Bormio: Guay wins opening training run

By Published On: December 27th, 2007Comments Off on Bormio: Guay wins opening training run

Canada’s Erik Guay paced the field during Thursday’s initial downhill training run in Bormio, edging Marco Buechel by a slim 0.05 seconds with a clocking of 2 minutes, 3.44 seconds.
    Buechel, the veteran from Liechtenstein, finished at 2:03.49, while Swiss Tobias Gruenenfelder was third in 2:03.66.
CANADA'S ERIK GUAY paced the field during Thursday’s initial downhill training run in Bormio, edging Marco Buechel by a slim 0.05 seconds with a clocking of 2 minutes, 3.44 seconds.
    Buechel, the veteran from Liechtenstein, finished at 2:03.49, while Swiss Tobias Gruenenfelder was third in 2:03.66.
    Hermann Maier cracked the top five Thursday, finishing fourth in 2:03.71 and just ahead of teammate Michael Walchhofer, fifth in 2:03.72. Walchhofer won twice at Bormio a year ago and currently leads the World Cup downhill standings after wins at Beaver Creek and Val Gardena.
    Bode Miller lead American racers Thursday in eighth, half a second behind Guay with a time of 2:03.94. Steven Nyman was 34th and Scott Macartney 44th for the U.S. team.
    A second training run is scheduled for Friday ahead of Saturday’s race.

OFFICIAL RESULTS – FIRST TRAINING

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Total Time FIS Points
 1  17  102263 GUAY Erik  1981  CAN   2:03.44  
 2  8  350032 BUECHEL Marco  1971  LIE   2:03.49  
 3  9  510747 GRUENENFELDER Tobias  1977  SUI   2:03.66  
 4  24  50423 MAIER Hermann  1972  AUT   2:03.71  
 5  16  50041 WALCHHOFER Michael  1975  AUT   2:03.72  
 6  15  510030 CUCHE Didier  1974  SUI   2:03.73  
 7  21  50451 GRUBER Christoph  1976  AUT   2:03.90  
 8  5  532431 MILLER Bode  1977  USA   2:03.94  
 9  30  191591 BERTRAND Yannick  1980  FRA   2:03.98  
 10  7  191116 DALCIN Pierre-Emmanuel  1977  FRA   2:04.12  
 11  27  50858 STREITBERGER Georg  1981  AUT   2:04.13  
 12  33  191964 POISSON David  1982  FRA   2:04.17  
 13  25  102873 KUCERA John  1984  CAN   2:04.22  
 14  12  510767 HOFFMANN Ambrosi  1977  SUI   2:04.26  
 15  41  50919 STRUGER Peter  1982  AUT   2:04.30  
 16  37  510498 ZUEGER Cornel  1981  SUI   2:04.34  
 17  29  191415 BOTTOLLIER-LASQUIN Marc  1979  FRA   2:04.67  
 18  3  50753 KROELL Klaus  1980  AUT   2:04.73  
 19  4  290998 STAUDACHER Patrick  1980  ITA   2:04.90  
 20  46  292291 THANEI Stefan  1981  ITA   2:04.91  
 21  52  293006 INNERHOFER Christof  1984  ITA   2:05.01  
 21  26  50625 RAICH Benjamin  1978  AUT   2:05.01  
 21  10  50695 BUDER Andreas  1979  AUT   2:05.01  
 24  6  291641 SULZENBACHER Kurt  1976  ITA   2:05.03  
 25  43  510207 HARI Konrad  1978  SUI   2:05.06  
 26  14  292455 FILL Peter  1982  ITA   2:05.09  
 27  54  50742 REICHELT Hannes  1980  AUT   2:05.11  
 28  18  51005 SCHEIBER Mario  1983  AUT   2:05.12  
 29  22  102271 HUDEC Jan  1981  CAN   2:05.26  
 30  23  510727 DEFAGO Didier  1977  SUI   2:05.33  
 31  49  293141 VARETTONI Silvano  1984  ITA   2:05.55  
 32  35  291399 GIRARDI Walter  1976  ITA   2:05.70  
 33  51  102947 SINE Gareth  1985  CAN   2:05.94  
 34  20  533866 NYMAN Steven  1982  USA   2:05.95  
 35  57  292150 HAPPACHER Alex  1979  ITA   2:05.99  
 36  32  192746 THEAUX Adrien  1984  FRA   2:06.04  
 37  47  201439 STEHLE Johannes  1981  GER   2:06.28  
 38  31  560447 SPORN Andrej  1981  SLO   2:06.29  
 39  28  191740 CLAREY Johan  1981  FRA   2:06.30  
 40  40  191911 NOCENTI Cyril  1982  FRA   2:06.31  
 41  44  291389 FISCHNALLER Roland  1975  ITA   2:06.48  
 42  56  292056 GUFLER Michael  1979  ITA   2:06.51  
 43  48  510969 BONETTI Michael  1982  SUI   2:06.55  
 44  2  532490 MACARTNEY Scott  1978  USA   2:06.67  
 45  36  561067 PERKO Rok  1985  SLO   2:06.77  
 46  19  102899 OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel  1984  CAN   2:06.83  
 47  11  560332 JERMAN Andrej  1978  SLO   2:06.86  
 48  53  561006 GLEBOV Alek  1983  SLO   2:07.39  
 49  34  501076 OLSSON Hans  1984  SWE   2:07.47  
 50  58  510434 MATTI Bernhard  1981  SUI   2:07.55  
 51  55  561085 KRIZAJ Andrej  1986  SLO   2:07.68  
 52  39  201606 KEPPLER Stephan  1983  GER   2:08.50  
 53  59  192139 VIEUX Cyril  1983  FRA   2:09.71  
 54  42  40171 BRANCH Craig  1977  AUS   2:10.09  
 55  1  292514 HEEL Werner  1982  ITA   2:11.79  
 56  45  50831 GRAGGABER Thomas  1981  AUT   2:13.43  
 57  50  193034 BOUILLOT Alexandre  1985  FRA   2:16.37  

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