Walchhofer leads World Cup Downhill Training in Bormio

Dec 27, 2009

Michael WalchhoferAustrian Michael Walchhofer lead the pack today at official downhill training in Bormio, Italy ahead of Tuesday’s race. Walchhofer made it down the Stelvio course in 2:03.25.

Slovenian Andrej Jerman was second fastest, crossing the line at 2:03.41. The third-fastest time went to Austrian Christoph Gruber, who finished in 2:03.96.

Three Swiss followed the top three as Didier Defago, Tobias Gruenenfelder and Dider Cuche finished four, five, six.

Canadian Erik Guay lead all North Americans in today’s training in 11th place, a second and a half behind the leader. Teammate Robbie Dixon finished 21st, followed by Steven Nyman, who lead the U.S. team in 23. Scott Macartney and Marco Sullivan tied for 43rd. Erik Fisher was 4.33 seconds off the pace for a 46th-place finish, followed by Andrew Weibrecht in 50th.

American Bode Miller, who won on the hill two years ago and is known for skiing the treacherous course on one ski after a ski released, did not train today and will not compete on Tuesday. Miller is resting his ankle after injuring it in a ski team organized volleyball game Dec. 12 at Val d’Isere and skipped the last race there. Though he has raced since then, skiing in the Alta Badia Giant Slalom aggravated the injury and increased swelling, forcing forced him out of the slalom Monday, Dec. 21. Miller returned to the United States over the holidays for physical training.

There will be another downhill training tomorrow (Dec. 28). The World Cup race will be Tuesday, Dec. 29.

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Total Time
 1  14  50041 WALCHHOFER Michael  1975  AUT   2:03.25
 2  24  560332 JERMAN Andrej  1978  SLO   2:03.41
 3  22  50451 GRUBER Christoph  1976  AUT   2:03.96
 4  18  510727 DEFAGO Didier  1977  SUI   2:04.13
 5  25  510747 GRUENENFELDER Tobias  1977  SUI   2:04.31
 6  12  510030 CUCHE Didier  1974  SUI   2:04.37
 7  7  350032 BUECHEL Marco  1971  LIE   2:04.51
 8  34  201606 KEPPLER Stephan  1983  GER   2:04.55
 9  15  421328 SVINDAL Aksel Lund  1982  NOR   2:04.72
 9  11  293006 INNERHOFER Christof  1984  ITA   2:04.72
 11  8  102263 GUAY Erik  1981  CAN   2:04.75
 12  16  50753 KROELL Klaus  1980  AUT   2:04.76
 13  2  191964 POISSON David  1982  FRA   2:04.80
 14  33  50833 GRUGGER Hans  1981  AUT   2:04.95
 14  31  560447 SPORN Andrej  1981  SLO   2:04.95
 14  5  51005 SCHEIBER Mario  1983  AUT   2:04.95
 17  20  192746 THEAUX Adrien  1984  FRA   2:05.11
 18  1  290998 STAUDACHER Patrick  1980  ITA   2:05.17
 19  3  500150 JAERBYN Patrik  1969  SWE   2:05.24
 20  4  511139 KUENG Patrick  1984  SUI   2:05.37
 21  6  102961 DIXON Robbie  1985  CAN   2:05.71
 22  49  201987 STRODL Andreas  1987  GER   2:05.85
 23  27  533866 NYMAN Steven  1982  USA   2:05.93
 24  19  510767 HOFFMANN Ambrosi  1977  SUI   2:05.99
 25  44  511039 KREUZER Ralf  1983  SUI   2:06.08
 26  54  561085 KRIZAJ Andrej  1986  SLO   2:06.09
 27  42  511682 FRAVI Jonas  1990  SUI   2:06.10
 28  9  501076 OLSSON Hans  1984  SWE   2:06.21
 29  41  192932 FAYED Guillermo  1985  FRA   2:06.24
 30  51  294277 KLOTZ Siegmar  1987  ITA   2:06.26
 31  36  191591 BERTRAND Yannick  1980  FRA   2:06.40
 32  40  201542 STRODL Peter  1982  GER   2:06.54
 33  38  510498 ZUEGER Cornel  1981  SUI   2:06.68
 34  35  292291 THANEI Stefan  1981  ITA   2:06.71
 35  46  51327 PUCHNER Joachim  1987  AUT   2:06.82
 35  23  50858 STREITBERGER Georg  1981  AUT   2:06.82
 37  21  51215 BAUMANN Romed  1986  AUT   2:06.92
 38  10  102899 OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel  1984  CAN   2:06.94
 39  56  193034 BOUILLOT Alexandre  1985  FRA   2:07.00
 40  17  511313 JANKA Carlo  1986  SUI   2:07.14
 41  29  191740 CLAREY Johan  1981  FRA   2:07.17
 42  48  294911 PATSCHEIDER Hagen  1988  ITA   2:07.21
 43  39  561067 PERKO Rok  1985  SLO   2:07.40
 43  32  532490 MACARTNEY Scott  1978  USA   2:07.40
 43  13  533131 SULLIVAN Marco  1980  USA   2:07.40
 46  30  534939 FISHER Erik  1985  USA   2:07.58
 47  47  990081 CASSE Mattia  1990  ITA   2:07.70
 48  52  291034 PLANK Andy  1989  ITA   2:08.14
 48  37  561087 MARKIC Gasper  1986  SLO   2:08.14
 50  28  50695 BUDER Andreas  1979  AUT   2:08.22
 50  26  530939 WEIBRECHT Andrew  1986  USA   2:08.22
 52  53  40171 BRANCH Craig  1977  AUS   2:08.31
 53  50  380292 ZRNCIC-DIM Natko  1986  CRO   2:08.39
 54  45  193212 DURAND Jeremie  1986  FRA   2:08.52
 55  55  293141 VARETTONI Silvano  1984  ITA   2:08.63
 56  43  150421 ZAHROBSKY Petr  1980  CZE   2:09.22
 57  58  60159 VAN BUYNDER Frederik  1988  BEL   2:14.76
Did not start 1st run
   57  40255 BRAUER Jono  1981  AUS   

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