Hirscher leads at Schladming mid-point
The flares were smokin’, the wet snow fallin’, the flags a wavin’ at Schladming for the annual Night Race. The straddle controversy that reach a crescendo at Kitzbuehel 48 hours prior was more or less quelled. And Marcel Hirscher put down a first run attack that left him three quarters of a second ahead of the field.
Running in bib one and first out of the gate was certainly an advantage in the soft, slushy snow that has become common on the World Cup this season, but Hirscher was in a league of his own and should be all but unstoppable on his way to his sixth win of the season. An active crowd of 45,000 is lining the Planai course.
Austrian teammate Mario Matt sits second and German Fritz Dopfer third as they await the start of the second run.
Last season’s overall champion Ivica Kostelic, having played a significant role in Straddlegate, is sixth more than a second back of Hirscher’s time. Ted Ligety will be the only American to make a second run and will come from the eighth place finish 1.31 out. Will Brandenburg was recorded as finishing 22nd but an obvious straddle is likely to disqualify him.
Pictured is “the handshake” between Marcel Hirscher, left and Ivica Kostelic. Gepa photo.
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UNOFFICIAL RESULTS |
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total Time |
1 | 1 | 53831 | HIRSCHER Marcel | 1989 | AUT | 50.13 | 50.13 | |
2 | 3 | 50707 | MATT Mario | 1979 | AUT | 50.88 | 50.88 | |
3 | 11 | 202462 | DOPFER Fritz | 1987 | GER | 50.98 | 50.98 | |
4 | 2 | 501017 | MYHRER Andre | 1983 | SWE | 50.99 | 50.99 | |
5 | 8 | 501101 | BYGGMARK Jens | 1985 | SWE | 51.17 | 51.17 | |
6 | 7 | 380260 | KOSTELIC Ivica | 1979 | CRO | 51.31 | 51.31 | |
7 | 13 | 293797 | GROSS Stefano | 1986 | ITA | 51.34 | 51.34 | |
8 | 17 | 534562 | LIGETY Ted | 1984 | USA | 51.44 | 51.44 | |
9 | 12 | 292491 | MOELGG Manfred | 1982 | ITA | 51.51 | 51.51 | |
10 | 9 | 50624 | PRANGER Manfred | 1978 | AUT | 51.62 | 51.62 | |
11 | 16 | 50625 | RAICH Benjamin | 1978 | AUT | 51.72 | 51.72 | |
12 | 20 | 501223 | BAECK Axel | 1987 | SWE | 51.73 | 51.73 | |
13 | 6 | 192665 | GRANGE Jean-Baptiste | 1984 | FRA | 51.77 | 51.77 | |
14 | 27 | 301709 | YUASA Naoki | 1983 | JPN | 51.94 | 51.94 | |
15 | 10 | 293098 | RAZZOLI Giuliano | 1984 | ITA | 52.04 | 52.04 | |
16 | 25 | 194364 | PINTURAULT Alexis | 1991 | FRA | 52.11 | 52.11 | |
17 | 29 | 50981 | HOERL Wolfgang | 1983 | AUT | 52.21 | 52.21 | |
18 | 23 | 50605 | HERBST Reinfried | 1978 | AUT | 52.22 | 52.22 | |
19 | 4 | 201702 | NEUREUTHER Felix | 1984 | GER | 52.52 | 52.52 | |
20 | 14 | 501111 | HARGIN Mattias | 1985 | SWE | 52.53 | 52.53 | |
21 | 24 | 500656 | LARSSON Markus | 1979 | SWE | 52.62 | 52.62 | |
22 | 32 | 530165 | BRANDENBURG Will | 1987 | USA | 52.63 | 52.63 | |
23 | 19 | 560355 | VALENCIC Mitja | 1978 | SLO | 52.72 | 52.72 | |
24 | 28 | 511174 | VOGEL Markus | 1984 | SUI | 52.74 | 52.74 | |
25 | 26 | 102912 | SPENCE Brad | 1984 | CAN | 52.79 | 52.79 | |
26 | 30 | 421400 | MYHRE Lars Elton | 1984 | NOR | 53.05 | 53.05 | |
27 | 36 | 150644 | KRYZL Krystof | 1986 | CZE | 53.20 | 53.20 | |
28 | 15 | 192506 | MISSILLIER Steve | 1984 | FRA | 53.32 | 53.32 | |
29 | 44 | 50824 | DREIER Christoph | 1981 | AUT | 53.58 | 53.58 | |
29 | 22 | 102435 | JANYK Michael | 1982 | CAN | 53.58 | 53.58 | |
31 | 40 | 480736 | KHOROSHILOV Alexander | 1984 | RUS | 53.60 | 53.60 | |
32 | 38 | 421860 | NORDBOTTEN Jonathan | 1989 | NOR | 53.69 | 53.69 | |
33 | 31 | 511908 | SCHMIDIGER Reto | 1992 | SUI | 53.87 | 53.87 | |
34 | 21 | 532138 | KASPER Nolan | 1989 | USA | 54.05 | 54.05 | |
35 | 48 | 560425 | VAJDIC Bernard | 1980 | SLO | 54.23 | 54.23 | |
36 | 18 | 290732 | THALER Patrick | 1978 | ITA | 54.32 | 54.32 | |
37 | 37 | 50547 | SCHOENFELDER Rainer | 1977 | AUT | 54.39 | 54.39 | |
38 | 46 | 193347 | TISSOT Maxime | 1986 | FRA | 54.46 | 54.46 | |
39 | 42 | 192504 | MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas | 1984 | FRA | 54.47 | 54.47 | |
40 | 43 | 150594 | TREJBAL Filip | 1985 | CZE | 54.65 | 54.65 | |
41 | 41 | 510997 | BERTHOD Marc | 1983 | SUI | 54.80 | 54.80 | |
42 | 45 | 102456 | BIGGS Patrick | 1982 | CAN | 55.36 | 55.36 | |
43 | 50 | 102922 | WHITE Trevor | 1984 | CAN | 55.43 | 55.43 | |
44 | 54 | 301312 | SASAKI Akira | 1981 | JPN | 55.53 | 55.53 | |
45 | 53 | 51395 | DIGRUBER Marc | 1988 | AUT | 55.61 | 55.61 | |
46 | 56 | 501116 | LAHDENPERAE Anton | 1985 | SWE | 55.70 | 55.70 | |
47 | 35 | 193334 | RIVAS Gabriel | 1986 | FRA | 55.84 | 55.84 | |
48 | 55 | 320266 | JUNG Dong-Hyun | 1988 | KOR | 56.06 | 56.06 | |
49 | 61 | 103646 | ZAITSOFF Sasha | 1990 | CAN | 56.27 | 56.27 | |
50 | 69 | 550054 | ZVEJNIEKS Kristaps | 1992 | LAT | 56.45 | 56.45 | |
51 | 64 | 194262 | BUFFET Robin | 1991 | FRA | 56.51 | 56.51 | |
52 | 62 | 90131 | GEORGIEV Georgi | 1987 | BUL | 57.36 | 57.36 | |
53 | 57 | 530651 | STIEGLER Seppi | 1988 | USA | 57.52 | 57.52 | |
54 | 63 | 30149 | SIMARI BIRKNER Cristian Javier | 1980 | ARG | 57.55 | 57.55 | |
55 | 39 | 102727 | STUTZ Paul | 1983 | CAN | 57.61 | 57.61 | |
56 | 65 | 30266 | GASTALDI Sebastiano | 1991 | ARG | 59.42 | 59.42 | |
57 | 70 | 430387 | ILEWICZ Jakub | 1987 | POL | 1:00.20 | 1:00.20 | |
58 | 74 | 860005 | BRACHNER Patrick | 1992 | AZE | 1:00.31 | 1:00.31 | |
59 | 72 | 670052 | KHUBER Martin | 1992 | KAZ | 1:00.45 | 1:00.45 | |
60 | 71 | 460060 | BARBU Alexandru | 1987 | ROU | 1:00.67 | 1:00.67 | |
61 | 77 | 870002 | STEYN Luke | 1993 | ZIM | 1:03.72 | 1:03.72 |