Mont Lachaux
| Mont Lachaux | |
|---|---|
| Place: |  Crans-Montana
|
| Downhill | |
| Start: | 2,210 m (7,251 ft) (AA) |
| Finish: | 1,545 m (5,069 ft) |
| Vertical drop: | 665 m (2,182 ft) |
| Length: | 2,451 m (8,041 ft) |
| Max. incline: | 28 degrees (53%) |
| Min. incline: | 5.7 degrees (10%) |
Mont Lachaux is a World Cup women's speed ski course in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, opened in 1987.[1][2]
They hosted the Alpine World Ski Championships in 1987, with Swiss skiers Pirmin Zurbriggen, Maria Walliser, Erika Hess and Peter Müller who took 8 of 10 available gold medals, dominating in front of the home crowd. Other events were held on another two nearby ski courses, "Nationale" and "Chetzeron".[3][4][5][6]
Course
[edit]Sections from top to bottom
[edit]- La Face
- Le Trour de Renard
- La Traversée de Glavan
- Le Tobbogan
- Reck de Vermala
World Championships
[edit]Women's events
[edit]| Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | KB | (SL) 29 January 1987 30 January 1987 |
Erika Hess
|
 Sylvia Eder
|
 Tamara McKinney
|
| DH | (DH) 1 February 1987 | Maria Walliser
|
Michela Figini
|
 Regine Mösenlechner
|
- The women's World Championships combined slalom was held on "Chetzeron" ski course.
World Cup
[edit]Women
[edit]| No. | Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DH | 2013/14 | 1 March 2014 | fog; replaced in Crans-Montana on 2 March | |||||
| 1447 | DH | 2 March 2014 | Andrea Fischbacher |
Anna Fenninger |
 Tina Maze
| |||
| SC | 2 March 2014 | cancelled; rescheduled with downhill | ||||||
| DH | 2015/16 | 13 February 2016 | excessive snow: replaced in La Thuile on 19 February 2016 | |||||
| AC | 14 February 2016 | excessive snow forced delay in previous days event | ||||||
| 1512 | SL | 15 February 2016 | Mikaela Shiffrin |
 Nastasia Noens |
 Marie-Michèle Gagnon
| |||
| 1553 | AC | 2016/17 | 24 February 2017 |  Federica Brignone |
Ilka Štuhec |
Michaela Kirchgasser
| ||
| 1554 | SG | 25 February 2017 | Ilka Štuhec |
Elena Curtoni |
Stephanie Venier
| |||
| 1555 | AC | 26 February 2017 | Mikaela Shiffrin |
Federica Brignone |
Ilka Štuhec
| |||
| 1595 | DH | 2017/18 | 3 March 2018 |  Tina Weirather |
Anna Veith |
Wendy Holdener
| ||
| 1596 | AC | 4 March 2018 | Federica Brignone |
Michelle Gisin |
 Petra Vlhová
| |||
| 1629 | DH | 2018/19 | 23 February 2019 | Sofia Goggia |
Nicole Schmidhofer |
Corinne Suter
| ||
| 1630 | AC | 24 February 2019 | Federica Brignone |
Roni Remme |
Wendy Holdener
| |||
| 1663 | DH | 2019/20 | 21 February 2020 | Lara Gut-Behrami |
Corinne Suter |
Stephanie Venier
| ||
| 1664 | DH | 22 February 2020 | Lara Gut-Behrami |
Corinne Suter |
Nina Ortlieb
| |||
| 1665 | AC | 23 February 2020 | Federica Brignone |
Franziska Gritsch |
 Ester Ledecká
| |||
| 1683 | DH | 2020/21 | 22 January 2021 | Sofia Goggia |
Ester Ledecká |
Breezy Johnson
| ||
| 1684 | DH | 23 January 2021 | Sofia Goggia |
Lara Gut-Behrami |
Elena Curtoni
| |||
| 1685 | SG | 24 January 2021 | Lara Gut-Behrami |
Tamara Tippler |
Federica Brignone
| |||
| 1725 | DH | 2021/22 | 26 February 2022 | Ester Ledecká |
 Ragnhild Mowinckel |
Cornelia Hütter
| ||
| 1726 | DH | 27 February 2022 | Priska Nufer |
Ester Ledecká |
Sofia Goggia
| |||
| DH | 2022/23 | 25 February 2023 | bad weather; moved to 26 February 2023 | |||||
| 1763 | DH | 26 February 2023 | Sofia Goggia |
Federica Brignone |
Laura Gauché
| |||
| SG | 26 February 2023 | program changes; no replacement | ||||||
| 1801 | DH | 2023/24 | 16 February 2024 | Lara Gut-Behrami |
Jasmine Flury Cornelia Hütter |
– | ||
| 1802 | DH | 17 February 2024 | Marta Bassino |
Federica Brignone |
Lara Gut-Behrami
| |||
| 1803 | SG | 18 February 2024 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "List of World Cup events". International Ski Federation. 16 February 2024.
- ^ "The legendary Nationale piste gets a green light from the FIS". cransmontana2027.ch. 26 March 2023.
- ^ "Do naslova z velikim tveganjem..." (in Slovenian). Delo. 3 February 1987. p. 11.
- ^ "Že šesto zlato Švicarjem, še drugo Pirminu Zurbriggnu" (in Slovenian). Delo. 5 February 1987. p. 6.
- ^ "Samo Mateja Svet enakovredna švicarskim šampionkam" (in Slovenian). Delo. 6 February 1987. p. 8.
- ^ "Erika prva, Mateja druga" (in Slovenian). Delo. 9 February 1987. p. 9.
External links
[edit]- Crans Montana (official)