Nolan Kasper claims Europa Cup slalom podium

By Published On: December 17th, 2010Comments Off on 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

Place   Pozza
di Fassa (ITA)		   Discipline   Slalom
Date   17.12.2010   Category   European Cup
Race codex   0752   Gender   M
Valid for FIS Points   YES   TD Name   Huber Michael (AUT)
       
  
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       

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About the Author: Hank McKee

In memoriam: The veteran of the staff, McKee started with Ski Racing in 1980. Over the seasons, he covered virtually every aspect of the sport, from the pro tours to junior racing, freestyle and World Cup alpine competition. He wrote the first national stories for many U.S. team stars, and was still around to report on their retirements. “Longevity has its rewards,” he said, “but it’s a slow process.”

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