Downhill skiing: Downhill is a top priority in Beaver Creek

Beaver Creek, Colorado (APA) – The start is a top priority at the Beaver Creek Men's World Cup. Because the snow should start as early as Friday at the start of the race (7.45 pm CET), three different starting possibilities have been prepared. If there is no race, it will be Saturday instead of Super-G. "We can wear it in Europe, the start is not," said FIS Race Director Markus Waldner.

If Wind makes it impossible to drive on the 20-second slider after Friday's start (Waldner: "It would be a lottery"), it could only start from the start of the steep section of track on "The Brink". The third starting option is even lower. That is to say where Marcel Hirscher won his only Super-G sensational way three years ago. At 16:30, the time of departure is determined.

"It's only part of the steep slope, it's definitely a benefit to some," admits Sepp Brunner, the starting boss of Austria. "We still have drivers for both situations." The race of the Austrian Matthias Mayer with the starting number 1. The Olympic champion Carinthia Super G hopes that the snowfall will begin only after his trip. The same is true for Vincent Kriechmayr, who enters the race with 3 and therefore one of his favorite numbers.

Hannes Reichelt can only reach the podium of the Raubvogelpiste descent at the age of 17 for the first time since 2013. Max Franz received the "double-one" with 11. At Lake Louise, the Carinthian won 1 and took advantage of the later wind.

In the event of a change, all forces at Beaver Creek are required. Because in the night of Saturday begins a very intense snowfall.