Fill, Cuche lead first training for 82nd Lauberhorn
On a bright sunny day (Jan. 11) Italians Peter Fill and Christof Innerhofer sandwiched Didier Cuche at the top of the finish order of the first training run for Wengen’s 82nd Lauberhorn.
On a soft track and in temperatures that felt even warmer than the above freezing readings they gave the French put two, the Austrians three and the North Americans one each into the list of top 10 finishers.
The French had Adrien Theaux and Yannick Bertrand fourth and sixth respectively, the Austrians were led by Georg Streitberger in fifth, Klaus Kroell and Hannes Reichheltseventh and eighth with Canadian Erik Guay ninth and American Bode Miller tenth.
With overall World Cup tour leader Marcel Hirscher the all-around skiers looking to damage his point lead include Aksel Lund Svindal finishing 16th and Ivica Kostelic 19th.
US skiers Marco Sullivan, Travis Ganong, Erik Fisher and Andrew Weibrecht finished 40th, 44th, 47th and 48th ranging from 5.28 to 6.53 seconds off Fill’s pace of 2:36.98. Last season’s winning time on the track was 2:31.28.
“The snow density is too low for the injection to work,” said US coach Sasha Rearick. “It’s soft and breaking up. They need to open the hill and water.”
Competition opens Friday with a combined, the downhill is Saturday and slalom Sunday.
image: Didier Cuche in the start. Gepa photo.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS – FIRST TRAINING |
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Total Time |
1 | 3 | 292455 | FILL Peter | 1982 | ITA | 2:36.98 |
2 | 16 | 510030 | CUCHE Didier | 1974 | SUI | 2:37.55 |
3 | 11 | 293006 | INNERHOFER Christof | 1984 | ITA | 2:37.84 |
4 | 15 | 192746 | THEAUX Adrien | 1984 | FRA | 2:38.30 |
5 | 7 | 50858 | STREITBERGER Georg | 1981 | AUT | 2:38.43 |
6 | 6 | 191591 | BERTRAND Yannick | 1980 | FRA | 2:38.48 |
7 | 12 | 50753 | KROELL Klaus | 1980 | AUT | 2:38.61 |
8 | 24 | 50742 | REICHELT Hannes | 1980 | AUT | 2:38.75 |
9 | 13 | 102263 | GUAY Erik | 1981 | CAN | 2:38.87 |
10 | 21 | 532431 | MILLER Bode | 1977 | USA | 2:39.26 |
11 | 5 | 501076 | OLSSON Hans | 1984 | SWE | 2:39.27 |
12 | 18 | 51215 | BAUMANN Romed | 1986 | AUT | 2:39.45 |
13 | 31 | 421483 | JANSRUD Kjetil | 1985 | NOR | 2:39.64 |
14 | 22 | 51327 | PUCHNER Joachim | 1987 | AUT | 2:39.75 |
15 | 8 | 511139 | KUENG Patrick | 1984 | SUI | 2:39.77 |
16 | 19 | 421328 | SVINDAL Aksel Lund | 1982 | NOR | 2:39.84 |
17 | 17 | 510727 | DEFAGO Didier | 1977 | SUI | 2:40.01 |
18 | 2 | 510767 | HOFFMANN Ambrosi | 1977 | SUI | 2:40.06 |
19 | 25 | 380260 | KOSTELIC Ivica | 1979 | CRO | 2:40.11 |
20 | 43 | 53817 | FRANZ Max | 1989 | AUT | 2:40.52 |
20 | 10 | 191740 | CLAREY Johan | 1981 | FRA | 2:40.52 |
22 | 14 | 511383 | FEUZ Beat | 1987 | SUI | 2:40.55 |
23 | 9 | 510890 | ZURBRIGGEN Silvan | 1981 | SUI | 2:40.69 |
24 | 26 | 192932 | FAYED Guillermo | 1985 | FRA | 2:40.71 |
25 | 1 | 511529 | GISIN Marc | 1988 | SUI | 2:40.86 |
26 | 30 | 201606 | KEPPLER Stephan | 1983 | GER | 2:40.95 |
27 | 28 | 292514 | HEEL Werner | 1982 | ITA | 2:41.04 |
28 | 4 | 291459 | PARIS Dominik | 1989 | ITA | 2:41.10 |
29 | 34 | 201811 | STECHERT Tobias | 1985 | GER | 2:41.26 |
30 | 23 | 511313 | JANKA Carlo | 1986 | SUI | 2:41.50 |
31 | 20 | 51005 | SCHEIBER Mario | 1983 | AUT | 2:41.56 |
32 | 44 | 500150 | JAERBYN Patrik | 1969 | SWE | 2:41.64 |
33 | 41 | 293550 | MARSAGLIA Matteo | 1985 | ITA | 2:41.65 |
34 | 48 | 380292 | ZRNCIC-DIM Natko | 1986 | CRO | 2:41.68 |
35 | 29 | 102271 | HUDEC Jan | 1981 | CAN | 2:41.69 |
36 | 59 | 53902 | MAYER Matthias | 1990 | AUT | 2:41.79 |
37 | 27 | 560447 | SPORN Andrej | 1981 | SLO | 2:41.81 |
38 | 52 | 561067 | PERKO Rok | 1985 | SLO | 2:41.98 |
39 | 51 | 191964 | POISSON David | 1982 | FRA | 2:42.17 |
40 | 38 | 533131 | SULLIVAN Marco | 1980 | USA | 2:42.26 |
41 | 42 | 200379 | SANDER Andreas | 1989 | GER | 2:42.65 |
42 | 47 | 561087 | MARKIC Gasper | 1986 | SLO | 2:42.68 |
43 | 54 | 294277 | KLOTZ Siegmar | 1987 | ITA | 2:42.80 |
44 | 39 | 530874 | GANONG Travis | 1988 | USA | 2:42.82 |
45 | 64 | 561085 | KRIZAJ Andrej | 1986 | SLO | 2:42.86 |
45 | 49 | 294911 | PATSCHEIDER Hagen | 1988 | ITA | 2:42.86 |
47 | 35 | 534939 | FISHER Erik | 1985 | USA | 2:43.08 |
48 | 37 | 530939 | WEIBRECHT Andrew | 1986 | USA | 2:43.51 |
49 | 50 | 511634 | SPESCHA Christian | 1989 | SUI | 2:43.60 |
49 | 46 | 180570 | ROMAR Andreas | 1989 | FIN | 2:43.60 |
51 | 36 | 102961 | DIXON Robbie | 1985 | CAN | 2:43.76 |
52 | 40 | 53837 | KRAMER Manuel | 1989 | AUT | 2:43.87 |
53 | 61 | 53853 | SIEBER Bjoern | 1989 | AUT | 2:44.27 |
54 | 65 | 192504 | MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas | 1984 | FRA | 2:44.31 |
55 | 55 | 103090 | HELIE Louis-Pierre | 1986 | CAN | 2:44.52 |
56 | 32 | 50625 | RAICH Benjamin | 1978 | AUT | 2:44.78 |
57 | 62 | 990048 | BORSOTTI Giovanni | 1990 | ITA | 2:45.00 |
58 | 45 | 930024 | MAPLE Wiley | 1990 | USA | 2:45.14 |
59 | 60 | 51401 | GRAF Bernhard | 1988 | AUT | 2:45.16 |
60 | 70 | 194364 | PINTURAULT Alexis | 1991 | FRA | 2:45.83 |
61 | 53 | 103271 | THOMSEN Benjamin | 1987 | CAN | 2:45.97 |
62 | 67 | 380298 | SIROKI Tin | 1987 | CRO | 2:46.08 |
63 | 66 | 511352 | VILETTA Sandro | 1986 | SUI | 2:46.75 |
64 | 58 | 103385 | PRIDY Conrad | 1988 | CAN | 2:47.73 |
65 | 72 | 192665 | GRANGE Jean-Baptiste | 1984 | FRA | 2:47.77 |
66 | 33 | 534562 | LIGETY Ted | 1984 | USA | 2:47.84 |
67 | 74 | 530165 | BRANDENBURG Will | 1987 | USA | 2:47.91 |
68 | 68 | 51007 | SCHOERGHOFER Philipp | 1983 | AUT | 2:48.11 |
69 | 69 | 102403 | SEMPLE Ryan | 1982 | CAN | 2:48.20 |
70 | 76 | 150495 | VRABLIK Martin | 1982 | CZE | 2:48.52 |
71 | 57 | 191778 | PICHOT Sebastien | 1981 | FRA | 2:48.79 |
72 | 75 | 90131 | GEORGIEV Georgi | 1987 | BUL | 2:49.37 |
73 | 73 | 534959 | JITLOFF Tim | 1985 | USA | 2:49.46 |
74 | 63 | 910004 | DEFLORIAN Mirko | 1980 | MDA | 2:49.57 |
75 | 81 | 700724 | BABUSIAK Jaroslav | 1984 | SVK | 2:49.89 |
76 | 80 | 430472 | KLUSAK Michal | 1990 | POL | 2:49.98 |
77 | 79 | 430429 | BYDLINSKI Maciej | 1988 | POL | 2:50.06 |
78 | 77 | 92534 | CHONGAROV Nikola | 1989 | BUL | 2:50.18 |
79 | 56 | 510997 | BERTHOD Marc | 1983 | SUI | 2:51.51 |
80 | 78 | 30149 | SIMARI BIRKNER Cristian Javier | 1980 | ARG | 2:52.00 |
81 | 71 | 20174 | VIDOSA Roger | 1984 | AND | 2:52.04 |