Chamonix: Cuche claims first training run
Downhill standings leader Didier Cuche let opponents know he has no intention of giving up his status at the top of the heap as he cruised to first place in a warm-up run for the Kandahar downhill, held this season at Chamonix, France.
Cuche clocked in at 1 minute 59.72 seconds, the only skier to break two minutes on the arduous Verte track at Chamonix. Frenchman Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin was second, .85 of a second behind the Swiss veteran with Austrian Michael Walchhofer, a two-time DH title winner, was in third, fourth hundredths behind Dalcin.
Manuel Osborne-Paradis led all North Americans in eighth place. Marco Sullivan led the U.S. charge in 12th. Bode Miller, second in the current DH standings behind Cuche, ran into difficulties and finished next to last in the field of 84 starters, 22.54 seconds off the winning time.
There is one more training run scheduled for Friday for the downhill Saturday with a super combined set for Sunday.
Downhill standings leader Didier Cuche let opponents know he has no intention of giving up his status at the top of the heap as he cruised to first place in a warm-up run for the Kandahar downhill, held this season at Chamonix, France.
Cuche clocked in at 1 minute 59.72 seconds, the only skier to break two minutes on the arduous Verte track at Chamonix. Frenchman Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin was second, .85 of a second behind the Swiss veteran with Austrian Michael Walchhofer, a two-time downhill standings winner, in third, fourth hundredths behind Dalcin.
Manuel Osborne-Paradis led all North Americans in eighth place. Marco Sullivan led the U.S. charge in 12th. Bode Miller, second in the current DH standings behind Cuche, ran into difficulties and finished next to last in the field of 84 starters, 22.54 seconds off the winning time.
There is one more training run scheduled for Friday for the downhill Saturday with a super combined set for Sunday.
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Total Time |
1 | 12 | 510030 | CUCHE Didier | 1974 | SUI | 1:59.72 |
2 | 29 | 191116 | DALCIN Pierre-Emmanuel | 1977 | FRA | 2:00.57 |
3 | 16 | 50041 | WALCHHOFER Michael | 1975 | AUT | 2:00.61 |
4 | 11 | 560332 | JERMAN Andrej | 1978 | SLO | 2:00.63 |
5 | 7 | 510767 | HOFFMANN Ambrosi | 1977 | SUI | 2:00.77 |
6 | 6 | 50451 | GRUBER Christoph | 1976 | AUT | 2:00.92 |
7 | 19 | 102899 | OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel | 1984 | CAN | 2:01.02 |
8 | 8 | 350032 | BUECHEL Marco | 1971 | LIE | 2:01.29 |
9 | 23 | 191591 | BERTRAND Yannick | 1980 | FRA | 2:01.45 |
10 | 45 | 102814 | BOURQUE Francois | 1984 | CAN | 2:01.48 |
11 | 15 | 533131 | SULLIVAN Marco | 1980 | USA | 2:01.50 |
12 | 18 | 292455 | FILL Peter | 1982 | ITA | 2:01.58 |
13 | 10 | 510727 | DEFAGO Didier | 1977 | SUI | 2:01.67 |
14 | 9 | 51005 | SCHEIBER Mario | 1983 | AUT | 2:01.71 |
15 | 14 | 102263 | GUAY Erik | 1981 | CAN | 2:01.84 |
16 | 30 | 290998 | STAUDACHER Patrick | 1980 | ITA | 2:01.93 |
17 | 33 | 50547 | SCHOENFELDER Rainer | 1977 | AUT | 2:01.96 |
18 | 1 | 510747 | GRUENENFELDER Tobias | 1977 | SUI | 2:02.00 |
19 | 25 | 50858 | STREITBERGER Georg | 1981 | AUT | 2:02.01 |
20 | 54 | 291389 | FISCHNALLER Roland | 1975 | ITA | 2:02.19 |
21 | 51 | 530939 | WEIBRECHT Andrew | 1986 | USA | 2:02.29 |
22 | 42 | 561067 | PERKO Rok | 1985 | SLO | 2:02.30 |
23 | 17 | 50423 | MAIER Hermann | 1972 | AUT | 2:02.31 |
24 | 24 | 50753 | KROELL Klaus | 1980 | AUT | 2:02.34 |
25 | 22 | 50625 | RAICH Benjamin | 1978 | AUT | 2:02.37 |
26 | 43 | 510498 | ZUEGER Cornel | 1981 | SUI | 2:02.46 |
27 | 26 | 191415 | BOTTOLLIER-LASQUIN Marc | 1979 | FRA | 2:02.54 |
28 | 28 | 191740 | CLAREY Johan | 1981 | FRA | 2:02.56 |
29 | 31 | 380260 | KOSTELIC Ivica | 1979 | CRO | 2:02.65 |
30 | 21 | 102873 | KUCERA John | 1984 | CAN | 2:02.76 |
31 | 44 | 510165 | HOFER Beni | 1978 | SUI | 2:02.82 |
32 | 5 | 510993 | ALBRECHT Daniel | 1983 | SUI | 2:03.03 |
33 | 48 | 191911 | NOCENTI Cyril | 1982 | FRA | 2:03.09 |
34 | 3 | 293006 | INNERHOFER Christof | 1984 | ITA | 2:03.19 |
35 | 68 | 192122 | PITTIN Alexandre | 1983 | FRA | 2:03.32 |
35 | 38 | 51215 | BAUMANN Romed | 1986 | AUT | 2:03.32 |
37 | 59 | 534567 | LANNING Thomas (tj) | 1984 | USA | 2:03.45 |
38 | 67 | 40171 | BRANCH Craig | 1977 | AUS | 2:03.62 |
39 | 55 | 50742 | REICHELT Hannes | 1980 | AUT | 2:03.71 |
40 | 4 | 192746 | THEAUX Adrien | 1984 | FRA | 2:03.73 |
41 | 2 | 501076 | OLSSON Hans | 1984 | SWE | 2:03.75 |
42 | 60 | 501026 | RAINER Niklas | 1983 | SWE | 2:03.84 |
43 | 52 | 191462 | PAQUIN Pierre | 1979 | FRA | 2:03.89 |
44 | 56 | 201606 | KEPPLER Stephan | 1983 | GER | 2:03.92 |
45 | 46 | 192932 | FAYED Guillermo | 1985 | FRA | 2:03.97 |
46 | 61 | 50743 | LANZINGER Matthias | 1980 | AUT | 2:04.02 |
47 | 64 | 420911 | SOLBAKKEN Bjarne | 1977 | NOR | 2:04.06 |
48 | 41 | 380292 | ZRNCIC-DIM Natko | 1986 | CRO | 2:04.34 |
49 | 35 | 192665 | GRANGE Jean-Baptiste | 1984 | FRA | 2:04.42 |
50 | 57 | 293141 | VARETTONI Silvano | 1984 | ITA | 2:04.48 |
51 | 34 | 50707 | MATT Mario | 1979 | AUT | 2:04.52 |
52 | 32 | 510997 | BERTHOD Marc | 1983 | SUI | 2:04.97 |
53 | 50 | 421400 | MYHRE Lars Elton | 1984 | NOR | 2:05.01 |
54 | 63 | 511313 | JANKA Carlo | 1986 | SUI | 2:05.15 |
55 | 66 | 50900 | KOLL Alexander | 1982 | AUT | 2:05.21 |
56 | 49 | 220228 | MICKEL Finlay | 1977 | GBR | 2:05.35 |
57 | 76 | 191459 | LIZEROUX Julien | 1979 | FRA | 2:05.42 |
57 | 65 | 380298 | SIROKI Tin | 1987 | CRO | 2:05.42 |
59 | 69 | &n bsp;293079 |
PITTSCHIELER Kurt | 1984 | ITA | 2:05.68 |
60 | 47 | 103512 | FRISCH Jeffrey | 1984 | CAN | 2:05.79 |
61 | 40 | 292967 | EISATH Florian | 1984 | ITA | 2:05.94 |
62 | 70 | 102727 | STUTZ Paul | 1983 | CAN | 2:06.11 |
63 | 72 | 501324 | OLSSON Matts | 1988 | SWE | 2:06.40 |
64 | 71 | 560406 | GORZA Ales | 1980 | SLO | 2:06.48 |
65 | 84 | 20174 | VIDOSA Roger | 1984 | AND | 2:06.57 |
66 | 36 | 501101 | BYGGMARK Jens | 1985 | SWE | 2:07.13 |
67 | 74 | 150644 | KRYZL Krystof | 1986 | CZE | 2:07.18 |
68 | 62 | 500656 | LARSSON Markus | 1979 | SWE | 2:08.16 |
69 | 79 | 150594 | TREJBAL Filip | 1985 | CZE | 2:08.69 |
70 | 80 | 301312 | SASAKI Akira | 1981 | JPN | 2:10.88 |
71 | 20 | 532431 | MILLER Bode | 1977 | USA | 2:22.26 |
72 | 77 | 480736 | HOROSHILOV Alexandr | 1984 | RUS | 2:35.81 |