Europa Cup: Nickerson just misses top 10
Warner Nickerson lead the U.S. team for the second consecutive day at Thursday's Europa Cup giant slalom in Madesimo, Italy. He placed 11th. His closest teammate was Will Brandenburg who finished in 29th.
WARNER NICKERSON lead the U.S. team for the second consecutive day at Thursday's Europa Cup giant slalom in Madesimo, Italy. He placed 11th. His closest teammate was Will Brandenburg who finished in 29th.
Philipp Schoerghofer of Austria got his second win in two days with a time of two minutes, 5.27 seconds. Teammate Marcel Hirscher came in second and Norway's Markus Nilsen got third.
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total Time | FIS Points |
| 1 | 4 | 51007 | SCHOERGHOFER Philipp | 1983 | AUT | 0:59.83 | 1:05.44 | 2:05.27 | 6.00 |
| 2 | 13 | 53831 | HIRSCHER Marcel | 1989 | AUT | 1:00.58 | 1:06.39 | 2:06.97 | 17.94 |
| 3 | 23 | 421859 | NILSEN Markus | 1989 | NOR | 1:01.64 | 1:05.63 | 2:07.27 | 20.05 |
| 4 | 8 | 290693 | PLONER Alexander | 1978 | ITA | 1:00.82 | 1:06.54 | 2:07.36 | 20.68 |
| 5 | 10 | 50981 | HOERL Wolfgang | 1983 | AUT | 1:00.90 | 1:06.52 | 2:07.42 | 21.10 |
| 6 | 7 | 51332 | SCHEIBER Florian | 1987 | AUT | 1:00.50 | 1:07.02 | 2:07.52 | 21.81 |
| 7 | 2 | 50931 | BECHTER Patrick | 1982 | AUT | 1:00.94 | 1:06.63 | 2:07.57 | 22.16 |
| 8 | 18 | 290896 | HELL Wolfgang | 1980 | ITA | 1:02.21 | 1:05.63 | 2:07.84 | 24.05 |
| 9 | 14 | 150644 | KRYZL Krystof | 1986 | CZE | 1:01.05 | 1:06.86 | 2:07.91 | 24.55 |
| 10 | 20 | 421650 | BJERKESTRAND Iver | 1987 | NOR | 1:02.20 | 1:05.87 | 2:08.07 | 25.67 |
| 11 | 15 | 534038 | NICKERSON Warner | 1981&nb sp; |
USA | 1:02.08 | 1:06.08 | 2:08.16 | 26.30 |
| 12 | 41 | 292299 | DAVARE Michel | 1981 | ITA | 1:03.12 | 1:05.07 | 2:08.19 | 26.51 |
| 13 | 22 | 51060 | GSCHWENTER Dominik | 1984 | AUT | 1:02.07 | 1:06.15 | 2:08.22 | 26.72 |
| 14 | 26 | 150421 | ZAHROBSKY Petr | 1980 | CZE | 1:02.73 | 1:05.58 | 2:08.31 | 27.36 |
| 15 | 28 | 180430 | RAJALA Jukka | 1982 | FIN | 1:02.71 | 1:05.65 | 2:08.36 | 27.71 |
| 15 | 24 | 293550 | MARSAGLIA Matteo | 1985 | ITA | 1:02.32 | 1:06.04 | 2:08.36 | 27.71 |
| 17 | 16 | 292291 | THANEI Stefan | 1981 | ITA | 1:02.35 | 1:06.10 | 2:08.45 | 28.34 |
| 18 | 21 | 511352 | VILETTA Sandro | 1986 | SUI | 1:01.50 | 1:06.96 | 2:08.46 | 28.41 |
| 19 | 12 | 51258 | ZACH Michael | 1986 | AUT | 1:01.55 | 1:06.92 | 2:08.47 | 28.48 |
| 20 | 6 | 202462 | DOPFER Fritz | 1987 | GER | 1:01.21 | 1:07.44 | 2:08.65 | 29.74 |
| 21 | 58 | 501010 | KINGSTAD Fredrik | 1983 | SWE | 1:03.33 | 1:05.46 | 2:08.79 | 30.73 |
| 22 | 40 | 193307 | PAQUIN Paul | 1986 | FRA | 1:02.89 | 1:05.91 | 2:08.80 | 30.80 |
| 23 | 46 | 150495 | VRABLIK Martin | 1982 | CZE | 1:03.30 | 1:05.54 | 2:08.84 | 31.08 |
| 24 | 38 | 511142 | LUEOEND Vitus | 1984 | SUI | 1:03.26 | 1:05.82 | 2:09.08 | 32.76 |
| 25 | 50 | 561046 | ZAVIRSEK Matija | 1984 | SLO | 1:02.89 | 1:06.82 | 2:09.71 | 37.19 |
| 26 | 35 | 511127 | GINI Marc | 1984 | SUI | 1:03.44 | 1:06.48 | 2:09.92 | 38.67 |
| 27 | 17 | 50605 | HERBST Reinfried | 1978 | AUT | 1:03.08 | 1:07.07 | 2:10.15 | 40.28 |
| 28 | 49 | 500909 | ANDERSSON Oscar | 1982 | SWE | 1:03.42 | 1:06.74 | 2:10.16 | 40.35 |
| 29 | 37 | 530165 | BRANDENBURG Will | 1987 | USA | 1:03.17 | 1:07.21 | 2:10.38 | 41.90 |
| 30 | 48 | 293085 | POVINELLI Christopher | 1984 | ITA | 1:03.43 | 1:07.34 | 2:10.77 | 44.64 |
| 31 | 44 | 501116 | LAHDENPERAE Anton | 1985 | SWE | 1:03.55 | 1:07.46 | 2:11.01 | 46.32 |
| 32 | 34 | 292831 | PIERUZ Aronne | 1983 | ITA | 1:03.73 | 1:07.64 | 2:11.37 | 48.85 |
| 33 | 62 | 294277 | KLOTZ Siegmar | 1987 | ITA | 1:03.83 | 1:08.25 | 2:12.08 | 53.84 |
| 34 | 61 | 561085 | KRIZAJ Andrej | 1986 | SLO | 1:04.05 | 1:08.76 | 2:12.81 | 58.97 |
| 35 | 66 | 561119 | MRAVLJA Anze | 1987 | SLO | 1:03.99 | 1:09.09 | 2:13.08 | 60.86 |
| 36 | 52 | 292756 | PENASA Massimo | 1983 | ITA | 1:04.55 | 1:08.57 | 2:13.12 | 61.14 |
| 37 | 43 | 530837 | KELLEY Tim | 1986 | USA | 1:04.43 | 1:08.83 | 2:13.26 | 62.13 |
| 38 | 67 | 501111 | HARGIN Mattias | 1985 | SWE | 1:04.02 | 1:09.30 | 2:13.32 | 62.55 |
| 39 | 71 | 990081 | CASSE Mattia | 1990 | ITA | 1:05.01 | 1:08.81 | 2:13.82 | 66.06 |
| 40 | 69 | 194364 | PINTURAULT Alexis | 1991 | FRA | 1:04.78 | 1:09.36 | 2:14.14 | 68.31 |
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Did not start 1st run :
VERDECCHIA Marco (ITA)
Did not start 2nd run :
PELLINEN Jouni (FIN), ULIANOV Dmitrij (RUS)
Did not finish 1st run :
FRANCHINI Silvestro (ITA), BABUSIAK Jaroslav (SVK), THOULE Nicolas (FRA), CHARRIERE Mickael (FRA), THALER Matthias (ITA), HOFER Elmar (ITA), ROMAR Andreas (FIN), KUERNER Miha (SLO), DONALDSON David (CAN), NORDH Fredrik (SWE), BAL Julien (FRA), SORREL Sebastien (FRA), ROBERTSON Matthew (AUS), ERSCHBAMER Andreas (ITA), MITHASSEL Christian (NOR), BRENNA Petter (NOR), HAUGEN Leif Kristian (NOR), LONGHI Omar (ITA), OBERT Anthony (FRA), NOESIG Christoph (AUT), DE TESSIERES Gauthier (FRA)
Did not finish 2nd run :
JENOT Olivier (MON), PLACE Francois (FRA), CHODOUNSKY David (USA), OREILLER Ami (SUI), FALCOZ Lucas (FRA), FLASCHBERGER Christian (AUT), DEFLORIAN Mirko (ITA), LEINO Jukka (FIN)
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