
ALPINE:
Cuche dials it in for Wengen training
WENGEN, Switzerland — Didier Cuche of Switzerland was fastest in training Wednesday for a men's World Cup downhill on the Lauberhorn course.
The defending World Cup downhill champion timed 1 minute, 50.31 seconds on a shortened course, with skiers starting lower down the mountain due to bad weather.
Cuche was 0.86 seconds faster than Werner Heel of Italy. Last year's Wengen winner, Carlo Janka of Switzerland, trailed by 1.21 in third.
Jan Hudec of Calgary was the top Canadian in 45th, followed by Ryan Semple of Mont-Tremblant, Que., in 48th.
Manuel Osborne-Paradis of North Vancouver, B.C., was 56th, Kelby Halbert of Bradford, Ont., 61st and Dustin Cook of Lac Sainte Marie, Que., 64th.
Four Austrians — Mario Scheiber, Georg Streitberger, Michael Walchhofer and Klaus Kroell — were in the top 10.
The Lauberhorn meeting is scheduled to open with a super-combined event on Friday. S-Magazine
Wengen men's World Cup downhill training No. 2. results
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Total Time | |
| 1 | 18 | 510030 | CUCHE Didier | 1974 | SUI | 1:50.31 | |
| 2 | 12 | 292514 | HEEL Werner | 1982 | ITA | 1:51.17 | |
| 3 | 15 | 511313 | JANKA Carlo | 1986 | SUI | 1:51.52 | |
| 4 | 1 | 560332 | JERMAN Andrej | 1978 | SLO | 1:51.58 | |
| 5 | 3 | 533866 | NYMAN Steven | 1982 | USA | 1:51.67 | |
| 6 | 14 | 51005 | SCHEIBER Mario | 1983 | AUT | 1:51.76 | |
| 7 | 28 | 50858 | STREITBERGER Georg | 1981 | AUT | 1:51.77 | |
| 8 | 16 | 50041 | WALCHHOFER Michael | 1975 | AUT | 1:51.79 | |
| 8 | 11 | 50753 | KROELL Klaus | 1980 | AUT | 1:51.79 | |
| 10 | 25 | 293006 | INNERHOFER Christof | 1984 | ITA | 1:51.85 | |
| 11 | 2 | 500150 | JAERBYN Patrik | 1969 | SWE | 1:51.88 | |
| 12 | 13 | 192746 | THEAUX Adrien | 1984 | FRA | 1:51.90 | |
| 13 | 22 | 191964 | POISSON David | 1982 | FRA | 1:51.99 | |
| 14 | 21 | 532431 | MILLER Bode | 1977 | USA | 1:52.09 | |
| 15 | 5 | 201606 | KEPPLER Stephan | 1983 | GER | 1:52.16 | |
| 16 | 23 | 191740 | CLAREY Johan | 1981 | FRA | 1:52.27 | |
| 17 | 34 | 291459 | PARIS Dominik | 1989 | ITA | 1:52.48 | |
| 18 | 55 | 150398 | BANK Ondrej | 1980 | CZE | 1:52.54 | |
| 19 | 37 | 51327 | PUCHNER Joachim | 1987 | AUT | 1:52.66 | |
| 20 | 6 | 50833 | GRUGGER Hans | 1981 | AUT | 1:52.73 | |
| 21 | 9 | 292455 | FILL Peter | 1982 | ITA | 1:52.79 | |
| 22 | 26 | 510767 | HOFFMANN Ambrosi | 1977 | SUI | 1:52.93 | |
| 23 | 58 | 291034 | PLANK Andy | 1989 | ITA | 1:52.95 | |
| 24 | 8 | 51215 | BAUMANN Romed | 1986 | AUT | 1:52.97 | |
| 25 | 10 | 421328 | SVINDAL Aksel Lund | 1982 | NOR | 1:53.02 | |
| 25 | 4 | 510747 | GRUENENFELDER Tobias | 1977 | SUI | 1:53.02 | |
| 27 | 42 | 191591 | BERTRAND Yannick | 1980 | FRA | 1:53.03 | |
| 28 | 27 | 192932 | FAYED Guillermo | 1985 | FRA | 1:53.09 | |
| 29 | 7 | 501076 | OLSSON Hans | 1984 | SWE | 1:53.10 | |
| 30 | 36 | 294277 | KLOTZ Siegmar | 1987 | ITA | 1:53.14 | |
| 31 | 50 | 294904 | PANGRAZZI Paolo | 1988 | ITA | 1:53.21 | |
| 32 | 52 | 293550 | MARSAGLIA Matteo | 1985 | ITA | 1:53.30 | |
| 33 | 45 | 511383 | FEUZ Beat | 1987 | SUI | 1:53.42 | |
| 34 | 46 | 292291 | THANEI Stefan | 1981 | ITA | 1:53.43 | |
| 35 | 38 | 530874 | GANONG Travis | 1988 | USA | 1:53.55 | |
| 36 | 39 | 511529 | GISIN Marc | 1988 | SUI | 1:53.59 | |
| 37 | 44 | 561067 | PERKO Rok | 1985 | SLO | 1:53.60 | |
| 38 | 19 | 510890 | ZURBRIGGEN Silvan | 1981 | SUI | 1:53.62 | |
| 39 | 53 | 910004 | DEFLORIAN Mirko | 1980 | MDA | 1:53.63 | |
| 40 | 48 | 201811 | STECHERT Tobias | 1985 | GER | 1:53.69 | |
| 41 | 49 | 180570 | ROMAR Andreas | 1989 | FIN | 1:53.86 | |
| 42 | 41 | 510498 | ZUEGER Cornel | 1981 | SUI | 1:53.94 | |
| 43 | 43 | 511634 | SPESCHA Christian | 1989 | SUI | 1:54.08 | |
| 44 | 63 | 192504 | MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas | 1984 | FRA | 1:54.11 | |
| 45 | 29 | 102271 | HUDEC Jan | 1981 | CAN | 1:54.12 | |
| 46 | 40 | 290998 | STAUDACHER Patrick | 1980 | ITA | 1:54.18 | |
| 47 | 33 | 534562 | LIGETY Ted | 1984 | USA | 1:54.39 | |
| 48 | 67 | 102403 | SEMPLE Ryan | 1982 | CAN | 1:54.49 | |
| 49 | 64 | 53853 | SIEBER Bjoern | 1989 | AUT | 1:54.52 | |
| 50 | 51 | 534939 | FISHER Erik | 1985 | USA | 1:54.70 | |
| 51 | 47 | 294911 | PATSCHEIDER Hagen | 1988 | ITA | 1:54.76 | |
| 52 | 32 | 50625 | RAICH Benjamin | 1978 | AUT | 1:54.81 | |
| 53 | 65 | 193034 | BOUILLOT Alexandre | 1985 | FRA | 1:54.87 | |
| 54 | 66 | 491129 | TERRA Ferran | 1987 | SPA | 1:55.08 | |
| 55 | 56 | 193232 | GELLOZ Sylvain | 1986 | FRA | 1:55.25 | |
| 56 | 17 | 102899 | OSBORNE-PARADIS Manuel | 1984 | CAN | 1:55.33 | |
| 57 | 60 | 51007 | SCHOERGHOFER Philipp | 1983 | AUT | 1:55.50 | |
| 58 | 31 | 421483 | JANSRUD Kjetil | 1985 | NOR | 1:55.74 | |
| 59 | 70 | 491151 | DE LA CUESTA Paul | 1988 | SPA | 1:56.05 | |
| 60 | 35 | 510993 | ALBRECHT Daniel | 1983 | SUI | 1:56.07 | |
| 61 | 57 | 103656 | HALBERT Kelby | 1990 | CAN | 1:56.55 | |
| 62 | 72 | 534959 | JITLOFF Tim | 1985 | USA | 1:57.04 | |
| 63 | 68 | 380298 | SIROKI Tin | 1987 | CRO | 1:57.28 | |
| 64 | 61 | 100558 | COOK Dustin | 1989 | CAN | 1:57.64 | |
| 65 | 75 | 150495 | VRABLIK Martin | 1982 | CZE | 1:57.83 | |
| 66 | 74 | 430429 | BYDLINSKI Maciej | 1988 | POL | 1:57.85 | |
| 67 | 77 | 60159 | VAN BUYNDER Frederik | 1988 | BEL | 1:58.47 | |
| 68 | 59 | 930024 | MAPLE Wiley | 1990 | USA | 1:59.72 | |
| 69 | 76 | 430472 | KLUSAK Michal | 1990 | POL | 2:00.93 | |
| 70 | 73 | 20267 | ESTEVE RIGAIL Kevin | 1989 | AND | 2:26.87 | |
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| 71 | 20174 | VIDOSA Roger | 1984 | AND | |||
| 69 | 150644 | KRYZL Krystof | 1986 | CZE | |||
| 62 | 511352 | VILETTA Sandro | 1986 | SUI | |||
| 54 | 421400 | MYHRE Lars Elton | 1984 | NOR | |||
| 30 | 560447 | SPORN Andrej | 1981 | SLO | |||
| 24 | 380292 | ZRNCIC-DIM Natko | 1986 | CRO | |||
| 20 | 380260 | KOSTELIC Ivica | 1979 | CRO | |||
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