US-American Marco Sullivan celebrated the first World Cup victory of his career in Chamonix. The 27-years-old scored a minimum time which couldn´t be undercut neither by favorite Didier Cuche who became second nor by Slovenia´s Andrej Jerman who finished on three.
Four tenths ahead of Cuche
The 27-year-old Californian, injured during two winters in 2004 and 2005, sent Switzerland’s top-favorite Didier Cuche to the second place by four hundredths of a second. Further six tenths behind the Swiss Slovenia’s Andrej Jerman reached place three.
Schoenfelder misses podium by a hair
But Sullivan´s victory wasn´t the only surprise of the day. Austria’s slalom expert Rainer Schoenfelder embarrassed his competitors from downhill and missed the podium by a hair, finishing five tenths behind the winner and ahead of Canada’s Manuel Osborne-Paradis, the fastest skier in Friday’s last training run.
Austrian downhill team disappoints
Beside Schoenfelder Klaus Kroell became tenth and so was the fastest of the Austrian team far ahead of Michael Walchhofer who became 18th in the end or Hermann Maier, disappointingly finishing as 44th after his good Kitzbuehel results. Walchhofer, who was aiming for his first podium this year, suffers a bad flue which forces him to skip Sunday’s Super-combined event.
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Four tenths ahead of Cuche
The 27-year-old Californian, injured during two winters in 2004 and 2005, sent Switzerland’s top-favorite Didier Cuche to the second place by four hundredths of a second. Further six tenths behind the Swiss Slovenia’s Andrej Jerman reached place three.
Schoenfelder misses podium by a hair
But Sullivan´s victory wasn´t the only surprise of the day. Austria’s slalom expert Rainer Schoenfelder embarrassed his competitors from downhill and missed the podium by a hair, finishing five tenths behind the winner and ahead of Canada’s Manuel Osborne-Paradis, the fastest skier in Friday’s last training run.
Austrian downhill team disappoints
Beside Schoenfelder Klaus Kroell became tenth and so was the fastest of the Austrian team far ahead of Michael Walchhofer who became 18th in the end or Hermann Maier, disappointingly finishing as 44th after his good Kitzbuehel results. Walchhofer, who was aiming for his first podium this year, suffers a bad flue which forces him to skip Sunday’s Super-combined event.
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