Kroell leads training at choppy Garmisch
It was Hannes Reichelt with the fastest time down the World Championship downhill trail at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany in the opening training run today (Jan 26), but that had more to do with taking a shortcut and skipping gates. Klaus Kroell was the fastest to make all the proper turns down a track that was hard in some spots and soft in others.
Under clear sky and with colder temperatures than the tour has seen in weeks the track was a bit of a rugged test. US coach Sasha Rearick described the Kandahar 2 trail in one word increments: “Tough. … Bumpy. … Choppy.” Asked if the surface was hard or soft, his response was “All.”
Erik Guay claimed the world downhill championship on the same hill a less than a year ago and was seventh in the training run.
“They did a great job of preparation,” he said, “but it’s bumpy toward the bottom where your legs are tired. I expect it will get firm and hard if the weather stays the same and be a Bormio-like course.”
Next best Canadian was Jan Hudec, coming off his best finish of the season at Kitzbuehel was next fastest Canadian in 36th.
Bode Miller was the fastest Americans with the 19th ranked run of the day. Erik Fisher was 30th, Travis Ganong 40th, Marco Sullivan 43rd and Wiley Maple 48th.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)
Training
Men’s Downhill
OFFICIAL RESULTS – FIRST TRAINING
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Total Time | |
1 | 5 | 50742 | REICHELT Hannes | 1980 | AUT | 1:57.62 | |
2 | 2 | 292455 | FILL Peter | 1982 | ITA | 1:58.27 | |
3 | 12 | 50753 | KROELL Klaus | 1980 | AUT | 1:58.54 | |
4 | 17 | 421328 | SVINDAL Aksel Lund | 1982 | NOR | 1:58.58 | |
5 | 8 | 192746 | THEAUX Adrien | 1984 | FRA | 1:58.66 | |
6 | 26 | 560447 | SPORN Andrej | 1981 | SLO | 1:58.70 | |
7 | 15 | 102263 | GUAY Erik | 1981 | CAN | 1:58.72 | |
8 | 38 | 200379 | SANDER Andreas | 1989 | GER | 1:59.04 | |
9 | 19 | 191591 | BERTRAND Yannick | 1980 | FRA | 1:59.19 | |
10 | 7 | 511139 | KUENG Patrick | 1984 | SUI | 1:59.30 | |
11 | 1 | 51005 | SCHEIBER Mario | 1983 | AUT | 1:59.38 | |
12 | 13 | 191740 | CLAREY Johan | 1981 | FRA | 1:59.79 | |
13 | 22 | 201606 | KEPPLER Stephan | 1983 | GER | 1:59.85 | |
14 | 9 | 293006 | INNERHOFER Christof | 1984 | ITA | 1:59.99 | |
15 | 42 | 990081 | CASSE Mattia | 1990 | ITA | 2:00.24 | |
15 | 18 | 51327 | PUCHNER Joachim | 1987 | AUT | 2:00.24 | |
17 | 16 | 510030 | CUCHE Didier | 1974 | SUI | 2:00.25 | |
18 | 4 | 511313 | JANKA Carlo | 1986 | SUI | 2:00.39 | |
19 | 21 | 532431 | MILLER Bode | 1977 | USA | 2:00.42 | |
19 | 20 | 292514 | HEEL Werner | 1982 | ITA | 2:00.42 | |
21 | 3 | 421483 | JANSRUD Kjetil | 1985 | NOR | 2:00.44 | |
22 | 6 | 510890 | ZURBRIGGEN Silvan | 1981 | SUI | 2:00.52 | |
23 | 14 | 511383 | FEUZ Beat | 1987 | SUI | 2:00.53 | |
24 | 46 | 191964 | POISSON David | 1982 | FRA | 2:00.66 | |
25 | 30 | 510767 | HOFFMANN Ambrosi | 1977 | SUI | 2:00.67 | |
26 | 10 | 51215 | BAUMANN Romed | 1986 | AUT | 2:00.74 | |
27 | 28 | 50858 | STREITBERGER Georg | 1981 | AUT | 2:00.87 | |
28 | 43 | 180570 | ROMAR Andreas | 1989 | FIN | 2:00.90 | |
29 | 27 | 511529 | GISIN Marc | 1988 | SUI | 2:00.94 | |
30 | 32 | 534939 | FISHER Erik | 1985 | USA | 2:00.96 | |
31 | 11 | 510727 | DEFAGO Didier | 1977 | SUI | 2:00.97 | |
32 | 44 | 561087 | MARKIC Gasper | 1986 | SLO | 2:00.99 | |
33 | 45 | 380292 | ZRNCIC-DIM Natko | 1986 | CRO | 2:01.07 | |
34 | 52 | 510747 | GRUENENFELDER Tobias | 1977 | SUI | 2:01.17 | |
35 | 23 | 291459 | PARIS Dominik | 1989 | ITA | 2:01.18 | |
36 | 29 | 501076 | OLSSON Hans | 1984 | SWE | 2:01.20 | |
36 | 25 | 102271 | HUDEC Jan | 1981 | CAN | 2:01.20 | |
38 | 24 | 192932 | FAYED Guillermo | 1985 | FRA | 2:01.26 | |
39 | 39 | 53817 | FRANZ Max | 1989 | AUT | 2:01.27 | |
40 | 36 | 530874 | GANONG Travis | 1988 | USA | 2:01.34 | |
41 | 51 | 294277 | KLOTZ Siegmar | 1987 | ITA | 2:01.38 | |
42 | 48 | 103271 | THOMSEN Benjamin | 1987 | CAN | 2:01.57 | |
43 | 35 | 533131 | SULLIVAN Marco | 1980 | USA | 2:01.65 | |
44 | 40 | 500150 | JAERBYN Patrik | 1969 | SWE | 2:01.67 | |
45 | 47 | 561067 | PERKO Rok | 1985 | SLO | 2:01.69 | |
46 | 57 | 561085 | KRIZAJ Andrej | 1986 | SLO | 2:01.73 | |
47 | 37 | 293550 | MARSAGLIA Matteo | 1985 | ITA | 2:01.83 | |
48 | 41 | 930024 | MAPLE Wiley | 1990 | USA | 2:02.49 | |
49 | 58 | 20267 | ESTEVE Kevin | 1989 | AND | 2:02.50 | |
50 | 56 | 990048 | BORSOTTI Giovanni | 1990 | ITA | 2:02.53 | |
51 | 53 | 103385 | PRIDY Conrad | 1988 | CAN | 2:02.84 | |
52 | 59 | 191746 | DE TESSIERES Gauthier | 1981 | FRA | 2:02.91 | |
53 | 61 | 531799 | FORD Tommy | 1989 | USA | 2:03.17 | |
54 | 49 | 531452 | BIESEMEYER Thomas | 1989 | USA | 2:03.27 | |
55 | 65 | 660021 | DANILOCHKIN Yuri | 1991 | BLR | 2:03.46 | |
56 | 63 | 90131 | GEORGIEV Georgi | 1987 | BUL | 2:04.02 | |
57 | 34 | 530939 | WEIBRECHT Andrew | 1986 | USA | 2:04.38 | |
58 | 62 | 92570 | GEORGIEV Svetoslav | 1991 | BUL | 2:06.04 | |
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64 | 92534 | CHONGAROV Nikola | 1989 | BUL | |||
60 | 561217 | KOSI Klemen | 1991 | SLO | |||
55 | 51401 | GRAF Bernhard | 1988 | AUT | |||
54 | 53902 | MAYER Matthias | 1990 | AUT | |||
50 | 561216 | KLINE Bostjan | 1991 | SLO | |||
33 | 102961 | DIXON Robbie | 1985 | CAN | |||
31 | 534562 | LIGETY Ted | 1984 | USA |