Levi Men’s Start List article 2026

Nov 14, 2026

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The men’s slalom World Cup season opens Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026, on Levi Black in Finland. The official start list includes 86 racers from 23 nations. The first run begins at 11 a.m. in Levi, with the second run at 2 p.m.

Clément Noël draws bib 1. Timon Haugan, Loïc Meillard, Atle Lie McGrath, Henrik Kristoffersen, Paco Rassat and defending Levi winner Lucas Pinheiro Braathen round out the first seven.

What to know before the Levi men’s slalom

  • 🇫🇮 FIN — Levi hosts the first men’s World Cup slalom of 2026-27. The FIS start list has 86 competitors from 23 nations.
  • 🇧🇷 BRA — Lucas Pinheiro Braathen returns as the defending Levi winner. He starts bib 7 and is fifth on the current slalom WCSL.
  • 🇺🇸 USA — Seven Americans are entered. Jevin Palmquist and Maximilien Hoder are set for their first World Cup starts; Bradshaw Underhill makes his second.
  • 🇬🇧 GBR — Laurie Taylor returns after a career-best fourth in Levi last season. Dave Ryding, who finished seventh, retired after the Olympics.
  • 🇨🇦 CAN — Liam Wallace is looking for his first World Cup points.
  • Ski Racing Media partner Liski is the official gate and protection sponsor for Levi.

Last year in Levi

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won the 2025 men’s slalom in Levi. Clément Noël finished second, with Finland’s Eduard Hallberg third. Laurie Taylor took fourth in a career-best World Cup result, while Timon Haugan placed fifth.

PlaceAthleteBibCountryYOBTimeDifference
1stLucas Pinheiro Braathen4🇧🇷 BRA20001:50.72—
2ndClément Noël6🇫🇷 FRA19971:51.03+0.31
3rdEduard Hallberg29🇫🇮 FIN20031:51.29+0.57
4thLaurie Taylor32🇬🇧 GBR19961:51.33+0.61
5thTimon Haugan3🇳🇴 NOR19961:51.49+0.77

Seven winners in 11 races

Men’s slalom is among Alpine World Cup racing’s least predictable disciplines. Last season, seven skiers won across 11 World Cup slaloms. Six of those winners are on Levi’s official start list: Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, Paco Rassat, Timon Haugan, Atle Lie McGrath, Clément Noël and Henrik Kristoffersen. Manuel Feller is the only 2025-26 winner not listed for Levi.

Top seven on the men’s slalom WCSL

All seven top-ranked skiers on the current men’s slalom World Cup Start List (WCSL) are entered. Their bibs reflect the Levi draw, not their WCSL order.

  • Bib 4 | 🇳🇴 NOR — Atle Lie McGrath | YOB 2000 | WCSL rank 1, 584 points | HEAD
  • Bib 5 | 🇳🇴 NOR — Henrik Kristoffersen | YOB 1994 | WCSL rank 2, 563 points | HEAD
  • Bib 2 | 🇳🇴 NOR — Timon Haugan | YOB 1996 | WCSL rank 3, 549 points
  • Bib 1 | 🇫🇷 FRA — Clément Noël | YOB 1997 | WCSL rank 4, 520 points
  • Bib 7 | 🇧🇷 BRA — Lucas Pinheiro Braathen | YOB 2000 | WCSL rank 5, 511 points | Atomic, Oakley
  • Bib 3 | 🇨🇭 SUI — Loïc Meillard | YOB 1996 | WCSL rank 6, 492 points
  • Bib 6 | 🇫🇷 FRA — Paco Rassat | YOB 1998 | WCSL rank 7, 387 points | HEAD

🇺🇸 USA — Stifel U.S. Ski Team

The U.S. has seven men on the start list. Five are named to the Stifel U.S. Ski Team; Jevin Palmquist and Bradshaw Underhill are programmed athletes who train with the team. Benjamin Ritchie and Jett Seymour are Stifel headgear athletes.

Hoder makes his World Cup debut after finishing as the top North American in the 2026 NorAm slalom standings and earning bronze in slalom at the 2026 Junior World Championships.

Programmed U.S. athletes

Jevin Palmquist and Bradshaw Underhill earned Levi starts and train with the Stifel U.S. Ski Team as programmed athletes.

A two-time NCAA All-American in 2025, Underhill finished fourth in giant slalom and sixth in slalom at the NCAA Championships. Levi will be his second World Cup start after the Schladming night GS in January.

Puckett returns after first points; Winters retires

Cooper Puckett scored his first World Cup points in Levi last season, finishing 26th in his first World Cup slalom. He was the only U.S. man to score in the race.

Luke Winters will not start in Levi after retiring this summer. Winters led the U.S. men for several seasons and broke through in 2022 with 129 World Cup points and a place at the World Cup Finals. After two seasons without points, he returned to the points last winter and finished 48th on the slalom WCSL with 12 points.

🇬🇧 GBR — Great Britain

Great Britain has four racers on the Levi start list. Last season’s race was a strong one for the team: Taylor finished fourth, Ryding seventh and Major 27th. Taylor’s fourth place was a career best. Ryding, Britain’s longtime leading slalom skier, retired after the Olympics.

  • Bib 19 | 🇬🇧 GBR — Laurie Taylor, YOB 1996 | WCSL rank 22, 112 points | HEAD.
  • Bib 36 | 🇬🇧 GBR — Billy Major, YOB 1996 | WCSL rank 36, 44 points | HEAD.
  • Bib 66 | 🇬🇧 GBR — Freddy Carrick-Smith, YOB 2007
  • Bib 73 | 🇬🇧 GBR — Zak Carrick-Smith, YOB 2007

🇨🇦 CAN — Canada

Liam Wallace is Canada’s only starter. He is searching for his first World Cup points and will race from bib 58.

🇧🇪 BEL — Sam Maes

Sam Maes trains with the Stifel U.S. Ski Team and starts from bib 38.

  • Bib 38 | 🇧🇪 BEL — Sam Maes, YOB 1998 | Slalom WCSL rank 39, 38 points | Trains with the Stifel U.S. Ski Team; Völkl, Marker, SHRED.

Spyder Redline Racing

Canada’s Liam Wallace and Brazil’s Christian Søvik train with Spyder Redline Racing. Søvik starts from bib 71.

  • Bib 71 | 🇧🇷 BRA — Christian Søvik, YOB 2001 | No SL WCSL points | Spyder Redline Racing; HEAD, SHRED.

Course setters

  • Run 1: 🇸🇪 SWE — I. Bjerkestrand
  • Run 2: 🇫🇷 FRA — M. Rolland
Shred

How to watch

United States: Peacock will stream both runs live and on demand. Watch Run 1 and Run 2 on Peacock. A free full-race replay will be available on the U.S. Ski & Snowboard YouTube channel 24 hours after the race.

Canada: Watch through CBC Sports or stream on CBC Gem.

Great Britain: Watch on TNT Sports or stream on HBO Max. Levi men’s slalom on TNT Sports.

When to watch

First run: 11:00 a.m. local (Levi) | 9:00 a.m. UK (GMT) | 4:00 a.m. ET | 1:00 a.m. PT

Second run: 2:00 p.m. local (Levi) | 12:00 p.m. UK (GMT) | 7:00 a.m. ET | 4:00 a.m. PT

The event-specific Peacock and TNT Sports links are for the men’s Levi slalom.

Daily Program

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First Run Starlist

About the Author: Peter Lange

Lange is the current Publisher of Ski Racing Media. However, over 38 seasons, he enjoyed coaching athletes of all ages and abilities. Lange’s experience includes leading Team America and working with National Team athletes from the United States, Norway, Austria, Australia, and Great Britain. He was the US Ski Team Head University Coach for the two seasons the program existed. Lange says, “In the end, the real value of this sport is the relationships you make, they are priceless.”

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