GAP2011. Bulgarian Nikola Chongarov claimed the qualification race for the men's World Championship giant slalom at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Thursday (Feb. 17).

Nikola Chongarov (BUL), 17.FEB.2011, winner of the GS Qualification for the FIS Alpine World Championships GAP 2011, photo © © Racer Ready

The second run winner took a large .55 second lead to the house and kept Croatia's Tin Siroki from the win. First run leader Olivier Jenot was third on the day while all three Brits on the start list crowded in with a tie for fourth between Noel Baxter and David Ryding and TJ Baldwin three hundredths back in sixth.

Georgi Georgiev (BUL), 17.FEB.2011, GS Qualification for the FIS Alpine World Championships GAP 2011, photo © Amir Beganovic / GEPA

The race was most notable for it's sheer size. With 123 starters and a fog delayed start the event stretched on for hours. The top 25 from the event automatically qualify to join the best 50 GS skiers at Worlds in Friday's medal competition. Another 25 will be selected by their times according to nationality. Those representing nations with no other qualifiers will be granted priority in participation with one skier - with the best FIS points - making the cut.

There are 98 skiers set for Friday's GS and FIS race director Guenther Hujara asked coaches to take responsibility for their skiers.

"From what I saw today, and with all respect - this is a challenging GS hill - Maybe it is a little beyond some of the racers on the board. That is only an advice."

SkiRacing.com
17 February 2011

Chongarov leads qualifiers into men's GS

With so much to gain yet so much to lose, Thursday’s Qualification race for the Men’s World Championship Giant Slalom was won by 21-year-old Bulgarian Nikola Chongarov. Like the women’s Giant Slalom being held on the next hill over, fog played a major part in the race: from being delayed from its original start time to the hard work the course workers all put in through out the two runs. With the top 25 finishers getting a ticket to race in the main race, pressure was on racers to finish and make it into the main event. For the top-seeded racers it was a case of getting the job done without fuss, for those around the cut off point this was a race that they had to keep their focus for.

As the sun burnt the clouds off, the softening conditions gave some of the lesser known racers an opportunity to make the cut with an early start in the second run. In the end just four racers from outside the top 25 seeds managed to make the draw for the race on Friday. With 25 nations who did not already have a racer in the main draw providing one more racer, 100 racers should go to the start (two have subsequently withdrawn).

From the serious to the exotic, the focus for all was staying clean and fast. Jean Pierre Roy from Haiti, the last man down on the second run received loud support as one of the fastest guys on the second run. Fifty one nations from the skiing family looked to do their best.

Chongarov (Bulgaria), Siroki (Croatia) and Jenot (Monaco) headed a triumvirate of British racers as the top six in the race. All six gave the “Job Done,” response after the race.

by Neil McQuoid, Racer Ready
FISalpine.com
Thursday 17 February 2011

Place   Garmisch-Partenkirchen
(GER)   Discipline   Giant Slalom
Date   17.02.2011   Category   FIS Race
Race codex   0075   Gender   M
Valid for FIS Points   NO - Waiting reports   TD Name   Stocker Rudolf (AUT)

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Run 1 Run 2 Total Time FIS Points
 1  8  92534 CHONGAROV Nikola  1989  BUL   1:06.70  1:07.00  2:13.70  24.40
 2  3  380298 SIROKI Tin  1987  CRO   1:06.54  1:07.71  2:14.25  27.98
 3  7  370022 JENOT Olivier  1988  MON   1:06.26  1:08.27  2:14.53  29.80
 4  6  220083 BAXTER Noel  1981  GBR   1:06.53  1:08.17  2:14.70  30.91
 4  2  220689 RYDING David  1986  GBR   1:06.54  1:08.16  2:14.70  30.91
 6  1  220874 BALDWIN TJ  1990  GBR   1:06.30  1:08.43  2:14.73  31.10
 7  16  400237 MEINERS Maarten  1992  NED   1:06.56  1:08.23  2:14.79  31.49
 8  14  380318 BRIGOVIC Sebastian  1992  CRO   1:07.37  1:07.92  2:15.29  34.75
 9  10  430429 BYDLINSKI Maciej  1988  POL   1:07.32  1:08.02  2:15.34  35.07
 10  4  30266 GASTALDI Sebastiano  1991  ARG   1:07.10  1:08.38  2:15.48  35.98
 11  5  480736 KHOROSHILOV Alexander  1984  RUS   1:07.39  1:08.17  2:15.56  36.50
 12  11  90131 GEORGIEV Georgi  1987  BUL   1:07.09  1:08.50  2:15.59  36.70
 13  9  400163 ROOIJ VAN Joery  1986  NED   1:07.36  1:08.36  2:15.72  37.54
 14  22  40332 STEVENS Hugh  1986  AUS   1:07.32  1:08.50  2:15.82  38.20
 15  19  60088 VAN DEN BOGAERT Jeroen  1979  BEL   1:07.64  1:08.29  2:15.93  38.91
 16  17  680047 BENIAIDZE Alex  1991  GEO   1:07.70  1:08.32  2:16.02  39.50
 17  18  20267 ESTEVE RIGAIL Kevin  1989  AND   1:07.84  1:08.29  2:16.13  40.21
 18  13  410270 CAFE Tim  1987  NZE   1:07.16  1:09.02  2:16.18  40.54
 19  20  680041 ABRAMASHVILI Iason  1988  GEO   1:07.56  1:08.64  2:16.20  40.67
 20  46  110320 CLARO Eugenio  1993  CHI   1:07.61  1:08.99  2:16.60  43.27
 21  45  660021 DANILOCHKIN Yuri  1991  BLR   1:08.22  1:08.42  2:16.64  43.53
 22  24  40349 RISHWORTH Mike  1987  AUS   1:07.79  1:08.95  2:16.74  44.18
 23  25  460040 NAN Ioan-Gabriel  1980  ROU   1:08.02  1:08.73  2:16.75  44.25
 24  32  350087 KINDLE Nicola  1991  LIE   1:07.61  1:09.47  2:17.08  46.39
 25  31  350086 HEEB Simon  1991  LIE   1:08.50  1:08.76  2:17.26  47.57
 26  37  350095 PFIFFNER Marco  1994  LIE   1:08.38  1:09.03  2:17.41  48.54
 27  36  550054 ZVEJNIEKS Kristaps  1992  LAT   1:07.91  1:09.55  2:17.46  48.87
 27  26  110266 ANGUITA Martin  1991  CHI   1:08.55  1:08.91  2:17.46  48.87
 29  42  110269 CARVALLO Nicolas  1991  CHI   1:08.65  1:09.43  2:18.08  52.90
 30  43  260110 KIYA DARBANDSARI Mohammad  1989  IRA   1:08.71  1:09.48  2:18.19  53.62
 31  41  750089 DEHARI Dardan  1990  MKD   1:08.35  1:10.21  2:18.56  56.02
 32  23  460060 BARBU Alexandru  1987  ROU   1:09.52  1:09.11  2:18.63  56.48
 33  30  700843 KUTLIK Matej  1991  SVK   1:09.03  1:09.98  2:19.01  58.95
 34  61  670029 PIMENOV Taras  1984  KAZ   1:09.04  1:10.11  2:19.15  59.86
 35  69  680045 VAKHTANGISHVILI Kote  1991  GEO   1:09.72  1:09.77  2:19.49  62.08
 36  35  60015 MOLLIN Bart  1981  BEL   1:09.15  1:10.36  2:19.51  62.21
 37  29  700879 ZAMPA Andreas  1993  SVK   1:09.72  1:09.93  2:19.65  63.12
 37  21  260097 SAVEH SHEMSHAKI Porya  1987  IRA   1:09.68  1:09.97  2:19.65  63.12
 39  63  240132 FARKAS Norbert  1992  HUN   1:09.88  1:09.95  2:19.83  64.29
 40  54  860005 BRACHNER Patrick  1992  AZE   1:10.89  1:09.50  2:20.39  67.93
 41  123  910003 LINDNER Georg  1983  MDA   1:10.21  1:10.19  2:20.40  68.00
 42  55  780002 RUMIANCEV Vitalij  1985  LTU   1:09.97  1:10.95  2:20.92  71.38
 43  74  680054 GEDEVANISHVILI Dimitri  1993  GEO   1:10.43  1:10.55  2:20.98  71.77
 44  85  550038 DAUGULIS Kaspars  1989  LAT   1:10.82  1:10.61  2:21.43  74.70
 45  60  690036 VAKHNENKO Igor  1981  UKR   1:10.52  1:11.31  2:21.83  77.30
 46  49  170136 VIAL Christian  1984  DAN   1:10.22  1:11.74  2:21.96  78.15
 47  71  690672 TELYCHUK Vasyl  1992  UKR   1:10.66  1:11.40  2:22.06  78.80
 48  66  40474 POCCARD Marc  1989  AUS   1:10.24  1:12.05  2:22.29  80.30
 49  62  260079 SAVEH SHEMSHAKI Hossein  1985  IRA   1:11.18  1:11.39  2:22.57  82.12
 50  73  690086 FESHCHUK Rostyslav  1990  UKR   1:11.14  1:11.52  2:22.66  82.70
 51  28  110294 ECHEVERRIA Jose Tomas  1992  CHI   1:10.71  1:12.14  2:22.85  83.94
 52  58  250286 ASTVALDSSON Jon-Gauti  1991  ISL   1:11.28  1:11.73  2:23.01  84.98
 53  89  520100 SIMSEK Emre  1987  TUR   1:10.75  1:12.52  2:23.27  86.67
 54  39  80063 LONGHI Jhonatan  1988  BRA   1:11.48  1:12.47  2:23.95  91.10
 55  68  240128 BUJTAS Csaba  1992  HUN   1:11.31  1:12.82  2:24.13  92.27
 56  65  310388 KOSIC Bojan  1990  MNE   1:11.66  1:12.58  2:24.24  92.98
 57  67  250259 GUDMUNDSSON Brynjar-Jokull  1989  ISL   1:11.30  1:13.19  2:24.49  94.61
 58  87  550058 BRISHKA Roberts  1993  LAT   1:12.79  1:12.08  2:24.87  97.08
 59  57  520082 TURKSEVER Erdinc  1985  TUR   1:12.19  1:12.88  2:25.07  98.39
 60  76  690067 DOLGYY Sergiy  1984  UKR   1:12.11  1:13.12  2:25.23  99.43
 61  106  170114 STENE Nils-Henrik  1988  DAN   1:12.47  1:13.22  2:25.69  102.42
 62  56  120035 LI Lei  1987  CHN   1:12.61  1:13.12  2:25.73  102.68
 63  51  710311 RUDIC Marko  1990  BIH   1:09.20  1:16.74  2:25.94  104.05
 64  98  160091 PAPAMICHAEL Constantinos  1993  CYP   1:12.28  1:13.78  2:26.06  104.83
 65  52  260084 TIR Omid  1984  IRA   1:12.67  1:13.47  2:26.14  105.35
 66  70  240111 BENE Marton  1986  HUN   1:12.61  1:14.12  2:26.73  109.19
 67  64  40543 BROWN Callum  1994  AUS   1:13.89  1:13.15  2:27.04  111.20
 68  103  170126 MADSEN Nicolai  1991  DAN   1:13.36  1:14.34  2:27.70  115.50
 69  92  660019 DUS Evgeny  1992  BLR   1:13.71  1:14.00  2:27.71  115.56
 70  83  210032 VORONOV Artem  1993  UZB   1:13.40  1:14.61  2:28.01  117.52
 71  80  950000 OETTL REYES Manfred  1993  PER   1:14.56  1:13.67  2:28.23  118.95
 72  86  80068 GUGLIELMINI Fabio  1994  BRA   1:14.74  1:14.33  2:29.07  124.41
 73  81  660015 MAZALEUSKI Siarhei  1992  BLR   1:12.86  1:17.31  2:30.17  131.57
 73  77  80062 SETUBAL Paulo E.  1988  BRA   1:14.29  1:15.88  2:30.17  131.57
 75  97  230353 KARAMANIDIS Chrysostomos  1990  GRE   1:16.45  1:14.92  2:31.37  139.38
 76  101  740030 GHAZARYAN Arsen  1992  ARM   1:15.54  1:15.87  2:31.41  139.64
 77  88  310403 MINIC Mladen  1993  MNE   1:15.45  1:16.17  2:31.62  141.01
 78  104  270040 MC SHERA Shane  1990  IRE   1:15.22  1:18.02  2:33.24  151.55
 79  111  770015 TIMOFEEV Evgeniy  1994  KGZ   1:16.98  1:17.05  2:34.03  156.69
 80  91  270055 LYNE Conor  1993  IRE   1:17.40  1:16.89  2:34.29  158.38
 81  94  210024 BABIKOV Dmitriy  1990  UZB   1:17.33  1:17.46  2:34.79  161.63
 82  96  120037 TIAN Yuheng  1985  CHN   1:16.43  1:18.79  2:35.22  164.43
 83  90  280027 BARNETZ Niv  1994  ISR   1:17.41  1:18.20  2:35.61  166.97
 84  115  770006 BORISOV Igor  1965  KGZ   1:16.98  1:18.65  2:35.63  167.10
 85  102  270045 MCKELVEY Nicholas  1991  IRE   1:16.95  1:19.23  2:36.18  170.68
 86  72  280030 VANDEPUT Virgile  1994  ISR   1:24.09  1:13.41  2:37.50  179.27
 87  108  740028 MANUKYAN Yura  1991  ARM   1:17.76  1:20.10  2:37.86  181.61
 88  107  360034 GIRST Patrick  1989  LUX   1:19.50  1:19.14  2:38.64  186.69
 89  48  120047 ZHANG Yuxin  1989  CHN   1:26.28  1:15.54  2:41.82  207.38
 90  95  340154 FENIANOS Tarek  1990  LIB   1:21.76  1:20.44  2:42.20  209.85
 91  109  360035 TRIERWEILER Ben  1988  LUX   1:21.60  1:22.44  2:44.04  221.83
 92  113  570018 SPEELMAN Sive  1995  RSA   1:20.19  1:24.55  2:44.74  226.38
 93  118  570017 DYWILI Tsotane  1992  RSA   1:23.01  1:22.64  2:45.65  232.30
 94  116  590033 MARQUES Joao-Miguel  1992  POR   1:31.55  1:26.62  2:58.17  313.77
 95  114  740029 KHACHATRYAN Davit  1992  ARM   1:28.57  1:31.49  3:00.06  326.07
 96  120  941000 NKRUMAH-ACHEAMPONG Kwame  1974  GHA   1:31.16  1:29.70  3:00.86  331.28
 97  122  620058 THAKUR Rajat  1994  IND   1:32.51  1:32.63  3:05.14  359.13
 98  117  590035 GONCALVES Jorge  1968  POR   1:30.99  1:35.44  3:06.43  367.52
 99  119  921000 ROY Jean-Pierre  1963  HAI   1:36.51  1:34.07  3:10.58  394.52
Disqualified 2nd run
   93  740022 NERSISYAN Arsen  1987  ARM         
Disqualified 1st run
   105  210020 EGEMBERDIEV Safar  1986  UZB         
   40  750088 RISTEVSKI Antonio  1989  MKD         
Did not start 2nd run
   112  540001 VON HOHENLOHE Hubertus  1959  MEX         
   27  30271 MURTAGH Rodrigo  1991  ARG         
Did not start 1st run
   15  320244 KIM Woo-Sung  1986  KOR         
   12  320293 KYUNG Sung-Hyun  1990  KOR         
Did not finish 2nd run
   121  170120 BRODERSEN Mathias  1990  DAN         
   100  570012 HEATH Alexander  1978  RSA         
   78  550049 BLUMS Kristaps  1992  LAT         
   75  240134 PETROVICS Daniel  1992  HUN         
   47  230192 TSAKNAKIS Alexandros  1986  GRE         
   44  30283 FREEMAN CRESPO Ignacio  1992  ARG         
   38  350088 OEHRI Josef  1991  LIE         
Did not finish 1st run
   110  770004 TRELEVSKI Andrey  1979  KGZ         
   99  270053 LYONS Simon  1993  IRE         
   84  770011 TRELEVSKI Dmitry  1983  KGZ         
   82  570015 SCOTT Peter  1990  RSA         
   79  120048 HUANG Haibin  1990  CHN         
   59  250292 HALLDORSSON Sigurgeir  1991  ISL         
   53  250272 HALLDORSSON Gunnar-Thor  1990  ISL         
   50  430472 KLUSAK Michal  1990  POL         
   34  60160 ALAERTS Kai  1989  BEL         
   33  670058 KOSHKIN Dmitriy  1986  KAZ 

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