Matt, Hoeie Gjefsen win Blue Mountain ski cross World Cup
World champion Andreas Matt of Austria and Marte Hoeie Gjefsen of Norway took home the wins today (Jan. 20) at the sixth World Cup ski cross race of the season in Blue Mountain, Ontario. Hoeie Gjefsen notched her first career World Cup win and Matt grabbed his second at the first race of its kind to be held in Ontario.
Canadian Ashleigh McIvor, who won her first World Cup in Les Contamines, France two weeks ago, grabbed her fourth podium of the season in second ahead of Slovenia’s Sasa Faric in third with her first podium of the year. Austria’s Katharina Gutenhsohn finished last in the four-woman final heat for a fourth-place finish.
McIvor won her first three final heats before falling behind Hoeie Gjefsen in the medal round.
Three more Canadian women packed the top ten for the home team as Danielle Poleschuk finished sixth, Kelsey Serwa, last week’s winner in Alpe d’Huez, took ninth and Julia Murray claimed tenth.
Women’s ski cross legend, France’s Ophelie David finished fifth after falling in the semifinal, missing the podium for only the fourth time in her last 22 World Cup starts; a streak that stretches back two years. She was back on her feat and the fastest in the small final.
American women Caitlin Ciccone and Langley McNeal both made the women’s final, scoring points in 27th and 30th, respectively.
David maintains her lead in the overall standings with 415 points. McIvor and Murray trail with 387 and 279, respectively.
On the men’s side, Matt outlasted Sweden’s Lars Lewel in second and Austrian teammate Patrick Koller in third. World Cup standings leader, Switzerland’s Michael Schmid fell in the final heat, earning a fourth-place finish.
The Canadian men had a strong showing at home with four guys in the top ten. Brady Leman (5th), Stanley Hayer (7th), David Duncan (9th) and last week’s winner in Alpe d’Huez, Christopher Del Bosco (10th) all scored points for the Olympic host nation, less than a month before their sport makes its Olympic debut at the Vancouver Games.
With Casey Puckett out nursing a separated shoulder joint and Daron Rahlves saving his best for next weekend’s X-Games, no American men made it into the top 32 to race in the final. Justin Johnson led the pack in 47th.
Schmid now has a commanding 119-point lead on France’s Xavier Kuhn (17th today) in the overall World Cup standings. Matt follows in third 164 points off the leading pace.
The ski cross World Cup now heads to Lake Placid, New York for the final competition (Jan. 24) before the Vancouver Games. Ski cross is also part of the X-Games next week in Aspen, Colo.
Click the attachments below to see the complete brackets.
Men’s results
1 | 5 | 2451417 | MATT Andreas | 1982 | AUT | 1000.00 | ||
2 | 9 | 2387009 | LEWEN Lars | 1975 | SWE | 800.00 | ||
3 | 16 | 2484604 | KOLLER Patrick | 1983 | AUT | 600.00 | ||
4 | 2 | 2455006 | SCHMID Michael | 1984 | SUI | 500.00 | ||
5 | 19 | 2527286 | LEMAN Brady | 1986 | CAN | 450.00 | ||
6 | 22 | 2412617 | SPALINGER Richard | 1975 | SUI | 400.00 | ||
7 | 4 | 2526725 | HAYER Stanley | 1973 | CAN | 360.00 | ||
8 | 7 | 2527501 | HOFER Beni | 1978 | SUI | 320.00 | ||
9 | 1 | 2526897 | DUNCAN David | 1982 | CAN | 290.00 | ||
10 | 12 | 2526820 | DELBOSCO Christopher | 1982 | CAN | 260.00 | ||
10 | 11 | 2526291 | NIEDERER Armin | 1987 | SUI | 260.00 | ||
12 | 13 | 2450835 | MIAILLIER Sylvain | 1986 | FRA | 220.00 | ||
13 | 15 | 2447828 | BARR Davey | 1977 | CAN | 200.00 | ||
14 | 25 | 2422026 | LENEL Robin | 1985 | FRA | 180.00 | ||
15 | 26 | 2484763 | REKDAL Anders | 1987 | NOR | 160.00 | ||
16 | 30 | 2384390 | WITTNER Markus | 1973 | AUT | 150.00 | ||
17 | 3 | 2389531 | KUHN Xavier | 1978 | FRA | 140.00 | ||
18 | 6 | 2484562 | PICCARD Ted | 1978 | FRA | 130.00 | ||
19 | 8 | 2389628 | GAVAGGIO Enak | 1976 | FRA | 120.00 | ||
20 | 10 | 2527361 | PELLINEN Jouni | 1983 | FIN | 110.00 | ||
21 | 17 | 2412132 | HAUKKALA Juha | 1978 | FIN | 100.00 | ||
22 | 18 | 2526789 | STICKL Simon | 1987 | GER | 90.00 | ||
23 | 20 | 2400395 | ELIASSON Tommy | 1980 | SWE | 80.00 | ||
24 | 21 | 2448410 | NETZER Conradign | 1980 | SUI | 70.00 | ||
25 | 23 | 2527676 | FIALA Martin | 1968 | GER | 60.00 | ||
26 | 24 | 2190772 | TAKIZAWA Hiroomi | 1973 | JPN | 50.00 | ||
27 | 27 | 2526239 | FABRE Olivier | 1983 | FRA | 45.00 | ||
28 | 28 | 2527138 | KERR Errol | 1986 | JAM | 40.00 | ||
29 | 29 | 2528109 | HVERVEN Jonathan | 1985 | NOR | 36.00 | ||
30 | 31 | 2527511 | SOEVIK Boerge | 1982 | NOR | 32.00 | ||
31 | 32 | 2386718 | ILJANS Eric | 1969 | SWE | 28.00 | ||
32 | 2527284 | ZORICIC Nick | 1983 | CAN | 26.00 | |||
33 | 2412714 | SAFAR Zdenek | 1978 | CZE | 24.00 | |||
34 | 2528200 | FISCHER Thomas | 1986 | GER | 22.00 | |||
35 | 2485244 | SCHAUER Andreas | 1986 | GER | 20.00 | |||
36 | 2526137 | FORSLUND Michael | 1986 | SWE | 19.70 | |||
37 | 2526879 | STENGG Florian | 1989 | AUT | 19.40 | |||
38 | 2395739 | AUDERER Wolfgang | 1981 | AUT | 19.10 | |||
39 | 2527607 | BORGE LIE Thomas | 1985 | NOR | 18.80 | |||
40 | 2527624 | GASSER Patrick | 1985 | SUI | 18.50 | |||
41 | 2385263 | KONO Kenji | 1983 | JPN | 18.20 | |||
42 | 2527542 | ASTIER Florent | 1986 | FRA | 17.90 | |||
43 | 2484520 | BENNETT Brian | 1980 | CAN | 17.60 | |||
44 | 2412229 | KARHUMAKI Tuomas | 1981 | FIN | 17.30 | |||
45 | 2527030 | WOELFL Mathias | 1984 | GER | 17.00 | |||
46 | 2526694 | DOI Toshiyuki | 1978 | JPN | 16.70 | |||
47 | 2526635 | JOHNSON Justin | 1977 | USA | 16.40 | |||
48 | 2384681 | WALDNER Klaus | 1980 | AUT | 16.10 | |||
49 | 2400298 | JOSEFSSON Ted | 1977 | SWE | 15.80 | |||
50 | 2485016 | DANILOV Artem | 1986 | RUS | 15.50 | |||
51 | 2525886 | KOROTKOV Egor | 1986 | RUS | 15.20 | |||
52 | 2528136 | DURAN Patrick | 1985 | USA | 14.90 | |||
53 | 2527399 | TELLER John | 1983 | USA | 14.60 | |||
54 | 2387591 | IEZZA Massimiliano | 1974 | ITA | 14.30 | |||
55 | 2526943 | RUDIGOZ Jean Christophe | 1981 | USA | 14.00 | |||
56 | 2527760 | REY Stanislas | 1988 | CAN | 13.70 | |||
57 | 2391471 | MANI Alois | 1983 | SUI | 13.40 | |||
58 | 2526293 | ANDERSSON Niklas | 1981 | SWE | 13.10 | |||
59 | 2527631 | HOLMES David | 1979 | CAN | 0.00 | |||
60 | 2385748 | MATSUBARA Ryosuke | 1979 | JPN | 0.00 | |||
61 | 2527325 | NAKAMURA Masaru | 1987 | JPN | 0.00 | |||
62 | 2527629 | DOLAN Clay | 1978 | CAN | 0.00 | |||
63 | 2527303 | WINTER Sven | 1988 | CAN | 0.00 | |||
64 | 2527615 | HORN Scott | 1988 | USA | 0.00 | |||
Disqualified | ||||||||
2392635 | STEFFEN Andreas | 1975 | SUI | |||||
2525885 | BONDAR Alexandr | 1988 | RUS |
Women’s results
1 | 22 | 2527513 | HOEIE GJEFSEN Marte | 1989 | NOR | 1000.00 | ||
2 | 1 | 2484439 | MCIVOR Ashleigh | 1983 | CAN | 800.00 | ||
3 | 21 | 2444045 | FARIC Sasa | 1984 | SLO | 600.00 | ||
4 | 10 | 2484707 | GUTENSOHN Katharina | 1966 | AUT | 500.00 | ||
5 | 3 | 2394866 | DAVID Ophelie | 1976 | FRA | 450.00 | ||
6 | 8 | 2527287 | POLESCHUK Danielle | 1986 | CAN | 400.00 | ||
7 | 18 | 2526363 | MUELLER Katrin | 1989 | SUI | 360.00 | ||
8 | 6 | 2386815 | ILJANS Magdalena | 1969 | SWE | 320.00 | ||
9 | 2 | 2527273 | SERWA Kelsey | 1989 | CAN | 290.00 | ||
10 | 5 | 2526906 | MURRAY Julia | 1988 | CAN | 260.00 | ||
11 | 12 | 2484546 | MANHARD Julia | 1987 | GER | 240.00 | ||
12 | 13 | 2526373 | SMITH Fanny | 1992 | SUI | 220.00 | ||
13 | 15 | 2527570 | LIMBACHER Andrea | 1989 | AUT | 200.00 | ||
14 | 17 | 2527434 | ZACHER Heidi | 1988 | GER | 180.00 | ||
15 | 27 | 2526828 | GREIG Michelle | 1988 | NZE | 160.00 | ||
16 | 32 | 2527006 | STEPANOVA Nataliya | 1987 | RUS | 150.00 | ||
17 | 4 | 2526237 | JOSSERAND Marion | 1986 | FRA | 140.00 | ||
18 | 7 | 2396612 | HUTTARY Karin | 1977 | AUT | 130.00 | ||
19 | 9 | 2484342 | FJELLVANG-SOELLING Sophie | 1981 | DAN | 120.00 | ||
20 | 11 | 2415721 | BOULANGEAT Meryll | 1986 | FRA | 110.00 | ||
21 | 14 | 2387882 | CLINE Aleisha | 1970 | CAN | 100.00 | ||
22 | 16 | 2485085 | OWENS Jenny | 1978 | AUS | 90.00 | ||
23 | 19 | 2526015 | OFNER Katrin | 1990 | AUT | 80.00 | ||
24 | 20 | 2448604 | MURK Seraina | 1971 | SUI | 70.00 | ||
25 | 23 | 2323372 | CREMA Katya | 1988 | AUS | 60.00 | ||
26 | 24 | 2526328 | KENNEDY Sami | 1988 | AUS | 50.00 | ||
27 | 25 | 2527390 | CICCONE Caitlin | 1985 | USA | 45.00 | ||
28 | 26 | 2526527 | BRENDENGEN JENSEN Julie | 1990 | NOR | 40.00 | ||
29 | 28 | 2452775 | FUKUSHIMA Noriko | 1979 | JPN | 36.00 | ||
30 | 29 | 2526895 | MCNEAL Langely | 1984 | USA | 32.00 | ||
31 | 30 | 2526819 | SAUVEY Sarah | 1983 | GBR | 28.00 | ||
32 | 31 | 2484649 | SARSFIELD Emily | 1983 | GBR | 26.00 | ||
33 | 2527429 | NEDELCU Ruxandra | 1984 | ROU | 24.00 | |||
34 | 2525884 | LIVINSKAYA Yulia | 1990 | RUS | 0.00 | |||
35 | 2525881 | STRUK Viktoria | 1988 | RUS | 0.00 | |||
36 | 2485279 | DELGADO Rocio | 1977 | SPA | 0.00 | |||
Did not finish | ||||||||
2404663 | STEFFEN Franziska | 1981 | SUI |
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