'Downtown' Phil Brown wins Europa Cup GS

Phil Brown in the finish area at Soelden. GEPA

The sole Canadian to score at the opening World Cup giant slalom in Soelden was all smiles once again after the first European Cup GS races in Levi, Finland. Wearing bib 32, ‘Downtown’ Phil Brown secured his career-first Europa Cup podium on Thursday in a tie for third with Germany’s Dominik Schwaiger. Then on Friday, he rallied for the win ahead of Switzerland’s Elia Zurbriggen and Austria’s Roland Leitinger.

Thursday’s GS podium. Facebook

“Fired up about earning my first career European Cup podium in a tie for third. Crazy how this sport works,” the 23-year-old Toronto native posted on Facebook before adding, “Crazy couple of days in Levi. First podium yesterday and first win today! Finally found that gear I’ve been searching for in the second run. Thanks for all the support!”

Samu Torsti of Finland claimed victory in Thursday’s race, followed by the Norwegian Rasmus Windingstad in second. Canadian Trevor Philp (who also races for the University of Denver) was the next best North American behind Brown in 17th. Americans Kieffer Christianson and Michael Ankeny finished 27th and 28th, respectively.

A tighter race on Friday saw Brown win by a scant 0.03 second. Norway continued to favor well, lead by Windingstad in fifith and placing four athletes inside the top 15. Philp finished 18th and Ankeny was 26th to round out the North Americans in the top 30.

The Europa Cup series in Levi continues Saturday and Sunday with two men’s slalom races.

RESULTS – Nov. 20, 2014

Rank	Bib	FIS Code	Name	Year	Nation	Run 1	Run 2	Total Time	Diff.	FIS Points
1	7	180666	TORSTI Samu	1991	FIN	1:06.19	1:05.70	2:11.89		6.00
2	6	422278	WINDINGSTAD Rasmus	1993	NOR	1:06.59	1:05.65	2:12.24	+0.35	8.60
3	32	103676	BROWN Phil	1991	CAN	1:07.17	1:05.67	2:12.84	+0.95	13.06
3	4	202345	SCHWAIGER Dominik	1991	GER	1:07.18	1:05.66	2:12.84	+0.95	13.06
5	3	511852	CAVIEZEL Gino	1992	SUI	1:07.19	1:05.74	2:12.93	+1.04	13.73
6	28	192665	GRANGE Jean-Baptiste	1984	FRA	1:07.50	1:05.47	2:12.97	+1.08	14.02
7	41	511896	MURISIER Justin	1992	SUI	1:07.70	1:05.46	2:13.16	+1.27	15.44
8	10	54027	BRENNSTEINER Stefan	1991	AUT	1:06.64	1:06.57	2:13.21	+1.32	15.81
9	16	481327	TRIKHICHEV Pavel	1992	RUS	1:07.06	1:06.24	2:13.30	+1.41	16.48
10	5	561244	KRANJEC Zan	1992	SLO	1:07.37	1:05.95	2:13.32	+1.43	16.63
11	26	54031	LEITINGER Roland	1991	AUT	1:07.72	1:05.65	2:13.37	+1.48	17.00
12	14	511741	ZURBRIGGEN Elia	1990	SUI	1:07.47	1:06.00	2:13.47	+1.58	17.74
13	34	501458	LINDH Calle	1990	SWE	1:07.13	1:06.35	2:13.48	+1.59	17.81
14	45	202451	STRASSER Linus	1992	GER	1:07.75	1:05.76	2:13.51	+1.62	18.04
15	58	291318	TONETTI Riccardo	1989	ITA	1:07.66	1:06.08	2:13.74	+1.85	19.75
16	1	990048	BORSOTTI Giovanni	1990	ITA	1:07.55	1:06.27	2:13.82	+1.93	20.34
17	36	103865	PHILP Trevor	1992	CAN	1:08.33	1:05.60	2:13.93	+2.04	21.16
18	30	150644	KRYZL Krystof	1986	CZE	1:07.37	1:06.63	2:14.00	+2.11	21.68
19	19	202535	DRESSEN Thomas	1993	GER	1:08.08	1:06.00	2:14.08	+2.19	22.27
20	13	422073	NETELAND Bjoernar	1991	NOR	1:07.74	1:06.47	2:14.21	+2.32	23.24
21	75	180627	MALMSTROM Victor	1991	FIN	1:08.13	1:06.09	2:14.22	+2.33	23.31
22	31	700830	ZAMPA Adam	1990	SVK	1:08.07	1:06.24	2:14.31	+2.42	23.98
23	9	501324	OLSSON Matts	1988	SWE	1:08.17	1:06.18	2:14.35	+2.46	24.28
24	22	400237	MEINERS Maarten	1992	NED	1:08.17	1:06.28	2:14.45	+2.56	25.02
25	8	193986	PLACE Francois	1989	FRA	1:07.85	1:06.68	2:14.53	+2.64	25.62
26	33	511718	PLEISCH Manuel	1990	SUI	1:08.42	1:06.20	2:14.62	+2.73	26.29
27	24	6530115	CHRISTIANSON Kieffer	1992	USA	1:08.46	1:06.59	2:15.05	+3.16	29.48
28	42	934502	ANKENY Michael	1991	USA	1:08.29	1:06.78	2:15.07	+3.18	29.63
29	63	6291430	MAURBERGER Simon	1995	ITA	1:08.08	1:07.02	2:15.10	+3.21	29.85
30	35	202597	SCHMID Alexander	1994	GER	1:08.65	1:06.51	2:15.16	+3.27	30.30
31	25	511808	SCHMED Fernando	1991	SUI	1:08.60	1:06.57	2:15.17	+3.28	30.37
32	55	54080	NEUMAYER Christopher	1992	AUT	1:08.37	1:06.87	2:15.24	+3.35	30.89
33	11	422390	MONSEN Marcus	1995	NOR	1:08.37	1:06.96	2:15.33	+3.44	31.56
34	20	54093	STROLZ Johannes	1992	AUT	1:08.42	1:06.93	2:15.35	+3.46	31.71
35	66	180705	PIRINEN Eemeli	1993	FIN	1:08.68	1:06.82	2:15.50	+3.61	32.82
35	27	380335	ZUBCIC Filip	1993	CRO	1:08.35	1:07.15	2:15.50	+3.61	32.82
37	23	202265	STAUBITZER Benedikt	1990	GER	1:08.32	1:07.24	2:15.56	+3.67	33.27
38	38	481103	ANDRIENKO Aleksander	1990	RUS	1:08.85	1:06.80	2:15.65	+3.76	33.94
39	64	501898	ROENNGREN Mattias	1993	SWE	1:09.10	1:06.86	2:15.96	+4.07	36.24
40	61	194650	PICCARD Roy	1993	FRA	1:09.03	1:06.99	2:16.02	+4.13	36.69
41	80	561322	HADALIN Stefan	1995	SLO	1:08.31	1:07.80	2:16.11	+4.22	37.36
42	71	534508	CHODOUNSKY David	1984	USA	1:08.38	1:07.78	2:16.16	+4.27	37.73
42	56	194858	ALLEGRE Nils	1994	FRA	1:08.62	1:07.54	2:16.16	+4.27	37.73
44	46	103729	READ Erik	1991	CAN	1:08.82	1:07.40	2:16.22	+4.33	38.17
45	78	6291725	ZINGERLE Hannes	1995	ITA	1:09.15	1:07.20	2:16.35	+4.46	39.14
46	62	561254	ZERAK Misel	1992	SLO	1:08.49	1:07.87	2:16.36	+4.47	39.21
47	48	194935	FAVROT Thibaut	1994	FRA	1:08.92	1:07.45	2:16.37	+4.48	39.29
48	39	54104	WALCH Magnus	1992	AUT	1:08.89	1:07.53	2:16.42	+4.53	39.66
49	43	194686	FABRE Jonas	1993	FRA	1:08.95	1:07.48	2:16.43	+4.54	39.73
50	29	303097	ISHII Tomoya	1989	JPN	1:09.04	1:07.42	2:16.46	+4.57	39.96
51	65	202520	HOLZMANN Sebastian	1993	GER	1:08.81	1:07.70	2:16.51	+4.62	40.33
52	15	53985	MATHIS Marcel	1991	AUT	1:08.88	1:07.67	2:16.55	+4.66	40.63
53	92	194262	BUFFET Robin	1991	FRA	1:09.16	1:07.66	2:16.82	+4.93	42.63
54	53	54169	LENGAUER-STOCKNER Hannes	1993	AUT	1:09.08	1:07.87	2:16.95	+5.06	43.60
55	17	194457	GALEOTTI Greg	1992	FRA	1:07.98	1:09.15	2:17.13	+5.24	44.94
56	50	511902	ZENHAEUSERN Ramon	1992	SUI	1:09.13	1:08.07	2:17.20	+5.31	45.46
Did not start 2nd run
	60	480736	KHOROSHILOV Alexander	1984	RUS
	2	54063	FELLER Manuel	1992	AUT
Did not start 1st run
	88	530837	KELLEY Tim	1986	USA
Did not qualify 2nd run
	108	92720	POPOV Albert	1997	BUL
	107	60253	MARCHANT Armand	1997	BEL
	106	6290886	BACHER Fabian	1993	ITA
	105	390037	LUIK Tonis	1995	EST
	104	180731	DAHL Juho	1994	FIN
	103	180718	HENTTINEN Jens	1993	FIN
	102	180722	KUUKKA Justus	1994	FIN
	101	501992	GRAHN Dan Axel	1994	SWE
	100	481549	STUKOV Maksim	1994	RUS
	99	380290	SAMSAL Dalibor	1985	HUN
	98	180791	MUSTALAHTI Jaakko	1996	FIN
	97	561291	GROSELJ Zan	1993	SLO
	96	180732	NIEMELA Arttu	1994	FIN
	95	491356	CARRERAS Pol	1990	SPA
	94	180704	PELTOLA Kalle	1993	FIN
	93	501994	SUNDQUIST Max-gordon	1994	SWE
	91	532138	KASPER Nolan	1989	USA
	90	320266	JUNG Dong-hyun	1988	KOR
	89	221112	MOYNIHAN Nicholas	1994	GBR
	87	422300	EIDE Peder Dahlum	1994	NOR
	86	180729	SVENSK Mikael	1994	FIN
	83	422403	ROEA Henrik	1995	NOR
	82	6291574	SALA Tommaso	1995	ITA
	81	54176	ZIMMERMANN Paul	1993	AUT
	79	422195	BERGER Kristoffer	1993	NOR
	77	6290183	RONCI Giordano	1992	ITA
	76	501987	MONSEN Felix	1994	SWE
	74	422318	ROEISLAND Max	1994	NOR
	73	511988	GENOUD Amaury	1993	SUI
	72	6290764	RIORDA Luca	1993	ITA
	70	930107	GREGORAK Will	1990	USA
	69	370022	JENOT Olivier	1988	MON
	68	550054	ZVEJNIEKS Kristaps	1992	LAT
	67	934566	ROBERTS Hig	1991	USA
	59	700879	ZAMPA Andreas	1993	SVK
	54	304242	NARITA Hideyuki	1993	JPN
	52	511776	GASPOZ Vincent	1991	SUI
	51	690208	DELSANTE Rocco	1991	ITA
	49	290095	BALLERIN Andrea	1989	ITA
	37	934523	ENGEL Mark	1991	USA
	21	54320	SCHWARZ Marco	1995	AUT
	18	511857	JENAL Sandro	1992	SUI
	12	422275	JOHANSEN Ola Buer	1993	NOR
Did not finish 2nd run
	57	6190074	GATEAU Elie	1995	FRA
	44	194146	LAMBERT Nicolas	1990	FRA
Did not finish 1st run
	109	512014	NIEDERBERGER Bernhard	1993	SUI
	85	6531063	GINNIS AJ	1994	USA
	84	481322	ANDREEVSKIY Alexey	1992	RUS
	47	930160	KELLEY Robby	1990	USA
	40	530758	COHEE Nick	1988	USA

RESULTS – Nov. 21, 2014

Rank	Bib	FIS Code	Name	Year	Nation	Run 1	Run 2	Total Time	Diff.	FIS Points
1	4	103676	BROWN Phil	1991	CAN	1:06.21	1:05.74	2:11.95		6.00
2	11	511741	ZURBRIGGEN Elia	1990	SUI	1:05.93	1:06.05	2:11.98	+0.03	6.22
3	15	54031	LEITINGER Roland	1991	AUT	1:05.90	1:06.22	2:12.12	+0.17	7.26
4	9	511896	MURISIER Justin	1992	SUI	1:05.52	1:06.82	2:12.34	+0.39	8.90
5	6	422278	WINDINGSTAD Rasmus	1993	NOR	1:05.86	1:06.62	2:12.48	+0.53	9.94
6	23	422073	NETELAND Bjoernar	1991	NOR	1:06.05	1:06.50	2:12.55	+0.60	10.46
7	5	990048	BORSOTTI Giovanni	1990	ITA	1:06.37	1:06.22	2:12.59	+0.64	10.75
8	7	202345	SCHWAIGER Dominik	1991	GER	1:06.49	1:06.11	2:12.60	+0.65	10.83
9	16	501324	OLSSON Matts	1988	SWE	1:06.25	1:06.43	2:12.68	+0.73	11.42
10	17	202451	STRASSER Linus	1992	GER	1:06.20	1:06.50	2:12.70	+0.75	11.57
11	1	180666	TORSTI Samu	1991	FIN	1:05.77	1:06.97	2:12.74	+0.79	11.87
12	25	422275	JOHANSEN Ola Buer	1993	NOR	1:06.49	1:06.26	2:12.75	+0.80	11.94
13	21	422390	MONSEN Marcus	1995	NOR	1:06.17	1:06.59	2:12.76	+0.81	12.02
14	3	511852	CAVIEZEL Gino	1992	SUI	1:06.52	1:06.30	2:12.82	+0.87	12.46
15	8	192665	GRANGE Jean-Baptiste	1984	FRA	1:06.72	1:06.17	2:12.89	+0.94	12.98
16	27	700830	ZAMPA Adam	1990	SVK	1:06.36	1:06.54	2:12.90	+0.95	13.06
17	18	291318	TONETTI Riccardo	1989	ITA	1:05.75	1:07.18	2:12.93	+0.98	13.28
18	19	103865	PHILP Trevor	1992	CAN	1:06.64	1:06.36	2:13.00	+1.05	13.80
19	28	400237	MEINERS Maarten	1992	NED	1:06.28	1:06.73	2:13.01	+1.06	13.87
20	2	561244	KRANJEC Zan	1992	SLO	1:06.70	1:06.32	2:13.02	+1.07	13.95
21	35	481103	ANDRIENKO Aleksander	1990	RUS	1:06.85	1:06.26	2:13.11	+1.16	14.62
22	26	180627	MALMSTROM Victor	1991	FIN	1:06.85	1:06.29	2:13.14	+1.19	14.84
23	47	511808	SCHMED Fernando	1991	SUI	1:06.74	1:06.54	2:13.28	+1.33	15.88
24	84	422403	ROEA Henrik	1995	NOR	1:07.06	1:06.32	2:13.38	+1.43	16.62
24	20	150644	KRYZL Krystof	1986	CZE	1:06.48	1:06.90	2:13.38	+1.43	16.62
26	31	934502	ANKENY Michael	1991	USA	1:06.46	1:07.08	2:13.54	+1.59	17.81
27	53	194858	ALLEGRE Nils	1994	FRA	1:06.72	1:06.89	2:13.61	+1.66	18.33
28	62	180705	PIRINEN Eemeli	1993	FIN	1:06.74	1:06.95	2:13.69	+1.74	18.92
29	59	6291430	MAURBERGER Simon	1995	ITA	1:07.13	1:06.67	2:13.80	+1.85	19.74
30	57	561254	ZERAK Misel	1992	SLO	1:06.66	1:07.21	2:13.87	+1.92	20.26
31	29	511718	PLEISCH Manuel	1990	SUI	1:06.81	1:07.18	2:13.99	+2.04	21.15
32	105	512014	NIEDERBERGER Bernhard	1993	SUI	1:07.14	1:06.98	2:14.12	+2.17	22.12
33	42	103729	READ Erik	1991	CAN	1:06.87	1:07.38	2:14.25	+2.30	23.08
34	81	561322	HADALIN Stefan	1995	SLO	1:06.90	1:07.39	2:14.29	+2.34	23.38
35	60	501898	ROENNGREN Mattias	1993	SWE	1:07.28	1:07.04	2:14.32	+2.37	23.60
35	12	193986	PLACE Francois	1989	FRA	1:06.60	1:07.72	2:14.32	+2.37	23.60
37	97	481549	STUKOV Maksim	1994	RUS	1:07.05	1:07.33	2:14.38	+2.43	24.05
38	41	54093	STROLZ Johannes	1992	AUT	1:07.09	1:07.31	2:14.40	+2.45	24.20
39	39	194686	FABRE Jonas	1993	FRA	1:06.87	1:07.54	2:14.41	+2.46	24.27
40	40	194146	LAMBERT Nicolas	1990	FRA	1:06.88	1:07.63	2:14.51	+2.56	25.01
41	52	54080	NEUMAYER Christopher	1992	AUT	1:07.52	1:07.00	2:14.52	+2.57	25.09
42	44	303097	ISHII Tomoya	1989	JPN	1:07.42	1:07.18	2:14.60	+2.65	25.68
43	66	380335	ZUBCIC Filip	1993	CRO	1:07.01	1:07.71	2:14.72	+2.77	26.57
44	75	422318	ROEISLAND Max	1994	NOR	1:07.41	1:07.38	2:14.79	+2.84	27.09
45	63	934566	ROBERTS Hig	1991	USA	1:07.06	1:07.80	2:14.86	+2.91	27.61
46	74	54320	SCHWARZ Marco	1995	AUT	1:07.24	1:07.63	2:14.87	+2.92	27.69
47	73	511988	GENOUD Amaury	1993	SUI	1:07.72	1:07.27	2:14.99	+3.04	28.58
48	88	422300	EIDE Peder Dahlum	1994	NOR	1:07.77	1:07.28	2:15.05	+3.10	29.02
49	33	934523	ENGEL Mark	1991	USA	1:07.24	1:07.91	2:15.15	+3.20	29.77
50	46	290095	BALLERIN Andrea	1989	ITA	1:07.13	1:08.18	2:15.31	+3.36	30.95
51	14	481327	TRIKHICHEV Pavel	1992	RUS	1:07.01	1:08.65	2:15.66	+3.71	33.55
52	67	180737	LUUKKO Max	1994	FIN	1:07.75	1:07.94	2:15.69	+3.74	33.78
53	68	370022	JENOT Olivier	1988	MON	1:07.66	1:08.18	2:15.84	+3.89	34.89
54	79	6291725	ZINGERLE Hannes	1995	ITA	1:07.30	1:08.58	2:15.88	+3.93	35.19
55	30	6530115	CHRISTIANSON Kieffer	1992	USA	1:07.16	1:08.81	2:15.97	+4.02	35.86
56	54	6190074	GATEAU Elie	1995	FRA	1:07.70	1:08.52	2:16.22	+4.27	37.71
Did not start 2nd run
	10	501458	LINDH Calle	1990	SWE
Did not start 1st run
	61	202520	HOLZMANN Sebastian	1993	GER
Did not qualify 2nd run
	104	92720	POPOV Albert	1997	BUL
	103	60253	MARCHANT Armand	1997	BEL
	102	6290886	BACHER Fabian	1993	ITA
	100	180718	HENTTINEN Jens	1993	FIN
	99	180722	KUUKKA Justus	1994	FIN
	98	501992	GRAHN Dan Axel	1994	SWE
	95	180732	NIEMELA Arttu	1994	FIN
	93	180704	PELTOLA Kalle	1993	FIN
	92	501994	SUNDQUIST Max-gordon	1994	SWE
	90	532138	KASPER Nolan	1989	USA
	87	180729	SVENSK Mikael	1994	FIN
	85	481322	ANDREEVSKIY Alexey	1992	RUS
	83	6291574	SALA Tommaso	1995	ITA
	82	54176	ZIMMERMANN Paul	1993	AUT
	80	422195	BERGER Kristoffer	1993	NOR
	78	6290183	RONCI Giordano	1992	ITA
	77	54009	WALDER Christian	1991	AUT
	76	501987	MONSEN Felix	1994	SWE
	72	6290764	RIORDA Luca	1993	ITA
	65	561148	SKUBE Matic	1988	SLO
	64	550054	ZVEJNIEKS Kristaps	1992	LAT
	58	194457	GALEOTTI Greg	1992	FRA
	55	700879	ZAMPA Andreas	1993	SVK
	51	304242	NARITA Hideyuki	1993	JPN
	50	54169	LENGAUER-STOCKNER Hannes	1993	AUT
	49	511776	GASPOZ Vincent	1991	SUI
	43	930160	KELLEY Robby	1990	USA
	36	511857	JENAL Sandro	1992	SUI
	34	202265	STAUBITZER Benedikt	1990	GER
	32	202597	SCHMID Alexander	1994	GER
Did not finish 2nd run
	91	194262	BUFFET Robin	1991	FRA
	86	6531063	GINNIS AJ	1994	USA
	70	534508	CHODOUNSKY David	1984	USA
Did not finish 1st run
	101	390037	LUIK Tonis	1995	EST
	96	180791	MUSTALAHTI Jaakko	1996	FIN
	94	491356	CARRERAS Pol	1990	SPA
	89	221112	MOYNIHAN Nicholas	1994	GBR
	71	516287	BUGNARD Pierre	1993	SUI
	69	930107	GREGORAK Will	1990	USA
	56	194650	PICCARD Roy	1993	FRA
	48	690208	DELSANTE Rocco	1991	ITA
	45	194935	FAVROT Thibaut	1994	FRA
	38	530758	COHEE Nick	1988	USA
	37	54104	WALCH Magnus	1992	AUT
	24	202535	DRESSEN Thomas	1993	GER
	22	53985	MATHIS Marcel	1991	AUT
	13	54027	BRENNSTEINER Stefan	1991	AUT

About the Author: C.J. Feehan

Christine J. Feehan is a USSA Level 300 coach who spent more than a decade training athletes at U.S. ski academies - Burke, Sugar Bowl, and Killington - before serving as Editor in Chief at Ski Racing Media through 2017. She worked for the FIS on the World Cup tour for three years and then settled into her current home in Oslo, Norway.