French lead way in Wengen training

By Published On: January 16th, 2013Comments Off on French lead way in Wengen training

The French haven’t won the Wengen downhill since Henri Duvillard in 1970, and they haven’t won it this year yet, either. But in the second training run, on a surprisingly nice day, Frenchmen Johan Clarey and Adrien Theaux went one-two down the full length of the legendary Lauberhorn. Defending Cup downhill champ Klaus Kroell finished .11 back in third and current standings leader Aksel Lund Svindal was fourth .19 back. It’s going to be an interesting race.

Officials were worried about a snow storm, and while it did snow overnight, by inspection the skies cleared and skiers took to the full length of the course, resulting in times over 2 minutes, 30 seconds. (Fastest on the day was 2:34.62). Fresh snow was cleaned off the track and the base was exposed.  “The slope is really good,” said Theaux. It feels as if last nights snowfall didn’t impact the base and that made it fun to ski.”

Also significant was fourth place finisher Max Franz, scheduled for his first competition since a crash at Beaver Creek in early December. Italians had Beaver Creek winner Christof Innerhofer and Bormio winner Dominik Paris six and seven respectively.

The home standing Swiss, with last season’s Lauberhorn winner Beat Feuz on site but in street clothes, were led by Patrick Kueng in 12th. Erik Guay was top Canadian in 14th and the Americans were led by Marco Sullivan in 25th place.

Gepa photo

Wengen (SUI)
Training
Men’s Downhill
Jan 16, 2013

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Total Time FIS Points
 1  12  191740 CLAREY Johan  1981  FRA   2:34.62  
 2  9  192746 THEAUX Adrien  1984  FRA   2:34.70  
 3  16  50753 KROELL Klaus  1980  AUT   2:34.73  
 4  14  421328 SVINDAL Aksel Lund  1982  NOR   2:34.81  
 5  3  53817 FRANZ Max  1989  AUT   2:35.03  
 6  11  293006 INNERHOFER Christof  1984  ITA   2:35.08  
 7  15  291459 PARIS Dominik  1989  ITA   2:35.19  
 8  28  50858 STREITBERGER Georg  1981  AUT   2:35.29  
 9  5  191964 POISSON David  1982  FRA   2:35.35  
 10  32  380260 KOSTELIC Ivica  1979  CRO   2:35.65  
 11  17  421483 JANSRUD Kjetil  1985  NOR   2:35.66  
 12  22  511139 KUENG Patrick  1984  SUI   2:35.68  
 13  42  201606 KEPPLER Stephan  1983  GER   2:35.71  
 14  7  102263 GUAY Erik  1981  CAN   2:35.80  
 15  40  511529 GISIN Marc  1988  SUI   2:36.20  
 16  35  560332 JERMAN Andrej  1978  SLO   2:36.22  
 17  26  561067 PERKO Rok  1985  SLO   2:36.24  
 18  20  292455 FILL Peter  1982  ITA   2:36.25  
 19  44  200379 SANDER Andreas  1989  GER   2:36.32  
 19  41  53902 MAYER Matthias  1990  AUT   2:36.32  
 19  13  102271 HUDEC Jan  1981  CAN   2:36.32  
 22  8  51327 PUCHNER Joachim  1987  AUT   2:36.35  
 23  18  50742 REICHELT Hannes  1980  AUT   2:36.38  
 24  23  560447 SPORN Andrej  1981  SLO   2:36.41  
 25  25  533131 SULLIVAN Marco  1980  USA   2:36.62  
 26  24  192932 FAYED Guillermo  1985  FRA   2:36.74  
 27  63  530939 WEIBRECHT Andrew  1986  USA   2:36.81  
 28  30  292514 HEEL Werner  1982  ITA   2:36.87  
 28  27  511313 JANKA Carlo  1986  SUI   2:36.87  
 30  10  51215 BAUMANN Romed  1986  AUT   2:36.90  
 31  4  191591 BERTRAND Yannick  1980  FRA   2:36.91  
 32  39  180570 ROMAR Andreas  1989  FIN   2:36.98  
 33  38  511142 LUEOEND Vitus  1984  SUI   2:37.05  
 34  1  51332 SCHEIBER Florian  1987  AUT   2:37.17  
 35  56  192504 MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas  1984  FRA   2:37.32  
 36  29  530874 GANONG Travis  1988  USA   2:37.36  
 37  21  510890 ZURBRIGGEN Silvan  1981  SUI   2:37.37  
 38  54  193034 BOUILLOT Alexandre  1985  FRA   2:37.60  
 39  51  293550 MARSAGLIA Matteo  1985  ITA   2:37.77  
 40  50  53968 BERTHOLD Frederic  1991  AUT   2:37.95  
 41  47  294277 KLOTZ Siegmar  1987  ITA   2:38.03  
 42  62  511352 VILETTA Sandro  1986  SUI   2:38.11  
 43  43  202059 FERSTL Josef  1988  GER   2:38.12  
 44  48  6530319 COCHRAN-SIEGLE Ryan  1992  USA   2:38.13  
 45  6  103271 THOMSEN Benjamin  1987  CAN   2:38.19  
 46  33  534562 LIGETY Ted  1984  USA   2:38.32  
 47  19  510727 DEFAGO Didier  1977  SUI   2:38.47  
 48  58  561216 KLINE Bostjan  1991  SLO   2:38.54  
 48  52  481705 GLEBOV Alexander  1983  RUS   2:38.54  
 50  2  533866 NYMAN Steven  1982  USA   2:38.56  
 51  46  934643 GOLDBERG Jared  1991  USA   2:38.57  
 52  55  400281 VAN HEEK Marvin  1991  NED   2:39.06  
 53  61  561217 KOSI Klemen  1991  SLO   2:39.07  
 54  60  510747 GRUENENFELDER Tobias  1977  SUI   2:39.11  
 55  64  501230 ERICSSON Daniel  1987  SWE   2:39.17  
 56  59  501439 HEDIN Douglas  1990  SWE   2:39.73  
 57  37  194190 ROGER Brice  1990  FRA   2:39.74  
 58  36  102873 KUCERA John  1984  CAN   2:39.77  
 59  53  194167 MUZATON Maxence  1990  FRA   2:39.79  
 60  68  660021 DANILOCHKIN Yuri  1991  BLR   2:40.24  
 61  45  102899 OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel  1984  CAN   2:41.19  
 62  72  480736 KHOROSHILOV Alexander  1984  RUS   2:41.30  
 63  34  194364 PINTURAULT Alexis  1991  FRA   2:41.31  
 64  67  193967 MUFFAT JEANDET Victor  1989  FRA   2:41.89  
 65  31  50625 RAICH Benjamin  1978  AUT   2:41.96  
 66  70  430429 BYDLINSKI Maciej  1988  POL   2:42.64  
 67  66  510997 BERTHOD Marc  1983  SUI   2:42.71  
 68  65  191778 PICHOT Sebastien  1981  FRA   2:43.39  
 69  76  92570 GEORGIEV Svetoslav  1991  BUL   2:43.96  
 70  71  90131 GEORGIEV Georgi  1987  BUL   2:44.89  
 71  73  92534 CHONGAROV Nikola  1989  BUL  &
nbsp;2:46.10		  
 72  74  150495 VRABLIK Martin  1982  CZE   2:46.27  
 73  75  700830 ZAMPA Adam  1990  SVK   2:46.58  
 74  77  530165 BRANDENBURG Will  1987  USA   2:47.79  
 75  69  30149 SIM
ARI BIRKNER Cristian Javier 		 1980  ARG   2:48.61  
 76  57  930024 MAPLE Wiley  1990  USA   2:49.39  
Did not finish 1st run
   49  293141 VARETTONI Silvano  1984  ITA     

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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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