Val D'Isere WC Mens SC

December 11, the World Cup moved back into Europe to the country of France. This weekends races were kicked off with a Super Combined where Benny Raich of Austria took the crown, very young Marcel Hirscher also Austrian, was 2nd at just 20 years old, and Manfred Moelgg of Italy was 3rd. Bode Miller was 5th which is exceptional for him, he was once the best Slalom skier in the world, turned to Downhill, conquered it, and is now looking to combine the two. His limitation is that when he took up downhill, he gained 40 pounds so it is hard to move that extra muscle weight around in a Slalom course. As a downhill specialist it is odd that Andrew Weibrecht did not make it through the downhill course, whereas Ted Ligety did finish the downhill but did not finish the Slalom course... funny what skiing can do.