Game on in Kitzbuehel, Svindal trains fastest
Aksel Lund Svindal Tuesday (Jan 22) registered the fastest time down the Streif in the first training run for Saturday’s (Jan 26) Hahnenkamm Downhill at Kitzbehel, Austria. A super G is planned for Friday, the slalom and combined conclude Sunday.
In snowy conditions interspersed with a bit of fog, Svindal clocked in .25 of a second faster than runner-up Hannes Reichelt and his teammate Kjetil Jansrud posted the third fastest time .66 back. Swiss Marc Gisin roared out of the 40th start to place fourth knocking Canadian Erik Guay and American Travis Ganong back a space to fifth and sixth respectively.
Austria’s defending downhill champ, Klaus Kroell, skied off the course in intense fog. FIS director Guenther Hujara later issued an apology to Kroell, indicating he should have been waved off the course when the fog suddenly thickened.
Sporadic course conditions and a window of improved visibility made for some dramatic moves from the back of the pack. Like Gisin, Austrian Matthias Mayer and Italian Siegmar Klotz both made the top 10 from starts in the 40’s.
“The snow is inconsistent for now but in general smoother than it had been,” said US coach Sasha Rearick. “It will freeze up nice and firm and it will be a man’s race for sure.”
US racer Stven Nyman called the surface, “nasty bad,” and indicated it appeared the injection had not been given enough time to cure. Colder conditions in the forecast should help that issue.
Manny Osborne-Paradis started 44th and finished 18th to become the third fastest North American down the course. Benjamin Thomasen was 19th and Ted Ligety posted 23rd. Jan Hudec, Marco Sullivan and Nyman all made the top 30. Andrew Weibrecht moved dramatically and had the lead high on the course, but finished 38th as the 55th of 59 starters.
Gepa photo
Kitzbuehel (AUT)
Training
Men’s Downhill
Jan. 22, 2013
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Total Time | FIS Points |
1 | 16 | 421328 | SVINDAL Aksel Lund | 1982 | NOR | 1:59.34 | |
2 | 18 | 50742 | REICHELT Hannes | 1980 | AUT | 1:59.59 | |
3 | 11 | 421483 | JANSRUD Kjetil | 1985 | NOR | 2:00.00 | |
4 | 40 | 511529 | GISIN Marc | 1988 | SUI | 2:00.56 | |
5 | 20 | 102263 | GUAY Erik | 1981 | CAN | 2:00.57 | |
6 | 26 | 530874 | GANONG Travis | 1988 | USA | 2:00.64 | |
7 | 10 | 192746 | THEAUX Adrien | 1984 | FRA | 2:00.65 | |
8 | 41 | 53902 | MAYER Matthias | 1990 | AUT | 2:00.67 | |
9 | 45 | 294277 | KLOTZ Siegmar | 1987 | ITA | 2:00.75 | |
10 | 7 | 292455 | FILL Peter | 1982 | ITA | 2:00.86 | |
11 | 17 | 291459 | PARIS Dominik | 1989 | ITA | 2:00.99 | |
12 | 3 | 560447 | SPORN Andrej | 1981 | SLO | 2:01.15 | |
13 | 2 | 50858 | STREITBERGER Georg | 1981 | AUT | 2:01.29 | |
14 | 15 | 191740 | CLAREY Johan | 1981 | FRA | 2:01.34 | |
15 | 27 | 191964 | POISSON David | 1982 | FRA | 2:01.35 | |
16 | 9 | 510727 | DEFAGO Didier | 1977 | SUI | 2:01.43 | |
17 | 5 | 51332 | SCHEIBER Florian | 1987 | AUT | 2:01.44 | |
18 | 44 | 102899 | OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel | 1984 | CAN | 2:01.47 | |
19 | 6 | 103271 | THOMSEN Benjamin | 1987 | CAN | 2:01.48 | |
20 | 38 | 511142 | LUEOEND Vitus | 1984 | SUI | 2:01.55 | |
21 | 12 | 293006 | INNERHOFER Christof | 1984 | ITA | 2:01.56 | |
22 | 39 | 180570 | ROMAR Andreas | 1989 | FIN | 2:01.57 | |
23 | 33 | 534562 | LIGETY Ted | 1984 | USA | 2:01.64 | |
24 | 19 | 102271 | HUDEC Jan | 1981 | CAN | 2:01.78 | |
25 | 8 | 51327 | PUCHNER Joachim | 1987 | AUT | 2:01.80 | |
26 | 29 | 533131 | SULLIVAN Marco | 1980 | USA | 2:01.82 | |
27 | 28 | 192932 | FAYED Guillermo | 1985 | FRA | 2:01.87 | |
28 | 50 | 192504 | MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas | 1984 | FRA | 2:01.99 | |
29 | 21 | 533866 | NYMAN Steven | 1982 | USA | 2:02.13 | |
29 | 4 | 511139 | KUENG Patrick | 1984 | SUI | 2:02.13 | |
31 | 13 | 51215 | BAUMANN Romed | 1986 | AUT | 2:02.19 | |
32 | 46 | 293550 | MARSAGLIA Matteo | 1985 | ITA | 2:02.21 | |
32 | 23 | 292514 | HEEL Werner | 1982 | ITA | 2:02.21 | |
34 | 49 | 400281 | VAN HEEK Marvin | 1991 | NED | 2:02.31 | |
35 | 43 | 200379 | SANDER Andreas | 1989 | GER | 2:02.37 | |
36 | 42 | 201606 | KEPPLER Stephan | 1983 | GER | 2:02.49 | |
37 | 24 | 53817 | FRANZ Max | 1989 | AUT | 2:02.70 | |
38 | 55 | 530939 | WEIBRECHT Andrew | 1986 | USA | 2:02.84 | |
39 | 25 | 510890 | ZURBRIGGEN Silvan | 1981 | SUI | 2:02.94 | |
40 | 48 | 193034 | BOUILLOT Alexandre | 1985 | FRA | 2:02.97 | |
41 | 52 | 510747 | GRUENENFELDER Tobias | 1977 | SUI | 2:03.08 | |
42 | 30 | 191591 | BERTRAND Yannick | 1980 | FRA | 2:03.12 | |
43 | 34 | 194364 | PINTURAULT Alexis | 1991 | FRA | 2:03.67 | |
44 | 22 | 511313 | JANKA Carlo | 1986 | SUI | 2:04.52 | |
45 | 51 | 561216 | KLINE Bostjan | 1991 | SLO | 2:05.06 | |
46 | 58 | 660021 | DANILOCHKIN Yuri | 1991 | BLR | 2:05.36 | |
47 | 54 | 511352 | VILETTA Sandro | 1986 | SUI | 2:05.93 | |
48 | 53 | 561217 | KOSI Klemen | 1991 | SLO | 2:06.34 | |
49 | 59 | 430429 | BYDLINSKI Maciej | 1988 | POL | 2:07.20 | |
50 | 57 | 510997 | BERTHOD Marc | 1983 | SUI | 2:07.70 | |
51 | 1 | 561067 | PERKO Rok | 1985 | SLO | 2:08.55 | |
52 | 37 | 194190 | ROGER Brice | 1990 | FRA | 7:16.26 | |
Did not start 1st run | |||||||
56 | 191746 | DE TESSIERES Gauthier | 1981 | FRA | |||
47 | 531452 | BIESEMEYER Thomas | 1989 | USA | |||
35 | 201811 | STECHERT Tobias | 1985 | GER | |||
32 | 380260 | KOSTELIC Ivica | 1979 | CRO | |||
31 | 50625 | RAICH Benjamin | 1978 | AUT | |||
Did not finish 1st run | |||||||
36 | 560332 | JERMAN Andrej | 1978 | SLO | |||
14 | 50753 | KROELL Klaus | 1980 | AUT |