Svindal fastest in training for Wengen, Ganong 4th
With an “iffy” forecast, officials wanted to be sure to get in a training run ahead of the 83rd Lauberhorn Rennen, and so moved the opening training run up from Wednesday to Tuesday, Jan. 15 and ran on a shortened course, starting from just above the Hundschopf, that steep drop off surrounded by jagged rock so often seen in photos of the Wengen downhill.
Aksel Lund Svindal, enjoying a remarkable speed season so far with no placing worse than fifth in a downhill or super G to date, recorded the fastest time down the still lengthy track, but was just five hundredths ahead of Italian veteran Werner Heel. Kjetil Jansrud was third fastest .36 out and Travis Ganong, the first to start on the day, finished in the fourth spot.
Swiss have won three of the last four editions of this race, but 2012 winner Beat Fuez and 2010 winner Carlo Janka are both in recovery mode and will not compete. 2009 winner Didier Defago finished well down the order in 58th. Austria Klaus Kroell, the winner in 2011, placed ninth.
The light was “flat”, and the course rough according to Heel, and, as usual, it was tiring. Even with the lowered start the times were all over 1.5 minutes. The track was also fast, with speeds clocked as high as 156kph.
Gepa photo
Wengen, Switzerland
Training
Men’s Downhill
Jan. 15, 2013
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Total Time | FIS Points |
1 | 15 | 421328 | SVINDAL Aksel Lund | 1982 | NOR | 1:50.92 | |
2 | 26 | 292514 | HEEL Werner | 1982 | ITA | 1:50.97 | |
3 | 19 | 421483 | JANSRUD Kjetil | 1985 | NOR | 1:51.28 | |
4 | 1 | 530874 | GANONG Travis | 1988 | USA | 1:51.42 | |
5 | 11 | 293006 | INNERHOFER Christof | 1984 | ITA | 1:51.49 | |
6 | 25 | 50858 | STREITBERGER Georg | 1981 | AUT | 1:51.50 | |
7 | 2 | 51332 | SCHEIBER Florian | 1987 | AUT | 1:51.58 | |
8 | 23 | 511139 | KUENG Patrick | 1984 | SUI | 1:51.65 | |
9 | 16 | 50753 | KROELL Klaus | 1980 | AUT | 1:51.72 | |
10 | 37 | 194190 | ROGER Brice | 1990 | FRA | 1:51.81 | |
11 | 39 | 180570 | ROMAR Andreas | 1989 | FIN | 1:51.87 | |
12 | 7 | 292455 | FILL Peter | 1982 | ITA | 1:51.91 | |
13 | 49 | 293141 | VARETTONI Silvano | 1984 | ITA | 1:51.98 | |
14 | 18 | 102263 | GUAY Erik | 1981 | CAN | 1:51.99 | |
15 | 3 | 560447 | SPORN Andrej | 1981 | SLO | 1:52.06 | |
16 | 8 | 51327 | PUCHNER Joachim | 1987 | AUT | 1:52.11 | |
17 | 40 | 511529 | GISIN Marc | 1988 | SUI | 1:52.12 | |
18 | 5 | 510890 | ZURBRIGGEN Silvan | 1981 | SUI | 1:52.21 | |
19 | 17 | 191740 | CLAREY Johan | 1981 | FRA | 1:52.27 | |
20 | 41 | 53902 | MAYER Matthias | 1990 | AUT | 1:52.37 | |
21 | 13 | 192746 | THEAUX Adrien | 1984 | FRA | 1:52.40 | |
22 | 56 | 192504 | MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas | 1984 | FRA | 1:52.46 | |
23 | 47 | 294277 | KLOTZ Siegmar | 1987 | ITA | 1:52.49 | |
23 | 12 | 50742 | REICHELT Hannes | 1980 | AUT | 1:52.49 | |
25 | 32 | 380260 | KOSTELIC Ivica | 1979 | CRO | 1:52.52 | |
26 | 51 | 293550 | MARSAGLIA Matteo | 1985 | ITA | 1:52.61 | |
27 | 43 | 202059 | FERSTL Josef | 1988 | GER | 1:52.64 | |
28 | &nb sp;42 |
201606 | KEPPLER Stephan | 1983 | GER | 1:52.65 | |
29 | 35 | 560332 | JERMAN Andrej | 1978 | SLO | 1:52.68 | |
29 | 29 | 53817 | FRANZ Max | 1989 | AUT | 1:52.68 | |
31 | 14 | 291459 | PARIS Dominik | 1989 | ITA | 1:52.71 | |
32 | 57 | 930024 | MAPLE Wiley | 1990 | USA | 1:52.79 | |
33 | 54 | 193034 | BOUILLOT Alexandre | 1985 | FRA | 1:52.80 | |
34 | 10 | 51215 | BAUMANN Romed | 1986 | AUT | 1:52.85 | |
35 | 4 | 533131 | SULLIVAN Marco | 1980 | USA | 1:52.91 | |
36 | 6 | 511313 | JANKA Carlo | 1986 | SUI | 1:52.93 | |
37 | 24 | 561067 | PERKO Rok | 1985 | SLO | 1:53.15 | |
38 | 44 | 200379 | SANDER Andreas | 1989 | GER | 1:53.39 | |
39 | 30 | 191964 | POISSON David | 1982 | FRA | 1:53.43 | |
40 | 38 | 511142 | LUEOEND Vitus | 1984 | SUI | 1:53.46 | |
41 | 52 | 481705 | GLEBOV Alexander | 1983 | RUS | 1:53.49 | |
42 | 60 | 510747 | GRUENENFELDER Tobias | 1977 | SUI | 1:53.52 | |
43 | 27 | 192932 | FAYED Guillermo | 1985 | FRA | 1:53.56 | |
44 | 20 | 102271 | HUDEC Jan | 1981 | CAN | 1:53.57 | |
45 | 63 | 530939 | WEIBRECHT Andrew | 1986 | USA | 1:53.68 | |
46 | 28 | 533866 | NYMAN Steven | 1982 | USA | 1:53.79 | |
47 | 46 | 934643 | GOLDBERG Jared | 1991 | USA | 1:53.80 | |
48 | 59 | 501439 | HEDIN Douglas | 1990 | SWE | 1:53.88 | |
49 | 70 | 430429 | BYDLINSKI Maciej | 1988 | POL | 1:53.99 | |
50 | 21 | 103271 | THOMSEN Benjamin | 1987 | CAN | 1:54.02 | |
51 | 45 | 102899 | OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel | 1984 | CAN | 1:54.06 | |
52 | 64 | 501230 | ERICSSON Daniel | 1987 | SWE | 1:54.12 | |
52 | 50 | 53968 | BERTHOLD Frederic | 1991 | AUT | 1:54.12 | |
54 | 62 | 511352 | VILETTA Sandro | 1986 | SUI | 1:54.13 | |
55 | 58 | 561216 | KLINE Bostjan | 1991 | SLO | 1:54.29 | |
56 | 34 | 194364 | PINTURAULT Alexis | 1991 | FRA | 1:54.35 | |
57 | 61 | 561217 | KOSI Klemen | 1991 | SLO | 1:54.79 | |
58 | 9 | 510727 | DEFAGO Didier | 1977 | SUI | 1:54.97 | |
59 | 55 | 400281 | VAN HEEK Marvin | 1991 | NED | 1:55.05 | |
59 | 53 | 194167 | MUZATON Maxence | 1990 | FRA | 1:55.05 | |
61 | 36 | 102873 | KUCERA John | 1984 | CAN | 1:55.32 | |
62 | 31 | 50625 | RAICH Benjamin | 1978 | AUT | 1:55.56 | |
63 | 67 | 193967 | MUFFAT JEANDET Victor | 1989 | FRA | 1:55.61 | |
63 | 33 | 534562 | LIGETY Ted | 1984 | USA | 1:55.61 | |
65 | 72 | 480736 | KHOROSHILOV Alexander | 1984 | RUS | 1:55.95 | |
66 | 48 | 6530319 | COCHRAN-SIEGLE Ryan | 1992 | USA | 1:56.50 | |
67 | 68 | 660021 | DANILOCHKIN Yuri | 1991 | BLR | 1:56.53 | |
68 | 66 | 510997 | BERTHOD Marc | 1983 | SUI | 1:56.65 | |
69 | 71 | 90131 | GEORGIEV Georgi | 1987 | BUL | 1:56.67 | |
70 | 77 | 530165 | BRANDENBURG Will | 1987 | USA | 1:57.00 | |
71 | 74 | 150495 | VRABLIK Martin | 1982 | CZE | 1:58.83 | |
72 | 73 | 92534 | CHONGAROV Nikola | 1989 | BUL | 1:59.19 | |
73 | 75 | 700830 | ZAMPA Adam | 1990 | SVK | 1:59.25 | |
74 | 76 | 92570 | GEORGIEV Svetoslav | 1991 | BUL | 2:00.44 | |
75 | 69 | 30149 | SIMARI BIRKNER Cristian Javier | 1980 | ARG | 2:02.28 | |
76 | 78 | 700879 | ZAMPA Andreas | 1993 | SVK | 2:02.46 | |
77 | 65 | 191778 | PICHOT Sebastien | 1981 | FRA | 2:18.08 | |
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22 | 191591 | BERTRAND Yannick | 1980 | FRA |