Haugen back on Loveland podium with NorAm slalom win
A day after losing a first-run lead to finish second in the first NorAm Cup race of the season, Norwegian Leif Kristian Haugen was back on the podium today (Nov. 25) in Loveland, Colorado, this time with the win.
“First run yesterday felt really good and I was a little frustrated with a poor second run performance, so I was fired up to give ‘er today,” said Haugen. “I feel really good about my skiing now days so I knew that with a good run and no mistakes on the second I would be hard to beat. I charged hard and had a clean run. Guess it worked out.”
The ski racing nations of the world were again well represented today (competitors from 11 countries) as Haugen led a group of top four finishers from four nations in the second slalom of the young season. Austrian Christoph Noesig trailed by 0.43 seconds to finish second ahead of Canadian first run leader Julien Cousineau in third place, 0.45 seconds off the wining pace. It was Haugen’s second career NorAm victory.
“It was really cool to win the race especially with that many good skiers at the start,” said Haugen. “It definitely gives me a good confidence booster and with improved FIS points the chances in World Cup slalom has improved. The way I ski now and with the coaching staff and support I get from the team could take me a long way this winter.”
American Michael Ankeny led all U.S. racers in fourth to record his ninth NorAm top-5 finish.
The men’s NorAm tour now moves to Aspen for a giant slalom races Monday and Tuesday, while the women will come to Loveland tomorrow to kick of their NorAm season.
More information to come.
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total Time | FIS Points |
1 | 5 | 421669 | HAUGEN Leif Kristian | 1987 | NOR | 47.14 | 47.01 | 1:34.15 | 6.00 |
2 | 11 | 51159 | NOESIG Christoph | 1985 | AUT | 47.33 | 47.25 | 1:34.58 | 8.83 |
3 | 21 | 102239 | COUSINEAU Julien | 1981 | CAN | 46.52 | 48.08 | 1:34.60 | 8.96 |
4 | 12 | 934502 | ANKENY Michael | 1991 | USA | 47.80 | 47.16 | 1:34.96 | 11.33 |
5 | 2 | 103865 | PHILP Trevor | 1992 | CAN | 46.98 | 48.30 | 1:35.28 | 13.44 |
6 | 4 | 421954 | LYSDAHL Espen | 1990 | NOR | 47.81 | 47.67 | 1:35.48 | 14.76 |
7 | 10 | 102922 | WHITE Trevor | 1984 | CAN | 48.03 | 47.48 | 1:35.51 | 14.96 |
8 | 19 | 102727 | STUTZ Paul | 1983 | CAN | 48.01 | 47.80 | 1:35.81 | 16.93 |
9 | 1 | 180567 | RASANEN Joonas | 1989 | FIN | 47.51 | 48.40 | 1:35.91 | 17.59 |
10 | 8 | 530837 | KELLEY Tim | 1986 | USA | 48.03 | 47.96 | 1:35.99 | 18.12 |
11 | 15 | 53859 | TRIENDL Armin | 1989 | AUT | 48.47 | 47.55 | 1:36.02 | 18.31 |
12 | 13 | 930160 | KELLEY Robby | 1990 | USA | 48.02 | 48.18 | 1:36.20 | 19.50 |
13 | 35 | 930029 | ACOSTA Christopher | 1990 | USA | 48.33 | 47.97 | 1:36.30 | 20.16 |
14 | 27 | 6530117 | CONE Robert | 1992 | USA | 48.36 | 48.06 | 1:36.42 | 20.95 |
14 | 17 | 532138 | KASPER Nolan | 1989 | USA | 48.34 | 48.08 | 1:36.42 | 20.95 |
16 | 29 | 103313 | DAWSON Travis | 1988 | CAN | 48.91 | 47.79 | 1:36.70 | 22.79 |
17 | 25 | 103078 | DONALDSON David | 1986 | CAN | 48.70 | 48.01 | 1:36.71 | 22.86 |
18 | 45 | 934518 | DANIELS Nick | 1991 | USA | 49.06 | 48.00 | 1:37.06 | 25.16 |
19 | 33 | 301886 | TAKEDA Ryu | 1984 | JPN | 48.97 | 48.14 | 1:37.11 | 25.49 |
20 | 28 | 30149 | SIMARI BIRKNER Cristian Javier | 1980 | ARG | 48.77 | 48.58 | 1:37.35 | 27.07 |
21 | 14 | 530651 | STIEGLER Seppi | 1988 | USA | 48.49 | 48.90 | 1:37.39 | 27.34 |
22 | 39 | 180631 | PENTTINEN Juho-Pekka | 1991 | FIN | 48.36 | 49.55 | 1:37.91 | 30.76 |
23 | 42 | 930188 | MARSHALL Tucker | 1990 | USA | 48.33 | 49.72 | 1:38.05 | 31.68 |
24 | 47 | 53985 | MATHIS Marcel | 1991 | AUT | 49.16 | 49.83 | 1:38.99 | 37.87 |
25 | 36 | 302368 | YOSHIGOE Ippei | 1986 | JPN | 49.75 | 49.47 | 1:39.22 | 39.39 |
26 | 34 | 934524 | FARRELL Bobby | 1991 | USA | 50.06 | 49.84 | 1:39.90 | 43.87 |
27 | 49 | 930023 | COFFEY Sam | 1990 | USA | 50.13 | 50.29 | 1:40.42 | 47.29 |
28 | 64 | 530827 | ELLIOT Jeremy | 1988 | USA | 49.55 | 51.21 | 1:40.76 | 49.53 |
29 | 16 | 6530104 | BENNETT Bryce | 1992 | USA | 49.90 | 51.26 | 1:41.16 | 52.16 |
30 | 55 | 6530115 | CHRISTIANSON Kieffer | 1992 | USA | 51.12 | 50.50 | 1:41.62 | 55.19 |
31 | 43 | 6530250 | MORSE Ben | 1992 | USA | 50.58 | 51.90 | 1:42.48 | 60.86 |
32 | 58 | 6530168 | SMITH Cameron | 1992 | USA | 51.08 | 51.53 | 1:42.61 | 61.71 |
33 | 74 | 6530108 | BROOKS Dylan | 1992 | USA | 51.82 | 51.21 | 1:43.03 | 64.48 |
34 | 79 | 410371 | NEESON Finlay | 1993 | NZL | 51.85 | 51.32 | 1:43.17 | 65.40 |
35 | 65 | 6530950 | HAYES Colin | 1994 | USA | 52.83 | 53.03 | 1:45.86 | 83.11 |
36 | 99 | 512130 | DU PASQUIER Gregoire | 1995 | SUI | 53.34 | 52.73 | 1:46.07 | 84.50 |
37 | 98 | 6530639 | ELLER Bryce | 1993 | USA | 53.63 | 53.75 | 1:47.38 | 93.12 |
38 | 63 | 6531160 | LEEVER Alex | 1995 | USA | 50.35 | 1:00.73 | 1:51.08 | 117.49 |
Disqualified 1st run | |||||||||
78 | 6530454 | FARROW Tanner | 1993 | USA | |||||
51 | 934740 | WUNSCH Taylor | 1991 | USA | |||||
40 | 934568 | RUBIE Brennan | 1991 | USA | |||||
32 | 40489 | LAIDLAW Luke | 1992 | AUS | |||||
7 | 530165 | BRANDENBURG Will | 1987 | USA | |||||
Did not start 1st run | |||||||||
94 | 6531228 | BAROUNOS Alex | 1995 | USA | |||||
76 | 533406 | TRUESDELL William | 1989 | USA | |||||
69 | 6530504 | MOTTAU Tanner | 1993 | USA | |||||
Did not qualify for 2nd run | |||||||||
93 | 6531186 | PLANT Riley | 1995 | USA | |||||
92 | 6530478 | JACOBS Jake | 1993 | USA | |||||
91 | 6531280 | CROASDALE Connor | 1995 | USA | |||||
86 | 6530261 | MICHIELI Zachary | 1992 | USA | |||||
73 | 103527 | BEADON Christopher | 1989 | CAN | |||||
70 | 6530661 | MCDONALD Conor | 1993 | USA | |||||
67 | 40553 | CHEVALIER Luc Henri | 1992 | AUS | |||||
Did not finish 2nd run | |||||||||
97 | 6530924 | BARNEY Ryan | 1994 | USA | |||||
90 | 6531135 | FRANCIS Brian | 1995 | USA | |||||
85 | 6530496 | MCCORMICK Sean | 1993 | USA | |||||
82 | 6531444 | ARVIDSSON Erik | 1996 | USA | |||||
75 | 54166 | JENEWEIN Kevin | 1993 | AUT | |||||
68 | 6531203 | SPROCK Ty | 1995 | USA | |||||
66 | 6530797 | WILSON Kenny | 1994 | USA | |||||
60 | 104096 | THOMPSON Broderick | 1994 | CAN | |||||
56 | 421761 | KOLLENBORG Christopher | 1988 | NOR | |||||
52 | 6530167 | SHIFFRIN Taylor | 1992 | USA | |||||
50 | 421840 | HAUG Andreas Willumsen | 1989 | NOR | |||||
46 | 6530534 | VIETZE Sandy | 1993 | USA | |||||
44 | 103528 | DRURY Kevin | 1988 | CAN | |||||
38 | 930133 | HIGGINS Sean | 1990 | USA | |||||
31 | 930170 | LAMB Max | 1990 | USA | |||||
24 | 103646 | ZAITSOFF Sasha | 1990 | CAN | |||||
23 | 6530599 | STRAND Matthew | 1993 | USA | |||||
22 | 300804 | MINAGAWA Kentaro | 1977 | JPN | |||||
20 | 930107 | GREGORAK Will | 1990 | USA | |||||
18 | 102435 | JANYK Michael | 1982 | CAN | |||||
6 | 421860 | NORDBOTTEN Jonathan | 1989 | NOR | |||||
3 | 534508 | CHODOUNSKY David | 1984 | USA | |||||
Did not finish 1st run | |||||||||
96 | 6530935 | BLOMMER William | 1994 | USA | |||||
95 | 6530893 | BLAKE Daniel | 1994 | USA | |||||
89 | 6531157 | KLEIN Charlie | 1995 | USA | |||||
88 | 6530795 | DAVIS Devin | 1994 | USA | |||||
87 | 6530865 | HAFERMAN Eric | 1994 | USA | |||||
84 | 6531205 | TALBOTT Marc | 1995 | USA | |||||
83 | 6530447 | COOPER Scott | 1993 | USA | |||||
81 | 6530800 | THEIS Tyler | 1994 | USA | |||||
80 | 6530539 | WRIGHT Bronson | 1993 | USA | |||||
77 | 6531145 | HALL Max | 1995 | USA | |||||
72 | 410364 | FEASEY Willis | 1992 | NZL | |||||
71 | 934593 | WRIGHT Cole | 1991 | USA | |||||
62 | 60236 | VAN DEN BROECKE Dries | 1995 | BEL | |||||
61 | 103997 | MEGARRY Morgan | 1993 | CAN | |||||
59 | 6530486 | KRAUSE Nicholas | 1993 | USA | |||||
57 | 532165 | LEAFE Trevor | 1989 | USA | |||||
54 | 430633 | JASICZEK Michal | 1994 | POL | |||||
53 | 561192 | HRIBAR Timotej | 1990 | SLO | |||||
48 | 103752 | TROW Andy | 1991 | CAN | |||||
41 | 934566 | ROBERTS Hig | 1991 | USA | |||||
37 | 934523 | ENGEL Mark | 1991 | USA | |||||
30 | 530326 | WILSON Ryan | 1987 | USA | |||||
26 | 421722 | ADDE Andreas | 1988 | NOR | |||||
9 | 103676 | BROWN Philip | 1991 | CAN |