Jansrud doubles down in Lake Louise
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
- Jansrud, Head/Head/Head
- Mayer, Head/Head/Head
- Paris, Nordica/Nordica/Marker
- Striedinger, Blizzard/Tecnica/Tyrolia
- Franz, Atomic/Atomic/Atomic
- Reichelt, Salomon/Salomon/Salomon
- Osborne-Paradis, Rossignol/Rossignol/Rossignol
- Clarey, Head/Head/Head
- Hudec, Rossignol/Rossignol/Rossignol
- 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 |