World Cup training at Val Gardena goes to veterans

Dec 15, 2010

didier cucheOn a classic old course – Val Gardena’s Saslong downhill track – the old veterans struck first with the top four finishers of the initial training run ahead of Saturday’s World Cup race, averaging 35 and a half years of age.

Fastest finisher was Swiss Didier Cuche, checking in at 36. Austrian Klaus Kroell in second was the youngest of the quartet at 30. Michael Walchhofer, already a winner (Lake Louise) in his final season is 35 and in fourth, putting the icing on the age cake, was Patrik Jaerbyn at 41.

Erik Guay notched sixth for Canada with teammate Robbie Dixon in 13th. Manny Osborne-Paradis led the remaining four Canadians in 37th.

Bode Miller, in 14th, was the only American to snag a top 30 position. Travis Ganong was 33rd while the track vets (Steven Nyman, Andrew Weibrecht, Marco Sullivan, Erik Fisher) finished 38, 39, 51 and 54 respectively. Chris Frank, looking to make his first European World Cup start, was 78th. Ted Ligety had the good sense not to start. -HM

Gepa image of Didier Cuche

Place   Val
Gardena-Groeden (ITA)		   Discipline   Downhill
Date   15.12.2010   Category   Training
Race codex   0740   Gender   M
Valid for FIS Points   NO   TD Name   Gurzeler Thomas (SUI)
       
  
OFFICIAL RESULTS – FIRST TRAINING
Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Total Time
 1  22  510030 CUCHE Didier  1974  SUI   2:00.60
 2  8  50753 KROELL Klaus  1980  AUT   2:00.86
 3  16  50041 WALCHHOFER Michael  1975  AUT   2:01.24
 4  5  500150 JAERBYN Patrik  1969  SWE   2:01.34
 5  3  191964 POISSON David  1982  FRA   2:01.65
 6  10  102263 GUAY Erik  1981  CAN   2:01.79
 7  17  560447 SPORN Andrej  1981  SLO   2:01.85
 8  13  293006 INNERHOFER Christof  1984  ITA   2:01.90
 8  7  192746 THEAUX Adrien  1984  FRA   2:01.90
 10  25  560332 JERMAN Andrej  1978  SLO   2:02.09
 11  14  292455 FILL Peter  1982  ITA   2:02.13
 12  12  51215 BAUMANN Romed  1986  AUT   2:02.28
 13  6  102961 DIXON Robbie  1985  CAN   2:02.35
 14  23  532431 MILLER Bode  1977  USA   2:02.44
 15  41  191591 BERTRAND Yannick  1980  FRA   2:02.50
 16  21  421328 SVINDAL Aksel Lund  1982  NOR   2:02.59
 17  35  51327 PUCHNER Joachim  1987  AUT   2:02.72
 18  9  501076 OLSSON Hans  1984  SWE   2:02.77
 19  43  150421 ZAHROBSKY Petr  1980  CZE   2:02.83
 20  28  191740 CLAREY Johan  1981  FRA   2:02.92
 21  62  201606 KEPPLER Stephan  1983  GER   2:02.98
 22  24  511139 KUENG Patrick  1984  SUI   2:03.13
 23  29  50858 STREITBERGER Georg  1981  AUT   2:03.31
 24  44  50695 BUDER Andreas  1979  AUT   2:03.35
 25  1  510747 GRUENENFELDER Tobias  1977  SUI   2:03.39
 26  49  561087 MARKIC Gasper  1986  SLO   2:03.46
 27  20  511313 JANKA Carlo  1986  SUI   2:03.50
 28  38  511529 GISIN Marc  1988  SUI   2:03.52
 29  27  510890 ZURBRIGGEN Silvan  1981  SUI   2:03.55
 30  40  510498 ZUEGER Cornel  1981  SUI   2:03.68
 30  33  291459 PARIS Dominik  1989  ITA   2:03.68
 32  4  510767 HOFFMANN Ambrosi  1977  SUI   2:04.03
 33  36  530874 GANONG Travis  1988  USA   2:04.09
 34  26  380260 KOSTELIC Ivica  1979  CRO   2:04.18
 35  70  990081 CASSE Mattia  1990  ITA   2:04.25
 36  61  193560 PASQUIER Alexandre  1987  FRA   2:04.34
 37  15  102899 OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel  1984  CAN   2:04.38
 38  37  533866 NYMAN Steven  1982  USA   2:04.46
 39  11  530939 WEIBRECHT Andrew  1986  USA   2:04.48
 40  2  561067 PERKO Rok  1985  SLO   2:04.57
 41  45  53817 FRANZ Max  1989  AUT   2:04.68
 42  39  290998 STAUDACHER Patrick  1980  ITA   2:04.81
 43  42  102271 HUDEC Jan  1981  CAN   2:04.93
 44  34  294277 KLOTZ Siegmar  1987  ITA   2:04.96
 45  53  201811 STECHERT Tobias  1985  GER   2:04.98
 46  56  50742 REICHELT Hannes  1980  AUT   2:04.99
 47  48  511142 LUEOEND Vitus  1984  SUI   2:05.01
 48  47  380292 ZRNCIC-DIM Natko  1986  CRO   2:05.06
 49  30  50833 GRUGGER Hans  1981  AUT   2:05.21
 50  65  200379 SANDER Andreas  1989  GER   2:05.27
 51  46  533131 SULLIVAN Marco  1980  USA   2:05.29
 52  51  292291 THANEI Stefan  1981  ITA   2:05.66
 53  54  192932 FAYED Guillermo  1985  FRA   2:05.68
 54  59  534939 FISHER Erik  1985  USA   2:05.79
 55  52  294911 PATSCHEIDER Hagen  1988  ITA   2:05.83
 56  60  293550 MARSAGLIA Matteo  1985  ITA   2:05.97
 57  72  193034 BOUILLOT Alexandre  1985  FRA   2:05.98
 58  57  201900 WAGNER Hannes  1986  GER   2:06.30
 59  31  421483 JANSRUD Kjetil  1985  NOR   2:06.36
 60  55  293141 VARETTONI Silvano  1984  ITA   2:06.46
 61  74  561085 KRIZAJ Andrej  1986  SLO   2:06.54
 62  67  511682 FRAVI Jonas  1990  SUI   2:06.65
 63  64  910004 DEFLORIAN Mirko  1980  MDA   2:06.66
 64  84  20267 ESTEVE RIGAIL Kevin  1989  AND   2:06.73
 65  69  103271 THOMSEN Benjamin  1987  CAN   2:06.75
 66  63  102814 BOURQUE Francois  1984  CAN   2:06.92
 67  50  511405 OREILLER Ami  1987  SUI   2:07.05
 68  75  202196 BRANDNER Klaus  1990  GER   2:07.23
 69  58  53837 KRAMER Manuel  1989  AUT   2:07.25
 70  76  491129 TERRA Ferran  1987  SPA   2:07.38
 71  66  103090 HELIE Louis-Pierre  1986  CAN   2:07.44
 72  79  380298 SIROKI Tin  1987  CRO   2:07.66
 73  71  501230 ERICSSON Daniel  1987  SWE   2:08.15
 74  81  191746 DE TESSIERES Gauthier  1981  FRA   2:08.24
 75  73  194167 MUZATON Maxence  1990  FRA   2:08.72
 76  85  20324 OLIVERAS Marc  1991  AND   2:08.90
 77  77  220656 DRAKE Ed  1986  GBR   2:09.15
 78  78  534289 FRANK Chris  1983  USA   2:09.22
 79  88  60159 VAN BUYNDER Frederik  1988  BEL   2:09.24
 80  83  491151 DE LA CUESTA Paul  1988  SPA   2:11.87
 81  82  670037 ZAKURDAEV Igor  1987  KAZ   2:12.29
 82  86  700724 BABUSIAK Jaroslav  1984  SVK   2:14.44
 83  80  50600 GOERGL Stephan  1978  AUT   4:14.94
 84  19  292514 HEEL Werner  1982  ITA   7:49.29
Did not start 1st run
   87  560406 GORZA Ales  1980  SLO   
   68  150398 BANK Ondrej  1980  CZE   
   32  534562 LIGETY Ted  1984  USA   
Did not finish 1st run
   18  51005 SCHEIBER Mario  1983  AUT 

About the Author: Hank McKee

In memoriam: The veteran of the staff, McKee started with Ski Racing in 1980. Over the seasons, he covered virtually every aspect of the sport, from the pro tours to junior racing, freestyle and World Cup alpine competition. He wrote the first national stories for many U.S. team stars, and was still around to report on their retirements. “Longevity has its rewards,” he said, “but it’s a slow process.”

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