Nokia FIS World Cup GS
Nov. 29, 1998
Sestriere, Italy
Women's Results

SESTRIERE, Italy (Nov. 29) - Jeff Archibald (Salt Lake City, UT) captured his first World Cup victory with his win in Sunday's GS event in Sestriere, Italy, moving him up to the first position in the season long GS World Cup standings.

Archibald's first run time of 56.30 put him in a tie with Nicolas Huet of France before pulling away with a blistering second run time of 55.80 to take sole possession of the top spot. Huet finished .05 seconds behind Archibald with a combined time of 1:52.15, while Richard Richardsson of Sweden was third at 1:52.33.

Two other U.S. riders cracked the top-25, with Jeff Greenwood (Granby, CT) finishing 22nd (1:56.15) and Peter Thorndike (Meredith, NH) close behind in 23rd (1:56.38), while Anton Pogue (Hood River, OR) was 26th (1:57.59).

For the women, Sondra Van Ert (Ketchum, ID) was again the top U.S. rider, finishing sixth (2:04.41). Italy's Margerita Parini won the event with a time of 2:01.15, while Karine Ruby of France finished second (2:01.93) and Isabelle Blanc of France was third (2:03.07).

Both races can be seen on the Outdoor Life Network Dec. 10 at 10:00 pm EST. Next up on the schedule for the U.S. Snowboard Team will be World Cup giant slalom, parallel slalom and snowboardcross races in Ischgl, Austria Dec. 4-6.

Men

1 ARCHIBALD, Jeff USA 56.30 55.80 1:52.10 1000
2 HUET, Nicolas FRA 56.30 55.85 1:52.15 800
3 RICHARDSSON, Richard SWE 56.77 55.56 1:52.33 600
4 KALTSCHUETZ, Stefan AUT 57.01 55.42 1:52.43 500
5 ANDERSON, Jasey Jay CAN 56.90 55.71 1:52.61 450
6 EBENBAUER, Werner AUT 57.42 55.86 1:53.28 400
7 PRUGGER, Thomas ITA 57.57 55.95 1:53.52 360
7 IDESHEIM, Maxence FRA 57.83 55.69 1:53.52 360
9 EBNER, Markus GER 57.71 56.04 1:53.75 290
10 BEHOUNEK, Mathias GER 57.52 56.30 1:53.82 260
11 CHIQUET, Mathieu FRA 57.60 56.29 1:53.89 240
12 WALDER, Harald AUT 56.65 57.32 1:53.97 220
13 COSNIER, Charlie FRA 57.47 56.55 1:54.02 200
14 BOZZETTO, Matthieu FRA 57.74 56.59 1:54.33 180
15 BIVESON, Daniel SWE 58.16 56.52 1:54.68 160
16 KNAFELJ, Tomaz SLO 58.23 56.90 1:55.13 150
17 REBAGLIATI, Ross CAN 57.81 57.70 1:55.51 140
18 TRAKOFLER, Willi ITA 57.24 58.29 1:55.53 130
19 COPP, Stephen SWE 56.93 58.69 1:55.62 120
20 PECHHACKER, Peter AUT 58.02 57.69 1:55.71 110
21 BARONE PITSCHEIDER, AscanITA 58.91 57.12 1:56.03 100
22 GREENWOOD, Jeff USA 58.87 57.28 1:56.15 90
23 THORNDIKE, Peter USA 58.59 57.79 1:56.38 80
24 MANIFICAT, Fabien FRA 58.78 57.79 1:56.57 70
25 MORENCY, Mathieu CAN 59.15 57.77 1:56.92 60
26 POGUE, Anton USA 58.76 58.83 1:57.59 50
27 CHALMERS, Darren CAN 58.62 59.09 1:57.71 45
28 STADLER, Felix AUT 58.24 59.49 1:57.73 40
29 SAMMER, Klaus AUT 58.19 A 58.19 36
30 PRICE, Ian USA 58.68 A 58.68 32
31 WIESER, Willi AUT 59.50 59.50 28
32 CUSINI, Gerardo ITA 59.59 59.59 26
33 FEICHTER, Walter ITA 59.76 59.76 24
34 FRANK, Sebastien FRA 59.95 59.95 22
34 ROLLAND, Xavier FRA 59.95 59.95 22
36 IEDERSTÄTTER, Kurt ITA 59.96 59.96 18
37 MCLAIN, Travis USA 1:00.02 1:00.02 16
38 BOURGAULT, Thomas FRA 1:00.07 1:00.07 14
39 KOSIR, Dejan SLO 1:00.09 1:00.09 12
40 MACOMBER, Pete USA 1:00.10 1:00.10 11
41 KOLLER, Alexander AUT 1:00.17 1:00.17 10
42 GATTO, Federico ITA 1:00.22 1:00.22 9
43 CRETIN, Francis FRA 1:00.30 1:00.30 8
44 KROSCHEWSKI, Bernd GER 1:00.37 1:00.37 7
45 RANT, Miha SLO 1:00.47 1:00.47 6
46 BERNEY, Rob USA 1:00.49 1:00.49 5
47 FRENADEMEZ, Karl ITA 1:00.52 1:00.52 4
48 FREBOURG, Mathieu FRA 1:00.59 1:00.59 3
49 JANBROERS, Mark NED 1:00.89 1:00.89 2
50 SAELL, Anders SWE 1:01.23 1:01.23 1
51 GOTO, Tomoki JPN 1:01.25 1:01.25
52 MAYR, Stefan ITA 1:01.30 1:01.30
53 SACHOT, Guillaume FRA 1:01.57 1:01.57
53 BERGERON, Pascal CAN 1:01.57 1:01.57
55 REID, Jonathan CAN 1:01.98 1:01.98
56 LÖFFLER, Patrick GER 1:02.03 1:02.03
57 GERMANN, Frank NED 1:02.09 1:02.09

58 TICHOMIROV, Denis RUS 1:02.10 1:02.10 59 ZEZIN, Denis RUS 1:02.15 1:02.15
60 RABANSER, Georg ITA 1:02.47 1:02.47
61 HASHIMOTO, Asami JPN 1:02.78 1:02.78
62 BUZZI, Filippo ITA 1:03.77 1:03.77
63 COMTAT, Pierre Andre FRA 1:03.85 1:03.85
64 GARIEPY, Joël CAN 1:04.40 1:04.40
65 LONGA, Mauro ITA 1:04.49 1:04.49
66 VAITKOUS, Dimitri RUS 1:04.73 1:04.73
67 CHATZIKYRIAKAKIS, MarkosGRE 1:05.29 1:05.29
68 RAJALA, Wille FIN 1:06.30 1:06.30
69 MORINO, Yoshinori JPN 1:06.90 1:06.90
70 FUJS, Marko SLO 1:07.05 1:07.05
71 BORREL, Romain FRA 1:09.05 1:09.05
72 COTOP, Mihai RUM 1:12.22 1:12.22

Did not Finish 63 DUCLOS, Sylvian FRA
72 BORMOLINI, Matteo ITA
75 MAHOVSKY, Kamil CZE
80 DAVIES, Mark GBR
81 KOMOCAR, Ales SLO

Did not Start