Val D'Isere WC Mens SG

December 12th was the day for the World Cup SG at Val D'Isere, France. Michael Walchhofer of Austria tore apart the course beating out American Ted Ligety by .3 seconds for the victory. Werner Heel of Italy took an impressive third. Benny Raich of Austria seems to be coming alive after a couple years of unimpressive finishes compared to his 2006 season where seemed to win almost everything. Bode Finished 9th, tying Didier Cuche of Switzerland, about 1.75 seconds off Walchhofer. Tommy Ford, Jake Zamansky, Erik Fisher, Jeremy transue, Andrew Weibrecht, and Marco Sullivan, all from the US, did not finish. Carlo Janka decided he liked the netting as well and took a tumble himself.