Jansrud emerges from Santa Caterina shadows with a win

By Published On: December 27th, 2016Comments Off on Jansrud emerges from Santa Caterina shadows with a win

Even when the sun shines in Santa Caterina, it doesn’t seem to touch the race slope. The challenging Deborah Compagnoni course is plagued by shadows, making it tough for racers to see the bumps in the darkness. Blue dye lines are the athletes’ guiding light, and the actual lights, which you’d generally see for a night race, stayed on throughout the day.

Tuesday marked the first time that the venue had hosted a World Cup super-G, and Kjetil Jansrud continued his winning streak with a final time of 1:30.88. The Norwegian is only the second man ever to win the first three super-G races of the season after Austrian Hermann Maier during the 1999-2000 season.

“I’m feeling awesome,” he said. “There’s not much to say. You never expect the wins. In some ways, I’m skiing very confidently this whole season, but also these last races…I’m just enjoying the flow for the moment and hopefully, it’ll continue.”

Austrian Hannes Reichelt and Italian Dominik Paris could not catch the winner, ending the day in second and third place. Reichelt, who was 0.60 seconds off the winning pace, said he is finally getting his confidence after his crash at Kitzbuehel last year.

“Last year, 2016, was not so easy for me,” he explained. “After my podium in Kitzbuehel, I had the crash. Then in summertime, I had surgery, so coming back was not easy.”

The Austrian hopes to carry his flow into 2017 including World Championships in St. Moritz this February. For Paris, it was a podium in front of a home crowd, made possible — in part — thanks to great skiing and a few days of training on the slope before the race.

“It’s feeling very good,” the Italian said with a huge grin. “It’s so good to stand on the podium at home…a lot of emotions.”

Eight Americans pushed out of the start gate on Tuesday, led by Travis Ganong, who started bib 2. It seems that these guys thrive in the dark. #AmericanVampires, anyone? Thomas Biesemeyer had a career-best result, coming in eighth place from bib 45.

“All in all, I’m really proud of my race today,” Biesemeyer said. “Since the start of the year, I haven’t really connected my training to racing, and today, I felt like I moved in that direction,”

Behind him in 12th place was Andrew Weibrecht, whose wife and daughter were in the audience to cheer him on. Bryce Bennett made a 40-spot jump to finish in 20th place. Ganong and Jared Goldberg grabbed top-30 results as well, ending the day in 24th and 30th, respectively. Ryan Cochran-Siegle finished in 33rd while Brennan Rubie and Steven Nyman did not finish.

The men race downhill tomorrow on the slope after only one training run, which took place on Monday.


Top 10

  1. Kjetil Jansrud (NOR) – Head / Head / Head
  2. Hannes Reichelt (AUT) – Salomon/Salomon/Salomon
  3. Dominik Paris (ITA) – Nordica/Nordica/Marker
  4. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (NOR) – Atomic/Atomic/Atomic
  5. Josef Ferstl (GER) –  Head / Head / Head
  6. Max Franz (AUT) –Atomic/Atomic/Atomic
  7. Maura Caviezel (SUI) –Atomic/Atomic/Atomic
  8. Thomas Biesemeyer (USA) –Atomic/Atomic/Atomic
  9. Adrian Smiseth Sejersted (NOR) –Atomic/Atomic/Atomic
  10. Vincent Kreichmayr (AUT) – Fishcer /Fischer/Fischer

Official Results

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Total Time Diff.
 1  7  421483 JANSRUD Kjetil 1985 NOR  1:30.88
 2  8  50742 REICHELT Hannes 1980 AUT  1:31.48  +0.60
 3  5  291459 PARIS Dominik 1989 ITA  1:31.53  +0.65
 4  9  422139 KILDE Aleksander Aamodt 1992 NOR  1:31.87  +0.99
 5  23  202059 FERSTL Josef 1988 GER  1:32.12  +1.24
 5  10  53817 FRANZ Max 1989 AUT  1:32.12  +1.24
 7  32  511513 CAVIEZEL Mauro 1988 SUI  1:32.29  +1.41
 8  45  531452 BIESEMEYER Thomas 1989 USA  1:32.31  +1.43
 9  39  422310 SEJERSTED Adrian Smiseth 1994 NOR  1:32.32  +1.44
 10  17  53980 KRIECHMAYR Vincent 1991 AUT  1:32.33  +1.45
 11  16  511383 FEUZ Beat 1987 SUI  1:32.39  +1.51
 12  18  530939 WEIBRECHT Andrew 1986 USA  1:32.42  +1.54
 13  20  102263 GUAY Erik 1981 CAN  1:32.43  +1.55
 13  12  561216 KLINE Bostjan 1991 SLO  1:32.43  +1.55
 15  6  194364 PINTURAULT Alexis 1991 FRA  1:32.58  +1.70
 16  4  200379 SANDER Andreas 1989 GER  1:32.60  +1.72
 17  55  990116 DE ALIPRANDINI Luca 1990 ITA  1:32.64  +1.76
 18  14  293006 INNERHOFER Christof 1984 ITA  1:32.68  +1.80
 19  21  51215 BAUMANN Romed 1986 AUT  1:32.69  +1.81
 20  60  6530104 BENNETT Bryce 1992 USA  1:32.79  +1.91
 21  58  202535 DRESSEN Thomas 1993 GER  1:32.85  +1.97
 22  13  53902 MAYER Matthias 1990 AUT  1:32.86  +1.98
 23  15  100558 COOK Dustin 1989 CAN  1:32.96  +2.08
 24  2  530874 GANONG Travis 1988 USA  1:33.01  +2.13
 25  48  512124 HINTERMANN Niels 1995 SUI  1:33.09  +2.21
 26  51  102899 OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel 1984 CAN  1:33.10  +2.22
 27  47  6290845 BOSCA Guglielmo 1993 ITA  1:33.18  +2.30
 28  37  54209 KRENN Christoph 1994 AUT  1:33.23  +2.35
 29  1  192746 THEAUX Adrien 1984 FRA  1:33.26  +2.38
 30  49  934643 GOLDBERG Jared 1991 USA  1:33.30  +2.42
 31  43  54005 STRIEDINGER Otmar 1991 AUT  1:33.34  +2.46
 32  35  103762 WERRY Tyler 1991 CAN  1:33.43  +2.55
 33  59  6530319 COCHRAN-SIEGLE Ryan 1992 USA  1:33.48  +2.60
 34  28  194298 GIEZENDANNER Blaise 1991 FRA  1:33.52  +2.64
 35  29  990081 CASSE Mattia 1990 ITA  1:33.54  +2.66
 36  40  6190176 BAILET Matthieu 1996 FRA  1:33.64  +2.76
 37  44  54009 WALDER Christian 1991 AUT  1:33.68  +2.80
 37  25  561217 KOSI Klemen 1991 SLO  1:33.68  +2.80
 39  41  54080 NEUMAYER Christopher 1992 AUT  1:33.70  +2.82
 40  34  202196 BRANDNER Klaus 1990 GER  1:33.82  +2.94
 41  42  561255 CATER Martin 1992 SLO  1:33.83  +2.95
 42  3  292455 FILL Peter 1982 ITA  1:33.91  +3.03
 43  30  511638 TUMLER Thomas 1989 SUI  1:33.94  +3.06
 44  56  561310 HROBAT Miha 1995 SLO  1:34.08  +3.20
 44  22  511981 WEBER Ralph 1993 SUI  1:34.08  +3.20
 46  52  512038 ROGENTIN Stefan 1994 SUI  1:34.28  +3.40
 47  19  53831 HIRSCHER Marcel 1989 AUT  1:34.31  +3.43
 48  38  422073 NETELAND Bjoernar 1991 NOR  1:34.34  +3.46
 49  53  502004 KOELL Alexander 1990 SWE  1:34.38  +3.50
 50  67  511847 MANI Nils 1992 SUI  1:34.41  +3.53
 51  65  150644 KRYZL Krystof 1986 CZE  1:34.47  +3.59
 52  61  291318 TONETTI Riccardo 1989 ITA  1:34.60  +3.72
 53  33  6290985 BUZZI Emanuele 1994 ITA  1:34.62  +3.74
 54  62  103729 READ Erik 1991 CAN  1:34.71  +3.83
 55  66  180570 ROMAR Andreas 1989 FIN  1:34.73  +3.85
 56  57  194858 ALLEGRE Nils 1994 FRA  1:34.79  +3.91
 57  54  104096 THOMPSON Broderick 1994 CAN  1:34.84  +3.96
 58  46  194542 GIRAUD MOINE Valentin 1992 FRA  1:35.70  +4.82
 59  70  380260 KOSTELIC Ivica 1979 CRO  1:35.93  +5.05
 60  64  191740 CLAREY Johan 1981 FRA  1:36.39  +5.51
Did not finish 1st run
 71  30149 SIMARI BIRKNER Cristian Javier 1980 ARG
 69  700879 ZAMPA Andreas 1993 SVK
 68  430429 BYDLINSKI Maciej 1988 POL
 63  110324 VON APPEN Henrik 1994 CHI
 50  934568 RUBIE Brennan 1991 USA
 36  511139 KUENG Patrick 1984 SUI
 31  193967 MUFFAT-JEANDET Victor 1989 FRA
 27  194190 ROGER Brice 1990 FRA
 26  533866 NYMAN Steven 1982 USA
 24  102271 HUDEC Jan 1981 CZE
 11  511313 JANKA Carlo 1986 SUI

 

 

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A California native, Gabbi moved to Vermont to ski on the NCAA circuit for St. Michael’s College, where she served as team captain and studied journalism. Before joining Ski Racing, she worked as a broadcast TV producer and social media manager in higher education. She can be reached via email at gabbi@skiracing.com