2nd Men's Downhill Training at Beaver Creek 2018, Preliminary Report, Starter List and Live Ticker

LIVE: 2nd Beaver Creek Men's Downhill Training 2018, Preliminary Report, Start List and Live Ticker

As expected, it snowed heavily in the night from Wednesday to Thursday in Beaver Creek. In the early hours of the morning, FIS officials, in consultation with the organizing committee, decided to abandon a second training session. As new snow is expected, they want to use their time to take care of the preparation of the circuit, so that the races can take place as planned on weekends.

Thursday at 19:00 (CET), a second training on "birds of prey" is planned for specialists in speed. In the Rocky Mountains, however, the night of Wednesday to Thursday is a bad weather front with heavy snow, which calls into question a second training session on Thursday. You will find the official FIS start list and the FIS start numbers and Liveticker in the menu above.

Due to recent snowfall, the Birds of Prey showed their softer side in the first downhill on Wednesday. Nevertheless, the riders were challenged from the start. Errors rarely pardon the "Raubvogelpiste", which requires a constant concentration.

The best time of the day for the first attempts was obtained by Austria's Otmar Striedinger in 1: 42.56 minutes, who took the start number 36, ahead of teammate Vincent Kriechmayr (2nd – +0.40). Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal (3rd – +0: 47) finished third. (Skiweltcup.TV reporting on the 1st downhill training)

Downhill world champion Beat Feuz, who opened the first downhill training and placed "only" in 26th place, badyzed his career on SRF television: "With the bib number 1, it's Always a bit difficult, I did not feel comfortable everywhere because the trail is not typical of the Beaver Creek heat.It is rather soft because there is a lot of fresh snow on the track.But after today's training, touring and the good work of the organizers, it will certainly be even better.Of course, I would like to have another training, but skiing is not a concert On demand, now is the time to watch, badyze and implement a video on weekends.

The previous year, Aksel Lund Svindal had won the Beaver Creek downhill in 1: 40.46 minutes and relegated Switzerland's Beat Feuz (2nd – +0.15) to second place. Thomas Dreßen (3 – + 49), who celebrated here for the third time the first podium of his career, also keeps good memories of "Birds of Prey". (Skiweltcup.TV report on departure to Beaver Creek 2017)

Vincent Kriechmayr, last year's winner, Aksel Lund Svindal, will be the big favorite at the Beaver Creek sprint race next weekend. "He's technically perfect for the moment," said the Norwegian over the Austrian downhill and super-G in his favorites list.

Data and facts
2nd World Ski Downhill at Beaver Creek 2018/19

Official FIS Start List – 1st Downhill Training at Beaver Creek
FIS Official Liveticker – 1st Beaver Creek Downhill Formation
FIS Official Final Standings – 1st Beaver Creek Downhill Training
Official FIS Start List – 2nd Beaver Creek Downhill Training
Official teletypewriter of the FIS -2. Downhill training at Beaver Creek
FIS Official Final Standings – 2nd Beaver Creek Downhill Training
FIS Official Start List – Men's Run in Beaver Creek
FIS Official Liveticker – Men's Run at Beaver Creek
FIS Official Finals – Men's Run at Beaver Creek

All data will be updated immediately upon arrival

The Raubvogelpiste is next to the "Pista Stelvio" in Bormio, which appears again this year in the calendar for the greatest pleasure of the skiers, and the "Streif!" In Kitzbühel on the most difficult tracks of the World Cup. The downhill race (Saturday from 19:30 CET) will take place again this year on the "clbadic" track of birds of prey.

The downhill runners start from 3,483 meters above sea level and cover an altitude of 2,6 km and 750 meters at the finish until the finish, with a maximum speed of 130 km. h.

While the athletes of the start-up must slip less aggressively and gain speed, 30 seconds after the start, everything is asked of them: from the "flyway", it pbades in the Brink and then in the Heel Pbad, where the most active have some of the steepest sections. of the Circus World Cup.

The "Talon" is the most demanding section of the Birds of Prey. Here, the rider must be responsive and reach the perfect line. It is not easy with a descent of 47 to 65% and curves that create a compression or even a slope. that he almost wants to take you to the safety net during the balanced approach. The concentration and testosterone are off in this pbadage!

If the Talon is under control, he makes five jumps until the end. The first two aerial tours are always done on steep terrain, but the triplet before the finish has it all to please: if the track at the end of "Russi's Ride" is a little bit flatter, this n & rsquo; Is that the start of the jump to Golden Eagle from which athletes travel 60 meters in the air – just to fly to the "Harrier-Jump"! This may not be the biggest problem, but then you need to set an exact direction change so you do not stray from the winner's track. And then it's time to catch your breath: the "red tail" measures up to 70 meters wide and goes straight to the viewer in the finish area!