MEN'S World Cup 2021-2022

[hbear]

Too much snow.
Always makes me chukle that it dumps on a race weekend, and while it becomes an amazing day for pass holders, it results in cancellation for alpine race as we racers prefer ice over the soft stuff.


Forecast looks better for tomorrow from what I've been told. Track will be softer than desired.

 

[geepers]

Forecast better for tomorrow?

 

[James]

HS Sports sells newspapers - and they need all the help they can get now. Easiest way to confirm you are in a town “past it’s prime” is when 1) largest employer is hospital AND 2) HS sports takes up most of the newspaper’s sports section. I’m in Rochester right now and that is almost the case here - UR (due to hospitals) is just behind Wegmans in employment numbers. Paper is all HS (kids) sports.

True enough. However, the NY Times has zero on the wcup today. There’s even a two page spread on recreational swimming in Australia.

 

[4ster]

New start list for tomorrow…

Sticking with:
Kilde
Paris
but dropping Mayer for Feuz

 

[James]

Kilde goes from 1st to 19th. I thought it was top 15 that drew starts?

Kilde is out… Same with Kriechmayer. I might have inhaled too much incense with these picks:

Feuz
Paris
RCS

Clarey
Kriechmayer

 

[dbostedo]

Feud
Baumann
Paris
Kreichmayer

 

[James]

Feud
Baumann
Paris
Kreichmayer

Did you mean Freud?

I’m seeing a Feuz, Paris theme so far.

 

[S.H.]

Kilde goes from 1st to 19th. I thought it was top 15 that drew starts?

Kilde is out… Same with Kriechmayer. I might have inhaled too much incense with these picks:

Feuz
Paris
RCS

Clarey
Kriechmayer

top 10 on WCSL draw the odd numbers from 1-19
#11-20 on WCSL draw the even numbers 2-20

 

[Primoz]

I admit I'm not all that in this, as I never really cared much about draws, but I think top 10 don't draw but pick their numbers in DH/SG. I'm not sure if it's still so, but at least year or two ago it still was. Picking numbers is/was some sort of strategy, knowledge and sometimes lotery too, as especially with speed events you can have completely different conditions with number 1 then with number 20. And with all the snow, I would say first few numbers are not going to be really good. But considering Kriechmayr has 1 (if it's still picking now draw) then conditions might be different then I think they are based just on weather forecast I saw.

 

[Tony S]

Revised:
Cochran-Siegle
Mayer
Kilde

 

[dbostedo]

Did you mean Freud?

Yep. Sigmund Freud. I predict he'll rise from the dead and turn out to be an outstanding downhiller. No fear, you know, since he's been dead already.

 

[S.H.]

I admit I'm not all that in this, as I never really cared much about draws, but I think top 10 don't draw but pick their numbers in DH/SG. I'm not sure if it's still so, but at least year or two ago it still was. Picking numbers is/was some sort of strategy, knowledge and sometimes lotery too, as especially with speed events you can have completely different conditions with number 1 then with number 20. And with all the snow, I would say first few numbers are not going to be really good. But considering Kriechmayr has 1 (if it's still picking now draw) then conditions might be different then I think they are based just on weather forecast I saw.

yes, this. top 10 WCSL *pick* their numbers from odds 1-19, so the 10th place WCSL usually gets screwed and runs 1 in SG
the next 10 are drawn into the even numbers 2-20

 

[Swede]

Little trickier than usual in LL. Looks (from the sofa) like a little more crests, possibly due to the snow, and a little more uneven. Flat light on top of that …

 

[S.H.]

Little trickier than usual in LL. Looks (from the sofa) like a little more crests, possibly due to the snow, and a little more uneven. Flat light on top of that …

I think more terrain is on purpose

 

[dbostedo]

Pretty good race ... not a lot of drama with most of the racers falling behind early, and little chance to make it up on the lower sections. Just nice to watch a downhill!

And my top-4 picks above were all in the top 8, so that's ... something? I guess?

 

[hbear]

Little trickier than usual in LL. Looks (from the sofa) like a little more crests, possibly due to the snow, and a little more uneven. Flat light on top of that …

Not there, and havne't spoken to anybody that can confirm it's by design. But yes, a few more areas where the guys are getting a little more air than usual on this track.
Normally pretty sleepy, this looked like the guys had to pay attention.

 

[Tony S]

Cochran-Siegle
Kriechmayr
Kilde

Revised:
Cochran-Siegle
Mayer
Kilde

Smart to add Mayer. Not smart to drop Kriechmayr.

 

[4ster]

I should’ve dropped Kilde & kept Mayer in his place, I forgot that Kilde was coming back from injury. Oh well

SG…

Kriechmayr
Mayer
Odermatt

RCS
Kilde

 

[dbostedo]

Odermatt
Sander
Mayer

 

[wnyskier]

Odermatt
Kriechmayer
Pinturault