Nani takes Aspen NorAm as first run leaders falter
Italian Roberto Nani put down a fast second run to claim the Aspen Nor Am GS Tuesday (Nov. 27). Finn Marcus Sandell placed second and Stefan Luitz of German was the top U21 in third.
Canadian Philip Brown was the top North American a placing behind World Cup racer Fritz Dopfer’s fourth place finish.
The top American racer, and the third U21 on the day was Kieffer Christianson in 11th, leading a string of US racers in the 11 through 14 placings: Brennan Rubie, Nick Daniels and Robby Kelley respectively.
The top three skiers of the first run, Marcel Hirscher, Giovanni Borsotti and Davide Simoncelli all failed to complete the second run.
Gepa photo
| Aspen NorAm Cup – Giant Slalom, Men USA – CO – ASPEN MOUNTAIN 11/27/2012 10:00 AM |
Results:
| Rank | Bib | Name | Team | Club | Class | Result 1 | Result 2 | Combined |
| 1 | 32 |
NANI, Roberto
|
ITA
|
SR
|
1:02.41 (4)
|
1:02.34 (1)
|
2:04.75
|
|
| 2 | 5 |
SANDELL, Marcus
|
FIN
|
SR
|
1:02.42 (5)
|
1:03.20 (3)
|
2:05.62
|
|
| 3 | 11 |
LUITZ, Stefan
|
GER
|
U21
|
1:02.59 (8)
|
1:03.20 (3)
|
2:05.79
|
|
| 4 | 9 |
DOPFER, Fritz
|
GER
|
SR
|
1:02.44 (6)
|
1:03.63 (7)
|
2:06.07
|
|
| 5 | 25 |
FREY, Thomas
|
FRA
|
SR
|
1:03.06 (14)
|
1:03.14 (2)
|
2:06.20
|
|
| 6 | 2 |
BROWN, Philip
|
CAN
|
CAST
|
SR
|
1:03.27 (16)
|
1:03.79 (8)
|
2:07.06
|
| 7 | 21 |
DE ALIPRANDINI, Luca
|
ITA
|
SR
|
1:02.74 (10)
|
1:04.43 (11)
|
2:07.17
|
|
| 8 | 7 |
PHILP, Trevor
|
CAN
|
CAST
|
U21
|
1:03.64 (19)
|
1:03.97 (9)
|
2:07.61
|
| 9 | 12 |
COOK, Dustin
|
CAN
|
CAST
|
SR
|
1:03.62 (18)
|
1:04.28 (10
) |
2:07.90
|
| 10 | 22 |
TUMLER, Thomas
|
SUI
|
SR
|
1:02.80 (11)
|
1:05.11 (13)
|
2:07.91
|
|
| 11 | 47 |
CHRISTIANSON, Kieffer
|
USA
|
UST
|
U21
|
1:04.85 (28)
|
1:03.39 (5)
|
2:08.24
|
| 12 | 15 |
RUBIE, Brennan
|
USA
|
UST
|
SR
|
1:03.47 (17)
|
1:05.12 (14)
|
2:08.59
|
| 13 | 51 |
DANIELS, Nick
|
USA
|
UST
|
SR
|
1:05.24 (34)
|
1:03.47 (6)
|
2:08.71
|
| 14 | 6 |
KELLEY, Robby
|
USA
|
UST
|
SR
|
1:02.62 (9)
|
1:06.16 (21)
|
2:08.78
|
| 15 | 33 |
NORDBOTTEN, Jonathan
|
NOR
|
SR
|
1:04.26 (22)
|
1:04.94 (12)
|
2:09.20
|
|
| 16 | 37 |
ZAITSOFF, Sasha
|
CAN
|
CAST
|
SR
|
1:04.38 (23)
|
1:05.74 (18)
|
2:10.12
|
| 17 | 48 |
ANKENY, Michael
|
USA
|
UST
|
SR
|
1:04.87 (29)
|
1:05.65 (17)
|
2:10.52
|
| 18 | 28 |
OLSSON, Jon
|
SWE
|
SR
|
1:04.93 (31)
|
1:05.64 (16)
|
2:10.57
|
|
| 19 | 59 |
DUFFY, Danny
|
USA
|
EST
|
U21
|
1:05.77 (40)
|
1:05.35 (15)
|
2:11.12
|
| 20 | 50 |
MARSHALL, Tucker
|
USA
|
EST
|
SR
|
1:05.32 (36)
|
1:06.46 (22)
|
2:11.78
|
| 21 | 39 |
ROBERTS, Hig
|
USA
|
EST
|
SR
|
1:05.93 (42)
|
1:05.98 (19)
|
2:11.91
|
| 22 | 40 |
SIMARI BIRKNER, Cristian Ja
|
ARG
|
SR
|
1:05.10 (32)
|
1:07.00 (24)
|
2:12.10
|
|
| 23 | 69 |
STRAND, Matthew
|
USA
|
UST
|
U21
|
1:06.36 (44)
|
1:05.99 (20)
|
2:12.35
|
| 24 | 42 |
MORSE, Ben
|
USA
|
EST
|
U21
|
1:05.73 (39)
|
1:06.84 (23)
|
2:12.57
|
| 25 | 61 |
KOLLENBORG, Christopher
|
NOR
|
SR
|
1:05.68 (38)
|
1:07.48 (26)
|
2:13.16
|
|
| 26 | 78 |
THOMPSON, Broderick
|
CAN
|
PROS
|
U21
|
1:06.47 (45)
|
1:07.42 (25)
|
2:13.89
|
| 27 | 67 |
BROOKS, Dylan
|
USA
|
WST
|
U21
|
1:06.57 (47)
|
1:07.78 (28)
|
2:14.35
|
| 28 | 66 |
DUFFY, Drew
|
USA
|
EST
|
U18
|
1:06.51 (46)
|
1:08.29 (30)
|
2:14.80
|
| 29 | 64 |
BEADON, Christopher
|
CAN
|
CAN
|
SR
|
1:07.13 (51)
|
1:08.36 (31)
|
2:15.49
|
| 30 | 79 |
ARVIDSSON, Erik
|
USA
|
WST
|
U18
|
1:07.45 (53)
|
1:08.23 (29)
|
2:15.68
|
| 31 | 81 |
COOPER, Scott
|
USA
|
WST
|
U21
|
1:08.20 (56)
|
1:07.68 (27)
|
2:15.88
|
| 32 | 71 |
SPROCK, Ty
|
USA
|
WST
|
U18
|
1:07.20 (52)
|
1:09.86 (35)
|
2:17.06
|
| 33 | 93 |
JACOBS, Jake
|
USA
|
EST
|
U21
|
1:08.61 (58)
|
1:08.48 (32)
|
2:17.09
|
| 33 | 62 |
FEASEY, Willis
|
NZL
|
U21
|
1:08.46 (57)
|
1:08.63 (33)
|
2:17.09
|
|
| 35 | 75 |
HALL, Max
|
USA
|
WST
|
U18
|
1:07.78 (54)
|
1:09.77 (34)
|
2:17.55
|
| 36 | 92 |
KLEIN, Charlie
|
USA
|
WST
|
U18
|
1:08.70 (60)
|
1:10.18 (36)
|
2:18.88
|
| 37 | 76 |
DAVIS, Devin
|
USA
|
WST
|
U21
|
1:08.66 (59)
|
1:10.50 (37)
|
2:19.16
|
| 1 |
HIRSCHER, Marcel
|
AUT
|
SR
|
1:01.65 (1)
|
DNF
|
|
||
| 3 |
BORSOTTI, Giovanni
|
ITA
|
SR
|
1:02.05 (2)
|
DNF
|
|
||
| 17 |
SIMONCELLI, Davide
|
ITA
|
SR
|
1:02.32 (3)
|
DNF
|
|
||
| 8 |
DONALDSON, David
|
CAN
|
CAN
|
SR
|
1:02.53 (7)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 10 |
RICHARD, Cyprien
|
FRA
|
SR
|
1:02.84 (12)
|
DNF
|
|
||
| 4 |
HAUGEN, Leif Kristian
|
NOR
|
SR
|
1:02.91 (13)
|
DNS
|
|
||
| 24 |
CAVIEZEL, Gino
|
SUI
|
U21
|
1:03.22 (15)
|
DNF
|
|
||
| 18 |
MAYTAKOV, Sergei
|
RUS
|
SR
|
1:03.96 (20)
|
DNF
|
|
||
| 43 |
WILSON, Ryan
|
USA
|
WST
|
SR
|
1:04.20 (21)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 34 |
PLONER, Alexander
|
ITA
|
SR
|
1:04.51 (24)
|
DNF
|
|
||
| 44 |
TROW, Andy
|
CAN
|
CAN
|
SR
|
1:04.53 (25)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 63 |
JENEWEIN, Kevin
|
AUT
|
U21
|
1:04.72 (26)
|
DNF
|
|
||
| 13 |
GREGORAK, Will
|
USA
|
UST
|
SR
|
1:04.73 (27)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 54 |
KRAUSE, Nicholas
|
USA
|
UST
|
U21
|
1:04.88 (30)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 19 |
NICKERSON, Warner
|
USA
|
EST
|
SR
|
1:05.17 (33)
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 23 |
SMITH, Cameron
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
1:05.28 (35)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 58 |
ACOSTA, Christopher
|
USA
|
R/C
|
SR
|
1:05.37 (37)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 52 |
HAUG, Andreas Willumsen
|
NOR
|
SR
|
1:05.88 (41)
|
DQ
|
|
||
| 46 |
ADDE, Andreas
|
NOR
|
SR
|
1:06.08 (43)
|
DNF
|
|
||
| 65 |
SHIFFRIN, Taylor
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
1:06.61 (48)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 27 |
COHEE, Nick
|
USA
|
R/C
|
SR
|
1:06.72 (49)
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 29 |
SWETTE, Ford
|
CAN
|
PROS
|
U21
|
1:06.76 (50)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 77 |
FRANCIS, Brian
|
USA
|
WST
|
U18
|
1:08.19 (55)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 91 |
ELLER, Bryce
|
USA
|
WST
|
U21
|
1:08.84 (61)
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 74 |
MACKIE, Logan Rip
|
USA
|
WST
|
U21
|
1:08.93 (62)
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 94 |
BARNEY, Ryan
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
1:09.48 (63)
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 89 |
ROBERTS, Murphy
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
1:09.52 (64)
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 95 |
DU PASQUIER, Gregoire
|
SUI
|
U18
|
1:09.83 (65)
|
DNS
|
|
||
| 86 |
BLAKE, Daniel
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
1:09.89 (66)
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 82 |
PLANT, Riley
|
USA
|
WST
|
U18
|
1:10.06 (67)
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 90 |
HAFERMAN, Eric
|
USA
|
WST
|
U21
|
1:10.17 (68)
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 84 |
THEIS, Tyler
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
1:10.48 (69)
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 96 |
BLOMMER, William
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 88 |
DRUGOV, Yuriy
|
RUS
|
U18
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
||
| 87 |
TALBOTT, Marc
|
USA
|
WST
|
U18
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 85 |
CARDAMONE, Devon
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U18
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
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| 83 |
HAYES, Colin
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 80 |
WILSON, Kenny
|
USA
|
WST
|
U21
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 73 |
MCCORMICK, Sean
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 72 |
VAN DEN BROECKE, Dries
|
BEL
|
U18
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
||
| 70 |
WRIGHT, Cole
|
USA
|
WST
|
SR
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 68 |
MOTTAU, Tanner
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 60 |
VIETZE, Sandy
|
USA
|
EST
|
U21
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 57 |
SOVIC, Tomaz
|
SLO
|
SR
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
||
| 56 |
ULYANOV, Dmitrij
|
RUS
|
SR
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
||
| 53 |
CONE, Robert
|
USA
|
UST
|
U21
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 49 |
MCLAUGHLIN, Brian
|
USA
|
EST
|
U21
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 45 |
ELLIOT, Jeremy
|
USA
|
WST
|
SR
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 41 |
GRIFFIN, Benjamin
|
NZL
|
SR
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
||
| 38 |
WERRY, Tyler
|
CAN
|
PROS
|
SR
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 35 |
STIEGLER, Seppi
|
USA
|
R/C
|
SR
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 31 |
LAIDLAW, Luke
|
AUS
|
U21
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
||
| 30 |
EISATH, Florian
|
ITA
|
SR
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
||
| 26 |
PLEISCH, Manuel
|
SUI
|
SR
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
||
| 20 |
FAIVRE, Mathieu
|
FRA
|
U21
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
||
| 14 |
LYSDAHL, Espen
|
NOR
|
SR
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
||
| 16 |
BENNETT, Bryce
|
USA
|
UST
|
U21
|
DNS
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 55 |
ENGEL, Mark
|
USA
|
UST
|
SR
|
DQg43
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 36 |
KELLEY, Tim
|
USA
|
EST
|
SR
|
DQg43
|
DNS
|
About the Author: Hank McKee
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.”
