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Men's DH Scrubbed, Cuche Wins Title

Tue 11th, March 2008

Bormio, Italy (Sports Network) - Wednesday's scheduled Audi FIS World Cup Finals men's downhill has been cancelled, handing the title to Swiss Didier Cuche with a five-point margin over American Bode Miller (Bretton Woods, NH) and Marco Sullivan (Squaw Valley, CA) fourth. Warm temperatures and soft snow forced organizers to cancel both the men's and women's downhill training runs scheduled for Tuesday. FIS rules mandate at least one downhill training run prior to a race, therefore the men's downhill was scrubbed. Miller continues to lead the overall.

The women had a successful training run on Monday and their race will proceed as scheduled with World Cup overall leader Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) and Olympic giant slalom Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) starting for the U.S. Ski Team.

Vonn has already secured the World Cup downhill title and holds a 157 point lead in the overall standings. With four races remaining, Vonn has 1,263 points to 1,106 for World Cup super combined champion Maria Riesch of Germany. Austrian Nicole Hosp, the reigning overall champion, is in third with 1,085 points.

The cancellation left Miller in second. The U.S. Ski Team's Sullivan, who won the famed Kandahar in Chamonix, France in January, finished fourth, his best season ever. Teammates Steven Nyman (Provo, UT) and Scott Macartney (Crystal Mountain, WA) were also on World Cup downhill podiums.

With the men's downhill cancellation, Miller retains a 169 point lead over Cuche with three races left on the World Cup schedule. Defending overall champion, Benni Raich of Austria, is in third 264 points behind Miller.

Miller had been favored to pass Cuche in the race. He had won a World Cup on the Stelvio course in December, and swept the speed events at the 2005 FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in Bormio. Ironically, Miller won the 2004 World Cup giant slalom title in similar fashion when the race was cancelled before the second run because of fog. Miller had skied out in the first run with Finn Kalle Palander poised to pass him for the title.

The U.S. Ski Team's Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) will go into Friday's giant slalom finals with the World Cup lead. He holds a 27 point margin over Austrian Benni Raich, and a 33 point spread over fast-rising young Italian star, Manfred Moelgg.

The last time two Americans led and then won the overall World Cup was Phil Mahre and Tamara McKinney in 1983.

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