Skateboard Qualifying Rained Out-Labarthe Leads Street Luge
Will Stephenson (GBR) and Roberto Marasca (ITA) on a Street Luge practice run. Photo Yorck Dertinger
Thalgau, Austria - Rain continued to create havoc for the Rock & Roll World Cup race. The Downhill Skateboard class was canceled after rain started coming down on parts of the course causing four of the first six skaters to crash. Yvon Labarthe of Switzerland turned in the quickest time in Street Luge qualifying.
It was decided to continue with Street Luge qualifying after Skateboarding and continue with the Downhill Skateboard qualifying if conditions improved. Later event organizer Alex Frischauf and Chief Steward Eimer Mayer decided to cancel the remainder of the day early after the conclusion of Dirtsurfer and Inline Skate qualifying. Downhill skateboarding will make both of their qualifying runs tomorrow.
Earlier in the afternoon Jochen Baumann from Germany set the fastest qualifying time in Classic Luge qualifying. He was followed by Labarthe and former World Champion Leander Lacey from South Africa in third.
As mentioned earlier, Labarthe was the fastest Street Luge qualifier followed by the German contingent of Eugen Forschner and Mathias Lang. Leander Lacey crashed on his qualifying attempt and wound up in 23rd position.
In dirtsurfer qualifying it was Andreas Pfister from Germany in first, Ursin Tanner of Switzerland in second and Markus Hutter in third after their first runs. Scott Peer from the United States made the lone qualifying attempt in Inline Skating.
Earlier in the afternoon Jochen Baumann from Germany set the fastest qualifying time in Classic Luge qualifying. He was followed by Labarthe and former World Champion Leander Lacey from South Africa in third.
As mentioned earlier, Labarthe was the fastest Street Luge qualifier followed by the German contingent of Eugen Forschner and Mathias Lang. Leander Lacey crashed on his qualifying attempt and wound up in 23rd position.
In dirtsurfer qualifying it was Andreas Pfister from Germany in first, Ursin Tanner of Switzerland in second and Markus Hutter in third after their first runs. Scott Peer from the United States made the lone qualifying attempt in Inline Skating.
Qualifying resumes tomorrow at 9:00am.
| Street Luge Qualifying | |||||
| Place | # | Surename | First Name | Country | 1st Run |
| 1 | 13 | Labarthe | Yvon | SUI | 02:25.3 |
| 2 | 73 | Forschner | Eugen | GER | 02:26.2 |
| 3 | 57 | Lang | Mathias | GER | 02:27.3 |
| 4 | 37 | Wagner | Olivier | SUI | 02:27.7 |
| 5 | 25 | Eliot | Peter | GBR | 02:27.8 |
| 6 | 178 | Marasca | Robert | ITA | 02:28.6 |
| 7 | 48 | Worsley | Tom | GBR | 02:30.3 |
| 8 | 95 | Barboni | Frederico | ITA | 02:30.3 |
| 9 | 59 | Santolamazza | Luca | ITA | 02:31.1 |
| 10 | 98 | Mahdzan | Abdil | MAY | 02:31.3 |
| 11 | 80 | de Wit | Edgar | NED | 02:31.3 |
| 12 | 81 | Stephenson | William | GBR | 02:31.4 |
| 13 | 79 | Maspero | Pierluigi | ITA | 02:34.3 |
| 14 | 60 | Lang | Jochiam | GER | 02:34.6 |
| 15 | 15 | Muller | Michael | AUT | 02:35.4 |
| 16 | 96 | DeMarco | Christian | SUI | 02:36.5 |
| 17 | 56 | McBride | Chris | USA | 02:36.7 |
| 18 | 176 | Ptak | Jacek | POL | 02:36.8 |
| 19 | 61 | Klimek | Sebastian | POL | 02:38.4 |
| 20 | 167 | Bunsch | Lukasz | POL | 02:39.3 |
| 21 | 99 | Sartori | Fabio | SUI | 02:40.5 |
| 22 | 190 | Brinkman | Henric | SUI | 02:44.1 |
| 23 | 51 | Lacey | Leander | RSA | 02:45.7 |
| 24 | 58 | Hurd | Max | GBR | 02:55.5 |
| Classic Luge Qualifying | |||||
| Place | # | Surename | First Name | Country | 1st Run |
| 1 | 97 | Baumann | Jochen | GER | 02:29.6 |
| 2 | 13 | Labarthe | Yvon | SUI | 02:29.8 |
| 3 | 51 | Lacey | Leander | RSA | 02:29.8 |
| 4 | 28 | Serek | Michael | AUT | 02:30.7 |
| 5 | 17 | Schutz | Christian | GER | 02:31.2 |
| 6 | 53 | Klotzberg | Georg | AUT | 02:31.2 |
| 7 | 110 | Weigl | Konstantin | AUT | 02:31.3 |
| 8 | 178 | Marasca | Roberto | ITA | 02:32.8 |
| 9 | 81 | Stephenson | William | GBR | 02:33.3 |
| 10 | 59 | Santolamazza | Luca | ITA | 02:33.9 |
| 11 | 57 | Lang | Mathias | GER | 02:34.9 |
| 12 | 98 | Mahdzan | Abdil | MAY | 02:34.9 |
| 13 | 79 | Maspero | Pierluigi | ITA | 02:35.3 |
| 14 | 24 | Poletto | Massimo | ITA | 02:36.4 |
| 15 | 60 | Lang | Joachim | GER | 02:37.7 |
| 16 | 56 | McBride | Chris | USA | 02:37.8 |
| 17 | 95 | Barboni | Frederico | ITA | 02:38.2 |
| 18 | 25 | Eliot | Peter | GBR | 02:38.4 |
| 19 | 26 | Manarin | Michele | ITA | 02:39.7 |
| 20 | 16 | Peer | Scott | USA | 02:42.7 |
| 22 | 45 | Zalesky | Petr | CZE | 02:46.3 |
| 23 | 42 | Profus | Jan | CZE | 02:52.6 |
| 24 | 46 | Righetti | Carlo | ITA | 02:53.9 |
| 25 | 78 | Fink | Maaz | GER | DNS |
| 26 | 99 | Sartori | Fabio | SUI | DNS |
| 27 | 88 | Johnson | Andreas | SWE | DNS |
| Dirtsurfer Qualifying | |||||
| Place | # | Surename | First Name | Country | 1st Run |
| 1 | 44 | Pfister | Andreas | GER | 02:36.4 |
| 2 | 27 | Tanner | Ursin | SUI | 02:41.2 |
| 3 | 198 | Hutter | Markus | GER | 02:45.1 |
| 4 | 21 | Szostek | Tomasz | POL | 02:49.0 |
| 5 | 38 | Machura | Michal | POL | 02:53.3 |
| 6 | 29 | Jaggerd | Jody | GBR | 02:57.7 |
| 7 | 34 | Aebin | Stephane | SUI | 03:04.9 |
| Inline Skate Qualifying | |||||
| Place | # | Surename | First Name | Country | 1st Run |
| 1 | 16 | Peer | Scott | USA | 02:59.3 |