Will Gregorak second in Europa Cup slalom
The third slalom win of the Europa Cup season went to Patrick Thaler, but American Will Gregorak came from the 58th start position to finish second ahead of Cristian DeVille, a podium finisher in World Cup last week at Beaver Creek.
Canadian Brad Spence won the first leg of the event at Obereggen, Italy in a race held in fresh snow, but settled into the tenth place finish. Teammate Julian Cousineau finished seventh to top the Canadians.
Thaler moved up from the first run to take the win with a spectacular recovery filled charge, himself starting 51st on the day. All told 18 of the top ranked 35 slalom skiers in the world attended the event.
Top skiers Giuliano Razzoli and Nolan Kasper both failed to complete the first run, straddling gates.
The podium placing for Gregorak was his second at the site, having also finishing second at Obereggen’s slalom a season ago.
Gregorak photo by Josh Applegate, US Ski Team.
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Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total Time | FIS Points |
1 | 51 | 290732 | THALER Patrick | 1978 | ITA | 45.43 | 45.53 | 1:30.96 | 6.00 |
2 | 58 | 930107 | GREGORAK Will | 1990 | USA | 45.53 | 45.48 | 1:31.01 | 6.34 |
3 | 21 | 291145 | DEVILLE Cristian | 1981 | ITA | 44.29 | 46.74 | 1:31.03 | 6.47 |
4 | 61 | 150644 | KRYZL Krystof | 1986 | CZE | 45.35 | 45.76 | 1:31.11 | 7.01 |
5 | 52 | 293797 | GROSS Stefano | 1986 | ITA | 44.35 | 46.99 | 1:31.34 | 8.55 |
6 | 38 | 51434 | TIPPELREITHER Matthias | 1988 | AUT | 45.54 | 45.93 | 1:31.47 | 9.42 |
7 | 26 | 102239 | COUSINEAU Julien | 1981 | CAN | 44.95 | 46.58 | 1:31.53 | 9.82 |
8 | 55 | 480736 | KHOROSHILOV Alexander | 1984 | RUS | 45.53 | 46.11 | 1:31.64 | 10.56 |
9 | 17 | 511908 | SCHMIDIGER Reto | 1992 | SUI | 44.65 | 47.03 | 1:31.68 | 10.83 |
10 | 29 | 102912 | SPENCE Brad | 1984 | CAN | 44.21 | 47.51 | 1:31.72 | 11.10 |
11 | 34 | 202437 | LUITZ Stefan | 1992 | GER | 44.80 | 46.93 | 1:31.73 | 11.16 |
12 | 30 | 193347 | TISSOT Maxime | 1986 | FRA | 45.01 | 46.78 | 1:31.79 | 11.57 |
13 | 5 | 421400 | MYHRE Lars Elton | 1984 | NOR | 44.43 | 47.37 | 1:31.80 | 11.63 |
14 | 63 | 192504 | MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas | 1984 | FRA | 45.32 | 46.50 | 1:31.82 | 11.77 |
15 | 11 | 201891 | SCHMID Philipp | 1986 | GER | 44.55 | 47.31 | 1:31.86 | 12.04 |
16 | 2 | 194212 | THOULE Nicolas | 1990 | FRA | 44.40 | 47.57 | 1:31.97 | 12.77 |
17 | 33 | 700830 | ZAMPA Adam | 1990 | SVK | 44.32 | 47.67 | 1:31.99 | 12.91 |
18 | 20 | 501111 | HARGIN Mattias | 1985 | SWE | 45.02 | 46.99 | 1:32.01 | 13.04 |
19 | 3 | 561148 | SKUBE Matic | 1988 | SLO | 44.84 | 47.19 | 1:32.03 | 13.18 |
20 | 8 | 380290 | SAMSAL Dalibor | 1985 | CRO | 44.47 | 47.83 | 1:32.30 | 14.99 |
21 | 12 | 422082 | SOLEVAAG Sebastian-Foss | 1991 | NOR | 45.26 | 47.05 | 1:32.31 | 15.05 |
22 | 43 | 291318 | TONETTI Riccardo | 1989 | ITA | 45.62 | 47.10 | 1:32.72 | 17.80 |
23 | 41 | 193986 | PLACE Francois | 1989 | FRA | 45.57 | 47.34 | 1:32.91 | 19.08 |
23 | 23 | 501223 | BAECK Axel | 1987 | SWE | 45.10 | 47.81 | 1:32.91 | 19.08 |
25 | 1 | 501557 | PIETILAE HOLMNER Johan | 1991 | SWE | 45.57 | 48.11 | 1:33.68 | 24.24 |
26 | 39 | 291034 | PLANK Andy | 1989 | ITA | 45.97 | 47.83 | 1:33.80 | 25.05 |
27 | 64 | 51395 | DIGRUBER Marc | 1988 | AUT | 46.34 | 47.57 | 1:33.91 | 25.78 |
28 | 92 | 990128 | DI RONCO Jacopo | 1990 | ITA | 45.95 | 47.97 | 1:33.92 | 25.85 |
29 | 48 | 534508 | CHODOUNSKY David | 1984 | USA | 46.28 | 47.69 | 1:33.97 | 26.19 |
30 | 71 | 511574 | TUMLER Marco | 1988 | SUI | 45.92 | 48.09 | 1:34.01 | 26.45 |
31 | 81 | 194207 | THEOLIER Steven | 1990 | FRA | 46.32 | 48.12 | 1:34.44 | 29.34 |
32 | 15 | 561161 | JAZBEC Patrick | 1989 | SLO | 45.99 | 48.50 | 1:34.49 | 29.67 |
33 | 44 | 302982 | OHKOSHI Ryunosuke | 1988 | JPN | 46.33 | 48.20 | 1:34.53 | 29.94 |
34 | 9 | 421828 | BUDAL Martin | 1989 | NOR | 46.30 | 48.45 | 1:34.75 | 31.42 |
35 | 50 | 193334 | RIVAS Gabriel | 1986 | FRA | 46.82 | 48.00 | 1:34.82 | 31.89 |
36 | 10 | 201896 | STEHLE Dominik | 1986 | GER | 45.89 | 48.98 | 1:34.87 | 32.22 |
37 | 85 | 501401 | SAXVALL Per | 1989 | SWE | 46.92 | 48.05 | 1:34.97 | 32.89 |
38 | 84 | 291230 | ROTA Nicola | 1989 | ITA | 46.25 | 48.77 | 1:35.02 | 33.23 |
39 | 94 | 30266 | GASTALDI Sebastiano | 1991 | ARG | 46.76 | 48.36 | 1:35.12 | 33.90 |
40 | 77 | 421946 | KRISTIANSEN Emil Bjoertomt | 1990 | NOR | 46.75 | 48.41 | 1:35.16 | 34.17 |
41 | 66 | 301312 | SASAKI Akira | 1981 | JPN | 45.84 | 50.22 | 1:36.06 | 40.20 |
Disqualified 2nd run | |||||||||
53 | 50981 | HOERL Wolfgang | 1983 | AUT | |||||
Disqualified 1st run | |||||||||
18 | 990048 | BORSOTTI Giovanni | 1990 | ITA | |||||
Did not start 1st run | |||||||||
112 | 20328 | RUIZ ANTUNA Nil | 1991 | AND | |||||
108 | 20174 | VIDOSA Roger | 1984 | AND | |||||
19 | 292491 | MOELGG Manfred | 1982 | ITA | |||||
7 | 421849 | JOHANSEN Truls | 1989 | NOR | |||||
Did not qualify 2nd run | |||||||||
113 | 550054 | ZVEJNIEKS Kristaps | 1992 | LAT | |||||
111 | 54170 | MATT Michael | 1993 | AUT | |||||
105 | 6290062 | BARUFFALDI Stefano | 1992 | ITA | |||||
103 | 6290440 | ZINGERLE Alex | 1992 | ITA | |||||
100 | 990051 | BOSCA Giulio | 1990 | ITA | |||||
99 | 92534 | CHONGAROV Nikola | 1989 | BUL | |||||
93 | 320293 | KYUNG Sung-Hyun | 1990 | KOR | |||||
88 | 53969 | BISCHOF Martin | 1991 | AUT | |||||
82 | 193228 | GARDET Benjamin | 1986 | FRA | |||||
79 | 511996 | YULE Daniel | 1993 | SUI | |||||
76 | 301886 | TAKEDA Ryu | 1984 | JPN | |||||
75 | 194495 | FAIVRE Mathieu | 1992 | FRA | |||||
72 | 511983 | AERNI Luca | 1993 | SUI | |||||
62 | 53898 | KOENIG Thomas | 1990 | AUT | |||||
37 | 501458 | LINDH Calle | 1990 | SWE | |||||
24 | 102435 | JANYK Michael | 1982 | CAN | |||||
Did not finish 2nd run | |||||||||
89 | 194262 | BUFFET Robin | 1991 | FRA | |||||
87 | 290095 | BALLERIN Andrea | 1989 | ITA | |||||
78 | 194332 | MARICAL Antoine | 1991 | FRA | |||||
73 | 220689 | RYDING David | 1986 | GBR | |||||
69 | 531799 | FORD Tommy | 1989 | USA | |||||
68 | 511817 | STRICKER Martin | 1991 | SUI | |||||
65 | 501116 | LAHDENPERAE Anton | 1985 | SWE | |||||
57 | 150594 | TREJBAL Filip | 1985 | CZE | |||||
54 | 102727 | STUTZ Paul | 1983 | CAN | |||||
47 | 530165 | BRANDENBURG Will | 1987 | USA | |||||
45 | 200337 | LIEBL Sebastian | 1989 | GER | |||||
42 | 501529 | GUNNARSSON Henrik | 1991 | SWE | |||||
40 | 500909 | ANDERSSON Oscar | 1982 | SWE | |||||
36 | 422214 | CHRISTENSEN Simen Ramberg | 1993 | NOR | |||||
27 | 560355 | VALENCIC Mitja | 1978 | SLO | |||||
25 | 50624 | PRANGER Manfred | 1978 | AUT | |||||
14 | 481006 | ZUEV Stepan | 1988 | RUS | |||||
13 | 481148 | MAYTAKOV Sergei | 1990 | RUS | |||||
Did not finish 1st run | |||||||||
110 | 511718 | PLEISCH Manuel | 1990 | SUI | |||||
109 | 110266 | ANGUITA Martin | 1991 | CHI | |||||
107 | 690571 | ROMANO Francesco | 1991 | ITA | |||||
106 | 6290183 | RONCI Giordano | 1992 | ITA | |||||
104 | 293953 | SENONER Jonas | 1986 | ITA | |||||
102 | 700851 | SIRAN Vladimir | 1991 | SVK | |||||
101 | 6290540 | DE VETTORI Matteo | 1993 | ITA | |||||
98 | 990132 | EISATH Michael | 1990 | ITA | |||||
97 | 320244 | KIM Woo-Sung | 1986 | KOR | |||||
96 | 511776 | GASPOZ Vincent | 1991 | SUI | |||||
95 | 511852 | CAVIEZEL Gino | 1992 | SUI | |||||
91 | 180703 | PALONIEMI Santeri | 1993 | FIN | |||||
90 | 53889 | HIRSCHBUEHL Christian | 1990 | AUT | |||||
86 | 60160 | ALAERTS Kai | 1989 | BEL | |||||
83 | 303097 | ISHII Tomoya | 1989 | JPN | |||||
80 | 421791 | STAURSET Bjoern Tore | 1988 | NOR | |||||
74 | 150495 | VRABLIK Martin | 1982 | CZE | |||||
70 | 501384 | LINDGREN Tim | 1989 | SWE | |||||
67 | 511702 | LUESCHER Tim | 1990 | SUI | |||||
60 | 421669 | HAUGEN Leif Kristian | 1987 | NOR | |||||
59 | 50824 | DREIER Christoph | 1981 | AUT | |||||
56 | 510997 | BERTHOD Marc | 1983 | SUI | |||||
49 | 534040 | COCHRAN Jimmy | 1981 | USA | |||||
46 | 54027 | BRENNSTEINER Stefan | 1991 | AUT | |||||
35 | 561244 | KRANJEC Zan | 1992 | SLO | |||||
32 | 320266 | JUNG Dong-Hyun | 1988 | KOR | |||||
31 | 102922 | WHITE Trevor | 1984 | CAN | |||||
28 | 301709 | YUASA Naoki | 1983 | JPN | |||||
22 | 293098 | RAZZOLI Giuliano | 1984 | ITA | |||||
16 | 532138 | KASPER Nolan | 1989 | USA | |||||
6 | 294890 | NANI Roberto | 1988 | ITA | |||||
4 | 193967 | MUFFAT JEANDET Victor | 1989 | FRA |