1st Training – Best Time for Nyman

Kitzbühel welcomed the downhill racers to the 77^th Hahnenkamm Races with magnificent sunshine. The 1^st training run for the Downhill on Saturday (22.1., 11:30 hrs) took place under perfect conditions. A slight change was made to the course at Hausberg, to enable the racers to hold a better line on entering the Traverse section. ”The small amendment to the slope is noticeable, I think it is good“, said Dominik Paris (ITA) after the course inspection. Steven Nyman was most at home on the hill. The American well and truly put himself on the downhill map with a time of 1:57.25 minutes. Switzerland’s Beat Feuz crossed the finish line 0.37 second behind, followed by Frenchman, Johan Clarey in third place, 0.95 seconds behind Nyman. "You really have to stay on the ball here, be constantly engaged. I feel I am ready to race”, said Nyman, satisfied with the first training run. Kriechmayr is the fastest Austrian Vincent Kriechmayr leads the Austrian pack, who finished in fourth, fifth and seventh positions. ”For an Austrian, there is no better feeling than to ski on the Streif. The Downhill is the ultimate discipline and the Streif is a few notches above that“, the 25 year-old is looking forward to the weekend. ”When everyone has to buckle their boots up for the course inspection, you know you are looking at a hill that deserves respect.“ Matthias Mayer landed in fifth place,1.01 seconds behind. ”I like it very much; the slope is stupendous. A little bumpy in the top section, where it is a bit of a battle. It is beautifully prepared down in the bottom.“, said the Carinthian after the 1st training run. „There is always going to be an element of nervousness, and you need a healthy respect for this course.“ Hannes Reichelt was hot on his teammate’s heels and came seventh. “The top section of the course is particularly challenging this year. The bottom part of the piste, however, is in great condition. I plan to test my limits tomorrow. Now it’s time to improve from run to run.” Christof Innerhofer (ITA), who missed out on Wengen because of his fall in St. Caterina, came in 1.17 seconds behind and is ranked eighth. „This injury is taking longer than I thought. I think I will have a break tomorrow, because I am not up to skiing every day. It is very probable, however, that I will compete on Friday“, explained the South Tyrolean during an interview with ORF. Val Gardener winner, Max Franz, ended up in 15^th place, 1,52 seconds behind, but immediately ahead of Kjetil Jansrud (NOR), Domnik Paris and last year’s winner, Peter Fill (both ITA). ”It was a good training run. I looked at a few things. It is a very different slope to Wengen. It was soft there, whereas it is really hard here. It was good, but the top section left its mark” said Franz. ”I definitely need to watch the video.“ 1st Downhill Training Results

Platz	Athlet	Nation	Zeit
1	NYMAN Steven	USA	1:57.25
2	FEUZ Beat	SUI	+0.37
3	CLAREY Johan	FRA	+0.95
4	KRIECHMAYR Vincent	AUT	+0.96
5	MAYER Matthias	AUT	+1.01
6	MUZATON Maxence	FRA	+1.06
7	REICHELT Hannes	AUT	+1.08
8	INNERHOFER Christof	ITA	+1.17
9	JANKA Carlo	SUI	+1.25
10	GUAY Erik	CAN	+1.29
11	CASSE Mattia	ITA	+1.30
12	SANDER Andreas	GER	+1.34
13	THEAUX Adrien	FRA	+1.44
14	THOMSEN Benjamin	CAN	+1.51
15	FRANZ Max	AUT	+1.52
16	PARIS Dominik	ITA	+1.55
16	JANSRUD Kjetil	NOR	+1.55
16	FILL Peter	ITA	+1.55
19	GIRAUD MOINE Valentin	FRA	+1.66
20	KRYENBUEHL Urs	SUI	+1.78
21	DRESSEN Thomas	GER	+1.98
22	FERSTL Josef	GER	+2.02
22	GANONG Travis	USA	+2.02
24	DANKLMAIER Daniel	AUT	+2.22
25	FAYED Guillermo	FRA	+2.44
26	KILDE Aleksander Aamodt	NOR	+2.45
27	OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel	CAN	+2.50
28	POISSON David	FRA	+2.52
29	KROELL Klaus	AUT	+2.60
30	BERTHOLD Frederic	AUT	+2.77
31	WALDER Christian	AUT	+2.79 (DQP)
32	CAVIEZEL Mauro	SUI	+2.82
33	BRANDNER Klaus	GER	+2.83
34	NEUMAYER Christopher	AUT	+2.85
35	BAUMANN Romed	AUT	+2.86
36	GOLDBERG Jared	USA	+2.95
37	BENNETT Bryce	USA	+3.08
38	SPORN Andrej	SLO	+3.09
39	PERKO Rok	SLO	+3.14
40	KOELL Alexander	SWE	+3.19
41	SEJERSTED Adrian Smiseth	NOR	+3.20
42	KUENG Patrick	SUI	+3.21
43	CAZZANIGA Davide	ITA	+3.25
44	CATER Martin	SLO	+3.34
45	GIEZENDANNER Blaise	FRA	+3.35
46	DE ALIPRANDINI Luca	ITA	+3.50
46	SCHWAIGER Dominik	GER	+3.50
48	WEIBRECHT Andrew	USA	+3.55
49	KLINE Bostjan	SLO	+3.58
50	PUCHNER Joachim	AUT	+3.73
51	RAFFORT Nicolas	FRA	+3.87
52	MONSEN Felix	SWE	+3.93
53	BUZZI Emanuele	ITA	+4.10
54	WEBER Ralph	SUI	+4.39
55	KOSI Klemen	SLO	+4.47
56	BATTILANI Henri	ITA	+4.60
57	ROMAR Andreas	FIN	+4.67
58	THOMPSON Broderick	CAN	+4.69
59	BIESEMEYER Thomas	USA	+4.75
60	HINTERMANN Niels	SUI	+4.78
61	MANI Nils	SUI	+4.92
62	PANGRAZZI Paolo	ITA	+4.98
63	COOK Dustin	CAN	+5.34
64	WERRY Tyler	CAN	+6.21
65	ZAMPA Andreas	SVK	+6.41
66	FRISCH Jeffrey	CAN	+6.65
67	DEBELAK Tilen	SLO	+8.04
68	ACHIRILOAIE Ioan Valeriu	ROU	+10.95
69	BARANDUN Gian Luca	SUI	+19.93