For the men’s downhill the favorites were Walchhofer and the Hermannator from Austria, and Bode and Daron from the US. To everyone’s surprise however a Frenchmen - Antoine Deneriaz came from no where and took first by 0.7 seconds on the last run of the day. Not only is 0.7 seconds significant (about 7-8 car lengths distance wise) but the fact that he was the last runner meant the course was very rough and torn up from the previous 29 runs. Top ten race results are as follows:
1 (FRA) DENERIAZ Antoine 1:48.80
2 (AUT) WALCHHOFER Michael +0.72
3 (SUI) KERNEN Bruno +1.02
4 (NOR) AAMODT Kjetil Andre +1.08
5 (USA) MILLER Bode +1.13
6 (AUT) MAIER Hermann +1.20
7 (LIE) BUECHEL Marco +1.24
8 (AUT) STROBL Fritz +1.32
9 (ITA) STAUDACHER Patrick +1.49
10 (USA) RAHLVES Daron +1.53
As an aside, here's a picture of Bode on the course. Look in the upper left had corner at his speed. He's cruising at ~75mph in the air, around a corner. Downhill racers are known to reach speeds upwards to 100 mph at the bottom of the course. Sick.
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