong. “Both of my left buckles of my boot came off so I didn’t really have much to push on, and my goggles were a little crooked. I’m happy with my skiing, but that one big mistake really held me back today.

“I wish I was able to start early today,” added Ganong. “It definitely broke up a lot. The pitch, the steep part that’s really important, was really bally and there was no surface on it anymore, so you had to kind of survive through there.”

Jared Goldberg came through in 25th place, followed by Steven Nyman in 29th and Bryce Bennett in 56th.

A better day for their neighbors to the North, the Canadians were led for the second day in a row by Manny Osborne-Paradis, previously a super G winner on the Lake Louise hill, who nabbed seventh place this time around. Jan Hudec followed closely in ninth.

“Today was anybody’s race,” said Hudec. “It was a fair track, but super tough for the service guys to nail the wax. There’s not really a whole lot that slides on this stuff. It’s like styrofoam.”

Osborne-Paradis and Hudec were joined in the top 20 by their countrymen Dustin Cook, who skied from bib 35 to finish 13th, and Morgan Pridy, who finished 17th.

Perhaps the most noteworthy finish outside the top 30 was that of Frenchman Alexis Pinturault, who made the trip from his November training site in Colorado to try his luck on the Lake Louise track for the first time in his career. Pinturault, who made a critical error off a jump in the upper part of his run, was less than enthused with his 38th place result outside of the points.

“For me, it was my first time. There are many movements to learn,” Pinturault said. “When you have to remember everything, the movements of the track, the setting, it’s never easy. For sure, there was a huge mistake. In the future, hopefully it will be better.”

For Pinturault, the goal is to continue to improve, not only in the technical super G races, but also on the more moderate tracks, such as Lake Louise. “It is always important to have different disciplines for the overall,” he added. “For me, each race is important, so I just need to put forth my best effort.”

THE SCOOP

By Hank McKee

  1. Jansrud, Head/Head/Head
  2. Mayer, Head/Head/Head
  3. Paris, Nordica/Nordica/Marker
  4. Striedinger, Blizzard/Tecnica/Tyrolia
  5. Franz, Atomic/Atomic/Atomic
  6. Reichelt, Salomon/Salomon/Salomon
  7. Osborne-Paradis, Rossignol/Rossignol/Rossignol
  8. Clarey, Head/Head/Head
  9. Hudec, Rossignol/Rossignol/Rossignol
  10. Kueng, Salomon/Salomon/Salomon

Men’s World Cup super G, Lake Louise, Canada, Nov. 30, 2014:

  • It is the fourth of 36 races on the men’s schedule … the first of six super G’s. … It is the 97th World Cup race hosted at Lake Louise, the second of five scheduled this season and the final of the men’s stand. Aksel Lund Svindal is the defending champion.
  • It is the sixth career World Cup win, and second of the season for Kjetil Jansrud who also won the downhill Nov. 29. … It is the fourth straight Norwegian SG win at Lake Louise.
  • It is the seventh career World Cup podium for Matthias Mayer, his second in SG at Lake Louise.
  • It is the third career World Cup podium result for Dominik Paris, his first in super G, the others all in downhill. … It is his second podium at Lake Louise
  • It is the fourth best result at Lake Louise for Manuel Osborne-Paradis … his second best in super G. … It is the fifth best Lake Louise result for Jan Hudec and matches his second best in super G. … It is a career best result for Dustin Cook. … It is is his second score in super G at Lake Louise. … It is the second best career result for Morgan Pridy. … It is the third best career result at Lake Louise for Travis Ganong. … It is the sixth best career finish for Jared Goldberg. … It is the 61st career scoring result for Steven Nyman.
  • Half of the field is within a second of the winning time.
  • Jansrud holds the lead of the World Cup overall standings 216-180 over Marcel Hirscher (did not race). … Fritz Dopfer is third with 120pts. … Manuel Osborne-Paradis with 116 is fourth. … Top U.S. skier is Marco Sullivan in 20th with 45pts. …
  • Austria leads the Nations Cup standings 637-402 over Norway. … Italy is third with 394. … Canada is seventh with 218pts and the U.S. eighth with 173pts.

 

RESULTS

 1  20  421483 JANSRUD Kjetil 1985 NOR  1:32.02  0.00
 2  21  53902 MAYER Matthias 1990 AUT  1:32.31  +0.29  3.40
 3  4  291459 PARIS Dominik 1989 ITA  1:32.33  +0.31  3.64
 4  17  54005 STRIEDINGER Otmar 1991 AUT  1:32.34  +0.32  3.76
 5  10  53817 FRANZ Max 1989 AUT  1:32.37  +0.35  4.11
 6  8  50742 REICHELT Hannes 1980 AUT  1:32.44  +0.42  4.93
 7  26  102899 OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel 1984 CAN  1:32.53  +0.51  5.99
 8  3  191740 CLAREY Johan 1981 FRA  1:32.59  +0.57  6.69
 9  18  102271 HUDEC Jan 1981 CAN  1:32.62  +0.60  7.04
 10  16  511139 KUENG Patrick 1984 SUI  1:32.69  +0.67  7.86
 11  19  510727 DEFAGO Didier 1977 SUI  1:32.73  +0.71  8.33
 12  5  422139 KILDE Aleksander Aamodt 1992 NOR  1:32.81  +0.79  9.27
 13  35  100558 COOK Dustin 1989 CAN  1:32.85  +0.83  9.74
 14  2  51215 BAUMANN Romed 1986 AUT  1:32.88  +0.86  10.09
 15  22  292455 FILL Peter 1982 ITA  1:32.92  +0.90  10.56
 16  32  53933 SCHWEIGER Patrick 1990 AUT  1:33.07  +1.05  12.32
 17  7  103612 PRIDY Morgan 1990 CAN  1:33.10  +1.08  12.68
 18  27  53980 KRIECHMAYR Vincent 1991 AUT  1:33.15  +1.13  13.26
 19  1  511383 FEUZ Beat 1987 SUI  1:33.39  +1.37  16.08
 20  15  530939 WEIBRECHT Andrew 1986 USA  1:33.42  +1.40  16.43
 21  29  530874 GANONG Travis 1988 USA  1:33.45  +1.43  16.78
 22  24  51327 PUCHNER Joachim 1987 AUT  1:33.46  +1.44  16.90
 23  36  511352 VILETTA Sandro 1986 SUI  1:33.53  +1.51  17.72
 24  6  511313 JANKA Carlo 1986 SUI  1:33.56  +1.54  18.07
 25  44  934643 GOLDBERG Jared 1991 USA  1:33.62  +1.60  18.78
 26  11  192746 THEAUX Adrien 1984 FRA  1:33.67  +1.65  19.37
 27  46  200379 SANDER Andreas 1989 GER  1:33.72  +1.70  19.95
 28  30  292514 HEEL Werner 1982 ITA  1:33.76  +1.74  20.42
 29  41  533866 NYMAN Steven 1982 USA  1:33.78  +1.76  20.66
 30  9  50858 STREITBERGER Georg 1981 AUT  1:33.84  +1.82  21.36
 31  57  191964 POISSON David 1982 FRA  1:33.88  +1.86  21.83
 32  37  51332 SCHEIBER Florian 1987 AUT  1:33.99  +1.97  23.12
 33  25  293550 MARSAGLIA Matteo 1985 ITA  1:34.09  +2.07  24.29
 34  31  202059 FERSTL Josef 1988 GER  1:34.11  +2.09  24.53
 35  28  150398 BANK Ondrej 1980 CZE  1:34.13  +2.11  24.76
 36  55  481705 GLEBOV Alexander 1983 RUS  1:34.18  +2.16  25.35
 37  49  380292 ZRNCIC-DIM Natko 1986 CRO  1:34.26  +2.24  26.29
 38  13  194364 PINTURAULT Alexis 1991 FRA  1:34.29  +2.27  26.64
 39  62  294277 KLOTZ Siegmar 1987 ITA  1:34.33  +2.31  27.11
 39  45  380260 KOSTELIC Ivica 1979 CRO  1:34.33  +2.31  27.11
 41  58  194298 GIEZENDANNER Blaise 1991 FRA  1:34.39  +2.37  27.82
 42  52  511529 GISIN Marc 1988 SUI  1:34.40  +2.38  27.93
 42  42  103512 FRISCH Jeffrey 1984 CAN  1:34.40  +2.38  27.93
 44  40  990081 CASSE Mattia 1990 ITA  1:34.51  +2.49  29.22
 45  48  202469 RENZ Fabio 1992 GER  1:34.52  +2.50  29.34
 46  12  192504 MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas 1984 FRA  1:34.63  +2.61  30.63
 47  54  103271 THOMSEN Benjamin 1987 CAN  1:34.76  +2.74  32.16
 48  14  293006 INNERHOFER Christof 1984 ITA  1:34.90  +2.88  33.80
 49  50  501076 OLSSON Hans 1984 SWE  1:34.91  +2.89  33.92
 50  47  103762 WERRY Tyler 1991 CAN  1:34.93  +2.91  34.15
 51  60  293141 VARETTONI Silvano 1984 ITA  1:34.99  +2.97  34.86
 52  43  561217 KOSI Klemen 1991 SLO  1:35.20  +3.18  37.32
 53  59  491151 DE LA CUESTA Paul 1988 SPA  1:35.31  +3.29  38.61
 54  65  104096 THOMPSON Broderick 1994 CAN  1:35.64  +3.62  42.49
 55  39  6291029 BATTILANI Henri 1994 ITA  1:35.76  +3.74  43.89
 56  53  6530104 BENNETT Bryce 1992 USA  1:35.83  +3.81  44.72
 57  68  430429 BYDLINSKI Maciej 1988 POL  1:36.05  +4.03  47.30
 58  51  561067 PERKO Rok 1985 SLO  1:36.29  +4.27  50.12
 59  69  110324 VON APPEN Henrik 1994 CHI  1:37.36  +5.34  62.67
 60  66  481514 BORODAYKIN Artem 1994 RUS  1:37.61  +5.59  65.61
Did not finish 1st run
 67  400281 VAN HEEK Marvin 1991 NED
 64  201811 STECHERT Tobias 1985 GER
 63  192932 FAYED Guillermo 1985 FRA
 61  533131 SULLIVAN Marco 1980 USA
 56  194190 ROGER Brice 1990 FRA
 38  531452 BIESEMEYER Thomas 1989 USA
 34  202196 BRANDNER Klaus 1990 GER
 33  511513 CAVIEZEL Mauro 1988 SUI
 23  180570 ROMAR Andreas 1989 FIN

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About the Author: Geoff Mintz

Geoff Mintz is a former alpine ski racer who cut his teeth at Ragged Mountain and Waterville Valley, N.H. After graduating from Holderness and UVM, he relocated to Colorado, where he worked on the hill prior to pursuing a career in journalism. Mintz served as associate editor for Ski Racing Media from 2011 to 2015. He later reconnected with his local roots to manage all marketing and communications for Ski & Snowboard Club Vail before resuming work at SRM as editor-in-chief.