Nolan Kasper claims Europa Cup slalom podium
American ski racing fans don’t hear a lot about the Europa Cup for good reason. It’s a tough league – some say tougher than World Cup – and we have rarely had much to talk about. Not so much this season.
On the heels of an amazing performance in slalom at Obereggen, Italy from Will Gregorak and David Chodounsky the squad moved to Pozza di Fassa and two more American men sparkled with Nolan Kasper claiming second and Will Brandenburg fifth in a slalom won by Jens Byggmark of Sweden.
Team coach Ben Black said conditions could not have been more opposite then the injected rock hard surface of Obereggen. “Here was drier snow and super aggressive grippy snow and that played a large part in it.”
He said good efforts from the duo got them perfect start positions in the second heat. “Start position for second run was critical and those guys started six and eight. You could see in the first run that after 40 or 50 came down it was just trashed,” Black said.
“Nolan just absolutely sparked it. He skied out of his mind,” the coach said. The two Americans held positions one and two up until the last six skiers – the fastest of the first run – came down. “Byggmark got ahead of Nolan and then (Wolfgang) Hoerl and (Giuliano) Razzoli got by Will. … Nolan’s second run was unbelievable.”
The result was a huge confidence booster for both U.S. athletes. They’ll earn better start position and got a little cash for the finishes. -hm
Kasper photo from Val d’Isere by GEPA
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Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total Time | FIS Points |
1 | 1 | 501101 | BYGGMARK Jens | 1985 | SWE | 52.34 | 56.42 | 1:48.76 | 6.00 |
2 | 32 | 532138 | KASPER Nolan | 1989 | USA | 54.92 | 54.85 | 1:49.77 | 11.66 |
3 | 7 | 50981 | HOERL Wolfgang | 1983 | AUT | 52.77 | 57.09 | 1:49.86 | 12.17 |
4 | 13 | 293098 | RAZZOLI Giuliano | 1984 | ITA | 52.27 | 57.97 | 1:50.24 | 14.30 |
5 | 40 | 530165 | BRANDENBURG Will | 1987 | USA | 54.72 | 55.84 | 1:50.56 | 16.10 |
6 | 10 | 501111 | HARGIN Mattias | 1985 | SWE | 54.46 | 56.17 | 1:50.63 | 16.49 |
7 | 29 | 193347 | TISSOT Maxime | 1986 | FRA | 54.51 | 56.14 | 1:50.65 | 16.60 |
8 | 15 | 421400 | MYHRE Lars Elton | 1984 | NOR | 53.73 | 57.05 | 1:50.78 | 17.33 |
9 | 2 | 150594 | TREJBAL Filip | 1985 | CZE | 53.08 | 57.73 | 1:50.81 | 17.50 |
10 | 19 | 910000 | IMBODEN Urs | 1975 | MDA | 54.26 | 56.59 | 1:50.85 | 17.72 |
11 | 21 | 301312 | SASAKI Akira | 1981 | JPN | 53.39 | 57.53 | 1:50.92 | 18.11 |
11 | 9 | 561148 | SKUBE Matic | 1988 | SLO | 53.88 | 57.04 | 1:50.92 | 18.11 |
13 | 20 | 301709 | YUASA Naoki | 1983 | JPN | 54.12 | 56.88 | 1:51.00 | 18.56 |
13 | 18 | 560355 | VALENCIC Mitja | 1978 | SLO | 53.65 | 57.35 | 1:51.00 | 18.56 |
15 | 35 | 511908 | SCHMIDIGER Reto | 1992 | SUI | 54.68 | 56.42 | 1:51.10 | 19.12 |
16 | 22 | 102239 | COUSINEAU Julien | 1981 | CAN | 53.76 | 57.37 | 1:51.13 | 19.29 |
17 | 14 | 501116 | LAHDENPERAE Anton | 1985 | SWE | 54.15 | 57.09 | 1:51.24 | 19.91 |
18 | 46 | 293797 | GROSS Stefano | 1986 | ITA | 54.50 | 56.78 | 1:51.28 | 20.13 |
19 | 23 | 102912 | SPENCE Brad | 1984 | CAN | 54.22 | 57.09 | 1:51.31 | 20.30 |
20 | 28 | 421669 | HAUGEN Leif Kristian | 1987 | NOR | 54.98 | 56.38 | 1:51.36 | 20.58 |
21 | 26 | 193967 | MUFFAT JEANDET Victor | 1989 | FRA | 55.10 | 56.41 | 1:51.51 | 21.42 |
22 | 8 | 511174 | VOGEL Markus | 1984 | SUI | 53.90 | 57.70 | 1:51.60 | 21.93 |
23 | 16 | 192943 | OBERT Anthony | 1985 | FRA | 55.05 | 56.76 | 1:51.81 | 23.11 |
24 | 34 | 990048 | BORSOTTI Giovanni | 1990 | ITA | 54.78 | 57.49 | 1:52.27 | 25.69 |
25 | 33 | 30149 | SIMARI BIRKNER Cristian Javier | 1980 | ARG | 55.49 | 56.91 | 1:52.40 | 26.42 |
26 | 70 | 294890 | NANI Roberto | 1988 | ITA | 56.19 | 57.52 | 1:53.71 | 33.76 |
27 | 38 | 200337 | LIEBL Sebastian | 1989 | GER | 56.27 | 58.23 | 1:54.50 | 38.19 |
28 | 25 | 511504 | BONER Sandro | 1988 | SUI | 55.78 | 59.31 | 1:55.09 | 41.50 |
29 | 62 | 511217 | CUCHE Dimitri | 1985 | SUI | 56.53 | 58.79 | 1:55.32 | 42.79 |
30 | 50 | 150495 | VRABLIK Martin | 1982 | CZE | 55.85 | 59.65 | 1:55.50 | 43.80 |
31 | 92 | 54031 | LEITINGER Roland | 1991 | AUT | 56.93 | 58.67 | 1:55.60 | 44.36 |
32 | 67 | 220689 | RYDING David | 1986 | GBR | 56.32 | 59.31 | 1:55.63 | 44.53 |
32 | 39 | 480736 | KHOROSHILOV Alexander | 1984 | RUS | 56.92 | 58.71 | 1:55.63 | 44.53 |
34 | 77 | 422214 | CHRISTENSEN Simen Ramberg | 1993 | NOR | 57.56 | 58.39 | 1:55.95 | 46.33 |
35 | 79 | 53968 | BERTHOLD Frederic | 1991 | AUT | 57.07 | 59.30 | 1:56.37 | 48.68 |
36 | 64 | 501401 | SAXVALL Per | 1989 | SWE | 57.18 | 59.49 | 1:56.67 | 50.36 |
37 | 94 | 690571 | ROMANO Francesco | 1991 | ITA | 56.82 | 59.91 | 1:56.73 | 50.70 |
38 | 69 | 501557 | PIETILAE HOLMNER Johan | 1991 | SWE | 57.65 | 59.32 | 1:56.97 | 52.05 |
39 | 87 | 194262 | BUFFET Robin | 1991 | FRA | 57.62 | 59.98 | 1:57.60 | 55.58 |
40 | 88 | 561161 | JAZBEC Patrick | 1989 | SLO | 58.30 | 59.65 | 1:57.95 | 57.54 |
41 | 54 | 193866 | BLANC Norman | 1989 | FRA | 58.35 | 1:00.30 | 1:58.65 | 61.47 |
Disqualified 2nd run | |||||||||
12 | 511896 | MURISIER Justin | 1992 | SUI | |||||
Disqualified 1st run | |||||||||
95 | 690413 | FANTINO Antonio | 1991 | ITA | |||||
Did not start 2nd run | |||||||||
56 | 421849 | JOHANSEN Truls | 1989 | NOR | |||||
Did not start 1st run | |||||||||
47 | 51434 | TIPPELREITHER Matthias | 1988 | AUT | |||||
31 | 501384 | LINDGREN Tim | 1989 | SWE | |||||
Did not qualify 2nd run | |||||||||
84 | 293953 | SENONER Jonas | 1986 | ITA | |||||
82 | 302726 | MATSUMOTO Isato | 1987 | JPN | |||||
80 | 194381 | ROLLAND Mathias | 1991 | FRA | |||||
61 | 302982 | OHKOSHI Ryunosuke | 1988 | JPN | |||||
Did not finish 2nd run | |||||||||
98 | 6290886 | BACHER Fabian | 1993 | ITA | |||||
96 | 430429 | BYDLINSKI Maciej | 1988 | POL | |||||
91 | 990116 | DE ALIPRANDINI Luca | 1990 | ITA | |||||
85 | 561217 | KOSI Klemen | 1991 | SLO | |||||
72 | 561117 | KUERNER Miha | 1987 | SLO | |||||
68 | 290095 | BALLERIN Andrea | 1989 | ITA | |||||
65 | 421750 | HAUG Kristian | 1988 | NOR | |||||
63 | 194212 | THOULE Nicolas | 1990 | FRA | |||||
58 | 700830 | ZAMPA Adam | 1990 | SVK | |||||
55 | 180627 | MALMSTROM Victor | 1991 | FIN | |||||
52 | 193986 | PLACE Francois | 1989 | FRA | |||||
49 | 511513 | CAVIEZEL Mauro | 1988 | SUI | |||||
41 | 102727 | STUTZ Paul | 1983 | CAN | |||||
27 | 291034 | PLANK Andy | 1989 | ITA | |||||
5 | 50605 | HERBST Reinfried | 1978 | AUT | |||||
4 | 930107 | GREGORAK Will | 1990 | USA | |||||
3 | 194364 | PINTURAULT Alexis | 1991 | FRA | |||||
Did not finish 1st run | |||||||||
100 | 990217 | MARGUERETTAZ Thierry | 1990 | ITA | |||||
99 | 990231 | MIRIBUNG Stephan | 1990 | ITA | |||||
97 | 291230 | ROTA Nicola | 1989 | ITA | |||||
93 | 990051 | BOSCA Giulio | 1990 | ITA | |||||
90 | 180703 | PALONIEMI Santeri | 1993 | FIN | |||||
89 | 180567 | RASANEN Joonas | 1989 | FIN | |||||
86 | 202437 | LUITZ Stefan | 1992 | GER | |||||
83 | 180666 | TORSTI Samu | 1991 | FIN | |||||
81 | 294348 | PERAUDO Adam | 1987 | ITA | |||||
78 | 421828 | BUDAL Martin | 1989 | NOR | |||||
76 | 90131 | GEORGIEV Georgi | 1987 | BUL | |||||
75 | 293134 | THALER Matthias | 1984 | ITA | |||||
74 | 92534 | CHONGAROV Nikola | 1989 | BUL | |||||
73 | 511702 | LUESCHER Tim | 1990 | SUI | |||||
71 | 53889 | HIRSCHBUEHL Christian | 1990 | AUT | |||||
66 | 53922 | WIESER Manuel | 1990 | AUT | |||||
60 | 201422 | KOGLER Stefan | 1981 | GER | |||||
59 | 421954 | LYSDAHL Espen | 1990 | NOR | |||||
57 | 511574 | TUMLER Marco | 1988 | SUI | |||||
53 | 380290 | SAMSAL Dalibor | 1985 | CRO | |||||
51 | 560371 | DRAGSIC Mitja | 1979 | SLO | |||||
48 | 501255 | OEHAGEN Johan | 1987 | SWE | |||||
45 | 102456 | BIGGS Patrick | 1982 | CAN | |||||
44 | 51395 | DIGRUBER Marc | 1988 | AUT | |||||
43 | 102922 | WHITE Trevor | 1984 | CAN | |||||
42 | 194495 | FAIVRE Mathieu | 1992 | FRA | |||||
37 | 201896 | STEHLE Dominik | 1986 | GER | |||||
36 | 220083 | BAXTER Noel | 1981 | GBR | |||||
30 | 290732 | THALER Patrick | 1978 | ITA | |||||
24 | 500909 | ANDERSSON Oscar | 1982 | SWE | |||||
17 | 501223 | BAECK Axel | 1987 | SWE | |||||
11 | 534508 | CHODOUNSKY David | 1984 | USA | |||||
6 | 102435 | JANYK Michael | 1982 | CAN |