02 Dec 2007 - Wolrd Cup Beaver Creek

My friend Dave Raymond and I drove over to Beaver Creek to watch the Bird's of Prey World Cup GS race. Beaver Creek received 15" of snow on Saturday and had to work through out the night to prepare the race cource. After snowing on Saturday, Sunday was a clear warm Colorado blue sky day and outstanding racers from all around the world. We arrived at the race and missed the first 6 racers, including Bode Miller (who missed a gate DNQ for a 2nd run). We did watch over 60 other racers from mainly Europe. After the first race they take the top 30 and start them in reverse order for a second run. The winner is the person with the lowest combined time for both runs. Daniel Albrecht from Switzerland took 1st. Matt Mario, Austria, was 2nd and Didier Cuche from Switzerland was 3rd. Cuche was the final skier and his finishing time pushed American skier Ted Ligety to 4th place.