Hirscher, Ligety in charge at Adelboden
In what shapes up to be a epic GS battle on the classic Chuenisbaergli course at Adelboden, Switzerland, Marcel Hirscher and Ted Ligety finished .07 apart and well ahead of everybody else after the first of two runs.
The course, normally brutally long and tiring, has been made more so by difficult conditions as the track was well watered to help preserve it and then saw overnight snowfall resulting in changing conditions section to section.
The steep final pitch brought grief to many as the DNF rate swelled to half of the field, including Americans Bode Miller, Thomas Biesemeyer, Will Gregorak and Tommy Ford. Tim Jitloff survived and will get a second run.
Ligety photo by Gepa
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UNOFFICIAL RESULTS |
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total Time |
1 | 5 | 53831 | HIRSCHER Marcel | 1989 | AUT | 1:21.67 | 1:21.67 | |
2 | 4 | 534562 | LIGETY Ted | 1984 | USA | 1:21.74 | 1:21.74 | |
3 | 11 | 292000 | BLARDONE Massimiliano | 1979 | ITA | 1:22.00 | 1:22.00 | |
4 | 20 | 192506 | MISSILLIER Steve | 1984 | FRA | 1:22.38 | 1:22.38 | |
5 | 2 | 191423 | RICHARD Cyprien | 1979 | FRA | 1:22.60 | 1:22.60 | |
6 | 18 | 50625 | RAICH Benjamin | 1978 | AUT | 1:22.78 | 1:22.78 | |
7 | 16 | 51215 | BAUMANN Romed | 1986 | AUT | 1:23.11 | 1:23.11 | |
8 | 17 | 510030 | CUCHE Didier | 1974 | SUI | 1:23.12 | 1:23.12 | |
9 | 13 | 380260 | KOSTELIC Ivica | 1979 | CRO | 1:23.14 | 1:23.14 | |
10 | 22 | 501324 | OLSSON Matts | 1988 | SWE | 1:23.19 | 1:23.19 | |
11 | 1 | 421483 | JANSRUD Kjetil | 1985 | NOR | 1:23.28 | 1:23.28 | |
12 | 10 | 50742 | REICHELT Hannes | 1980 | AUT | 1:23.30 | 1:23.30 | |
13 | 12 | 292120 | SIMONCELLI Davide | 1979 | ITA | 1:23.53 | 1:23.53 | |
14 | 7 | 191750 | FANARA Thomas | 1981 | FRA | 1:23.56 | 1:23.56 | |
15 | 27 | 990048 | BORSOTTI Giovanni | 1990 | ITA | 1:23.60 | 1:23.60 | |
15 | 15 | 511313 | JANKA Carlo | 1986 | SUI | 1:23.60 | 1:23.60 | |
17 | 14 | 194364 | PINTURAULT Alexis | 1991 | FRA | 1:23.70 | 1:23.70 | |
18 | 8 | 180534 | SANDELL Marcus | 1987 | FIN | 1:24.00 | 1:24.00 | |
19 | 25 | 150398 | BANK Ondrej | 1980 | CZE | 1:24.17 | 1:24.17 | |
20 | 6 | 421328 | SVINDAL Aksel Lund | 1982 | NOR | 1:24.24 | 1:24.24 | |
21 | 41 | 292967 | EISATH Florian | 1984 | ITA | 1:24.50 | 1:24.50 | |
21 | 21 | 191746 | DE TESSIERES Gauthier | 1981 | FRA | 1:24.50 | 1:24.50 | |
23 | 23 | 292491 | MOELGG Manfred | 1982 | ITA | 1:24.51 | 1:24.51 | |
24 | 46 | 292056 | GUFLER Michael | 1979 | ITA | 1:24.67 | 1:24.67 | |
25 | 55 | 192504 | MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas | 1984 | FRA | 1:24.85 | 1:24.85 | |
26 | 29 | 534959 | JITLOFF Tim | 1985 | USA | 1:25.37 | 1:25.37 | |
27 | 52 | 990081 | CASSE Mattia | 1990 | ITA | 1:25.52 | 1:25.52 | |
28 | 44 | 150644 | KRYZL Krystof | 1986 | CZE | 1:25.53 | 1:25.53 | |
28 | 32 | 511383 | FEUZ Beat | 1987 | SUI | 1:25.53 | 1:25.53 | |
30 | 43 | 53985 | MATHIS Marcel | 1991 | AUT | 1:25.65 | 1:25.65 | |
31 | 48 | 191778 | PICHOT Sebastien | 1981 | FRA | 1:25.66 | 1:25.66 | |
32 | 37 | 192653 | FREY Thomas | 1984 | FRA | 1:25.75 | 1:25.75 | |
33 | 26 | 421669 | HAUGEN Leif Kristian | 1987 | NOR | 1:26.34 | 1:26.34 | |
34 | 64 | 910004 | DEFLORIAN Mirko | 1980 | MDA | 1:26.63 | 1:26.63 | |
35 | 62 | 511634 | SPESCHA Christian | 1989 | SUI | 1:26.65 | 1:26.65 | |
36 | 57 | 511852 | CAVIEZEL Gino | 1992 | SUI | 1:29.07 | 1:29.07 | |
37 | 56 | 100558 | COOK Dustin | 1989 | CAN | 1:29.37 | 1:29.37 |