Ski holidays in Austria
Without a single medal from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics the Austrian men’s alpine team would do well to avoid the spot-light for several years after they became the first Austrian men’s alpine team to miss out on a single medal at a modern winter Olympics. Equivalents are hard to come by but not having a [...]
Seeing a Swiss racer on the top of the podium at the Hahnenkamm race weekend in Kitzbuhel is not a pleasant sight for Austrians, therefore the second appearance in 2 days for Switzerland’s Didier Cuche will hurt greatly. Fully deserved as one of the pre-race favourites, Cuche delivered yet again to prove that the Swiss [...]
Cuche is pretty untouchable at the moment, it must be painful viewing for the Austrians, especially in an Olympic year. Today he bagged the Super G on the Kitzbuhel Hahnenkamm. Tomorrow ominously it is the downhill and he is looking mighty good. A different discipline maybe but the same terrain so what happened to my [...]
Didier Cuche had to settle for 2nd as a resurgent Bode proves if he is on his game there are few to touch him, during the final practice on the Kitzbuhel Hahnenkamm Streif downhill course. The practice was brought forward due to worsening weather and it is snowing right now in Innsbruck and snow is [...]
Just back from the first race training at the 2010 Kitzbuhel Hahnenkamm downhill on the Streif course, skiing in from Kirchberg to avoid the mayhem of Kitzbuhel during race week. The mind truly boggles - how these guys get down is one thing but what is going through their minds in the start hut before [...]
With less than a week before the training runs for the 70th Kitzbuhel Hahnenkamm race begin and the Hahnenkamm Strief course is in great shape and set for continued cold weather and the chance of snow early next week. The race weekend will run from the 22nd - 24th January with the highlight being the [...]
Going into the second run of the mens Hahnenkamm slalom 2009, Reinfried Herbst of Austria had a half second lead over Jean Baptiste Grange from France but after missing a gate on the second run he allowed a French one two with Julien Lizeroux taking the win from French compatriot Jean Baptiste Grange.
The results from [...]
Despite the Austrians failing to win for the second successive day on the revered Hahnenkamm race course the Austrians still waved flags, sang and celebrated the greatest ski race on the winter calendar. Coming 2nd and 3rd, the Austrians surrendered the win to their fierce rivals Switzerland on day of drama, superb weather and an [...]
Austrian Klaus Kröll takes the Hahnenkamm mens super G race in Kitzbuhel today. The Herminator, Hermann Maier came in 12th whilst the other huge name in mens ski racing, Bode Miller came in at joint 21st.
1 Klaus Kröll AUT 1:12.78
2 Aksel Lund Svindal NOR 1:13.00
3 Ambrosi Hoffmann SUI 1:13.17
4 Didier Cuche SUI 1:13.21
5 Peter [...]
So with just a few days before the race training starts at the Kitzbuhel Hahnenkamm ski race, the downhill and slalom courses are rated as being in the best shape for many years. The race organisers create what amounts to be a near vertical ice rink that optimally is devoid of any fresh or loose [...]