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Streif

The lower section (Hausberg–Traverse–Zielschuss).
Place: Austria Kitzbühel
Mountain: Hahnenkamm
Member: Club5+
Opened: 1937
Competition: Hahnenkamm Races
Downhill
Start: 1,665 m (5,463 ft) (AA)
Finish:    805 m (2,641 ft)
Vertical drop:    860 m (2,822 ft)
Length: 3.312 m (10.87 ft)
Level: expert
Max. incline: 40.4 degrees (85%)
Avr. incline: 15.1 degrees (27%)
Min. incline:   1.1 degrees (2%)
Time record: 1:51.58 by Fritz Strobl (1997)
Most wins: Switzerland Didier Cuche (5x)

Streif is a World Cup downhill ski course in Austria, located on Hahnenkamm mountain (Kitzbühel Alps) in Kitzbühel, Tyrol, competing for the Hahnenkamm Races since 1937.

It runs on natural terrain (pasture in summer) with minor modifications done over the years, next to "Ganslern" course. part the world's second oldest ski competition.

With 50,000 people the most visited ski event each year, with many famous people including Arnold Schwarzenegger as regular guest and from F1 world.

It is the most famous, the most prestigious and the most watched ski competition, with global audience of about 300 milion people anually.

History

From 1931 'till 1936 it was held on nearby courses "Hahnenkamm" and "Ehrenbachhöhe". Since premiere in 1937, The Hahnenkamm slalom is held on this course (Ganslern).

In 1954, one time exceptionally no Hahnenkamm Trophy was awarded, they were competing on the so-called "Vorderganslern" at Austrian International Winter Sports III competition.

In 2006, morning fog at the top forced organizers to lower the start 115 m (380 ft) to the middle of the "Karusell", below the "Mausefalle". This shortened the length of the course by 347 m.[1]

The downhill races were cancelled in sesons 1964, 1970, 1971, 1988 1988, 1993 2005 and 2007 due to weather conditions, mostly due to lack of snow and were replaced on other venues.

Start – "Mausefalle"
"Alte Schneise" (Old corridor)
Seidlalm, a gasthaus where World Cup was founded in 1966 by Serge Lang, Honore Bonnet and Bob Beattie. It is located next to "Seidlalmsprung"
Franz Klammer in 1976,
the second of his four Streif wins
Full "Streif" course seen on the Hahnenkamm mountain (far right)
Didier Cuche (SUI) won
record 5 downhills in total

In 2008, strong upwinds at the "Mausefalle" caused race officials to lower the start 50 m, shortening the course by 100 m. This eliminated most of the "Startschuss" and its instantaneous speed; the "Mausefalle" was accordingly altered to a speed-inducing pitch, rather than a formidable jump and compression. Though Didier Cuche won the race, the 2008 edition is likely best remembered for the high-speed crash of Scott Macartney on the "Zielsprung", seconds before the finish, as well as Bode Miller tying for second with Mario Scheiber after riding the safety fencing in the "Steilhang" exit to "Brückenschuss" section.

The full course returned in 2009, for the first time in five years, with Didier Défago winning the race. In addition to having the fastest time, he also had the highest speed on the "Zielschuss" at 142.3 km/h (88.4 mph). It was the second consecutive downhill victory for Défago; he won the Lauberhorn downhill the previous week at Wengen to join a handful of skiers to win both classic races in consecutive weeks.[2] It was last accomplished by Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and first Swiss win since 1992 win by Franz Heinzer. The final training run on Thursday saw the serious crash of Swiss racer Daniel Albrecht, again at the "Zielsprung." It resulted in a three-week coma and Albrecht's absence from the World Cup circuit for the remainder of the 2009 season and the entire 2010 season.

The full course was run in 2010 under clear skies and again won by Didier Cuche, who had also won the Super-G the previous day. The only significant crash was by former champion Michael Walchhofer, who twisted into the net fence at the final left turn, less than 20 seconds from the finish; he was quickly back on his feet. Cuche's downhill victory was his third on the "Streif", his first was in 1998 on a Friday "extra" race. The "Zielsprung" was significantly moderated in 2010 due to the serious accidents the previous two years.

In 2011, Didier Cuche won the Hahnenkamm downhill for the fourth time to tie the record with Franz Klammer.[3]

A year later, and two days after announcing his retirement at the end of the season, Cuche claimed his third consecutive downhill victory at Kitzbühel and a record fifth in total.[4]

in 2013, Dominik Paris claimed the title to become the second winner from Italy and the first in fifteen years after Kristian Ghedina.[5][6]

Streif is located in Alps
Streif
Location in the Alps

in 2014, the lower course was altered due to lack of snow. The dramatic "Querfahrt" sidehill traverse and speed-inducing "Zielschuss" were bypassed; the racers detoured toward the "Ganslern" slalom course, then rejoined the course for the final "Rasmusleitn". This extended the overall length by 182 m (597 ft) to 3.494 ft (1.065 m) and reduced the finishing speed. Hannes Reichelt was the first winner from Austria in eight years.

in 2015, upper mountain fog forced the start to the "Seidlalmsprung" section, the lowest in history. Kjetil Jansrud of Norway won in less than a minute on the lower 50% of the course.[7]

High winds in 2016 lowered the start 40 m to the top of Mausefalle. On the full course in 2017, Paris became a two-time winner.

Course sections

Sections of the Streif downhill course include:[8]

Startschuss

At 1,665 m (5,463 ft) (AA) start house straight down to 160 metres long "Startschuss" (Starthang) with 27° degrees (51%) incline, reaching 100 km/h in 8.5 seconds on the extreme icy and leaning surface direct to "Mausefalle" jump. Skier has no time to breath. There is a very special atmosphere in the start, with total silence, skiers have total respect for this dangerous course.

Mausefalle

"Mausefalle" (mousetrap) is the scariest, the most famous and the steepest part of the course with 40.4° degrees (85%) incline. Skier overjumps this incredibly steep hang about 80 meters long at about 100 km/h and increase up to 120 km/h at the bottom of this section. Around 1955, this section was named by the father of Austrian ski legend Toni Sailer, who compared this jump to a mouse trap as skiers jump to the unknown, into the abyss.

Karusell

"Karusell" (carousel) is a very demanding at high speed entering 180-degree leaning turn. Here athletes endure centrifugal force of 3.1 g.

Steilhang

"Steilhang" (steep slope) is a one of the most tehnically challenging sections in the World Cup with demanding and extended technical right turn with 35.8° degrees (72%) incline and entrance to the flats at the end.

Brückenschuss & Gschöss

"Brückenschuss & Gschöss" are the easiest part of the course, gliding flats road, time to take a little breath, but need to focusing on not to lose and maintain good speed

Alte Schneise

"Alte Schneise" (old corridor) is the steep long section, not extremly demending. Section starts after small jump, right after gliding flats road

Seidlalmsprung

"Seidlalmsprung" (Seidlalm jump) was first introduced in 1994. It is located next to Seidlalm farm, where World Cup was founded by Serge Lang, Honore Bonnet and Bob Beattie in 1966. It is exactly on midpoint of the course. Athletes approach the jump in a deep squat position, without being able to see what is coming next. This is no time to be making any mistakes!Whilst in the air they must rotate to the right in order to be correctly positioned for the sweeping curve of the “Seidlalmkurve”.

Lärchenschuss

"Lärchenschuss" is a gliding among larch trees section, reached right after 90° degrees turn, leading into "Oberhausberg" section

Hausbergkannte

"Hausbergkannte" (Hausberg fall) hang is the key and deciding part of the course, jumping over 35° degress (70%) incline gradient into extremly demanding left turn into a compression.

It is followed by a challenging sharp left left turn to the “Hausberg Querfahrt" into "Traverse", where the most falls, some of them very spectacular happened over the years.

Traverse

"Traverse" or "Querfahrt", is a rough sidehill of glare ice, strong leaning bumpy terrain, defying gravity, with many spectacular falls in the past.

Zielschuss

"Zielschuss" (Finish speed ride) with compression & jump and with top speed over 145 km/h (90 mph) leading into a finish jump.

Rasmusleitn

"Rasmusleitn" or "Zielsprung" is a spectacular, long and very tricky jump just before the finish line at high speed, on which many suffered severe injuries with brutal falls.

Facts and figures

  • The length of the Streif course is 3.312 km (2.058 mi).[8]
  • The starting gate is at an elevation of 1,665 m (5,463 ft) above sea level;
    the Streif vertically descends 860 m (2,822 ft) to the finish at 805 m (2,641 ft).[8]
  • The average grade of the course is 27 percent (15.1 degrees).
  • The maximum grade is 85% (40.4°) at the Mausefalle; minimum is 2% (1.1°) [9]
  • The record for the full 3.3 km course was set in 1997 by Fritz Strobl of Austria at 1:51.58,[10] an average speed of 106.9 km/h (66.4 mph), and an average vertical descent rate of 7.7 m/s (25.3 ft/sec).
  • The first non-European to win a downhill race at Kitzbühel in the World Cup era was Ken Read of Canada in 1980.[11] Previously, the only non-European champion was Buddy Werner of the U.S., who won in 1959 at age 22. Canadians won races four consecutive years from 1980–83; the only non-European winner since is Daron Rahlves of the U.S., who prevailed on an abbreviated course of 2.0 km (1.2 mi) due to fog in 2003.
  • Five victories have gone to Scandinavians, all from Norway. Atle Skårdal was the first in 1990 and Lasse Kjus won twice, in 1999 and 2004; both of Kjus' victories were "extra" races, held on Friday and Thursday, respectively. Kjetil Jansrud won on a shortened course in 2015.[7] In 2022 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde became the fourth Norwegian to win this race.
  • The Streif course was one of several featured in the 1969 movie Downhill Racer, starring Robert Redford and Gene Hackman. It was shown as itself and later as the Olympic course, with race footage from the 1969 race.
  • The Streif course was first used in 1937; eight years without Hahnenkamm races followed (1938–45) until the return in 1946.[12]
  • Since returning in 1946, the downhill races have been run in all but eight years: 1952, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1988, 1993, 2005, & 2007.

Downhill champions

The following is a list of Hahnenkamm downhill winners, with their winning times:[13]

Year Date Winner Nation Time Notes
World Cup
2022 January 23   Beat Feuz (3)   Switzerland 1:56.68 weather forecast; moved from Saturday to Sunday
January 21   Aleksander Aamodt Kilde  Norway 1:55.92 high winds – start: 40 m above "Mausefalle"
2021 January 24   Beat Feuz (2)   Switzerland 1:55.29 (Sunday) – moved from Saturday (rain and snow)
January 22   Beat Feuz (1)   Switzerland 1:53.77 (Friday) – extra race, replaced Wengen (COVID-19)
2020 January 25   Matthias Mayer  Austria 1:55.59
2019 January 25   Dominik Paris (3)  Italy 1:56.82 (Friday) – moved from Saturday (weather forecasts)
2018 January 20   Thomas Dressen  Germany 1:56.15
2017 January 21   Dominik Paris (2)  Italy 1:55.01
2016 January 23   Peter Fill  Italy 1:52.37 high winds – start: 40 m above "Mausefalle"
2015 January 24   Kjetil Jansrud  Norway 0:58.16 fog; start: "Seidlalmsprung" – 1.6 km [7][14]
2014 January 25   Hannes Reichelt  Austria 2:03.38 lack of snow, "Querfahrt" & "Zielschuss" bypassed
2013 January 26   Dominik Paris (1)  Italy 1:57.56 [15]
2012 January 21   Didier Cuche (5)   Switzerland 1:13.28 snowing; start: "Alte Schneise" – 2 km [16]
2011 January 22   Didier Cuche (4)   Switzerland 1:57.72 [17]
2010 January 23   Didier Cuche (3)   Switzerland 1:53.74 [18]
2009 January 24   Didier Défago   Switzerland 1:56.09 [2][19]
2008 January 19   Didier Cuche (2)   Switzerland 1:52.75 upwinds; start at 50 m to top of "Mausefalle"[20]
2007 lack of snow and warm temperatures no downhill or Super G races held[21]
2006 January 21   Michael Walchhofer  Austria 1:46.75 fog; start: bottom of "Mausefalle" for safety[22]
2005 safety reasons; snow and rain no downhill race held[23]
2004 January 24   Stephan Eberharter (2)  Austria 1:55.48
January 22   Lasse Kjus (2)  Norway 1:58.78 (Thursday) – replaced Wengen (snow, wind)
2003 January 25   Daron Rahlves  United States 1:09.63 fog; start at "Alte Schneise" – 2 km [24]
2002 January 19   Stephan Eberharter (1)  Austria 1:54.21
2001 January 20   Hermann Maier  Austria 1:56.84
2000 January 22   Fritz Strobl (2)  Austria 1:46.54 shortened
1999 January 23   Hans Knauß  Austria 1:54.18
January 22   Lasse Kjus (1)  Norway 2:14.13 (Friday)
1998 January 24   Kristian Ghedina  Italy 2:05.49
January 23   Didier Cuche (1)   Switzerland 2:31.55 two shortened runs – start: "Alte Schneise"[25]
1997 January 25   Fritz Strobl (1)  Austria 1:51.58 record time for full course[10]
January 24   Luc Alphand (3)  France 2:12.55 (Friday)
1996 January 13   Günther Mader  Austria 1:54.29 record: held for 1 year
1995 January 14   Luc Alphand (2)  France 1:40.97 start: "Steilhang" (too much snow)
January 14   Luc Alphand (1)  France 1:40.33 start: "Steilhang"; moved from Friday to Saturday
1994 January 15   Patrick Ortlieb  Austria 2:00.12
1993 lack of snow snowmaking added that summer
1992 January 18   Franz Heinzer (3)   Switzerland 1:56.63
January 17   Franz Heinzer (2)   Switzerland 1:56.04 (Friday) record: held for 4 years
1991 January 12   Franz Heinzer (1)   Switzerland 1:58.71
1990 January 20   Atle Skårdal  Norway 2:26.20
1989 January 13   Marc Girardelli  Luxembourg 2:01.25 (Friday)
January 14   Daniel Mahrer   Switzerland 1:58.42
1988 lack of snow
1987 January 25   Pirmin Zurbriggen (3)   Switzerland 1:58.06
1986 January 18   Peter Wirnsberger (2)  Austria 2:02.04
January 17   Peter Wirnsberger (1)  Austria 2:01.77 (Friday)
1985 January 12   Pirmin Zurbriggen (2)   Switzerland 2:08.65
January 11   Pirmin Zurbriggen (1)   Switzerland 2:06.95 (Friday)
1984 January 21   Franz Klammer (4)  Austria 2:02.82
1983 January 22   Todd Brooker  Canada 2:01.96
January 21   Bruno Kernen   Switzerland 2:06.68 (Friday)
1982 January 16   Steve Podborski (2)  Canada 1:57.24
January 15   Harti Weirather  Austria 1:57.20 (Friday) record: held for 10 years [10]
1981 January 17   Steve Podborski (1)  Canada 2:03.46
1980 January 12   Ken Read  Canada 2:04.93
1979 January 20   Sepp Ferstl (2)  West Germany 2:04.48
1978 January 21   Josef Walcher (2)
& Sepp Ferstl (1)
 Austria
 West Germany
2:07.81 tie
January 20   Josef Walcher (1)  Austria 2:06.90 (Friday)
1977 January 15   Franz Klammer (3)  Austria 2:09.71
1976 January 25   Franz Klammer (2)  Austria 2:03.79
1975 January 18   Franz Klammer (1)  Austria 2:03.22 record: held for 7 years
1974 January 26   Roland Collombin (2)   Switzerland 2:03.29 record: held for 1 year
1973 January 27   Roland Collombin (1)   Switzerland 2:13.32
1972 January 15   Karl Schranz (4)  Austria 2:24.36
January 14   Karl Schranz (3)  Austria 2:23.70 (Friday)
1971 no dowhnill races held
1970
1969 January 18   Karl Schranz (2)  Austria 2:18.80
1968 January 20   Gerhard Nenning  Austria 2:14.49
1967 January 21   Jean-Claude Killy  France 2:11.82 record: held for 7 years [10]
FIS–A
1966 January 22   Karl Schranz (1)  Austria 2:16.6 record: held for 1 year
1965 January 23   Ludwig Leitner  West Germany 2:30.8
1964 lack of snow
1963 January 19   Egon Zimmermann  Austria 2:20.7 record: held for 3 years
1962 January 20   Willi Forrer   Switzerland 2:37.6
1961 January 21   Guy Périllat  France 2:29.2
1960 January 16   Adrien Duvillard  France 2:26.1 record: held for 3 years[10]
1959 January 17   Buddy Werner  United States 2:33.4 record: held for 1 year
1958 January 18   Anderl Molterer (2)  Austria 2:40.7 record: held for 1 year
1957 January 19   Toni Sailer (2)  Austria 2:47.1
1956 January 14   Toni Sailer (1)  Austria 2:57.8
1955 January 15   Anderl Molterer (1)  Austria 2:46.2 record: held for 3 years
1954 January 23   Christian Pravda (2)  Austria 2:47.9 record: held for 1 year
1953 January 17   Bernhard Perren   Switzerland 2:54.5 record: held for 1 year
International
1952 not on calendar
1951 February 7   Christian Pravda (1)  Austria 2:57.1
1950 March 11   Fritz Huber  Austria 3:04.3
1949 February 5   Egon Schöpf  Austria 3:03.0
1948 March 13   Helmut Lantschner  Austria 3:16.3
1947 March 7   Karl Feix  Austria 3:36.0
1946 March 2   Thaddäus Schwabl (2)  Austria 3:04.3
1945 no races during World War II period
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939
1938 race was announced; then cancelled
1937 March 19   Thaddäus Schwabl (1)  Austria 3:53.1 "Streif" course premiere (held ever since)
1936 March 7   Freidl Pfeifer  Austria 5:03.2 held on "Penkelstein" course
1935 March 23   Siegfried Engl  Austria 4:38.8 held on "Stickelberg" course
1934 race announced; not realized due to political reasons
1933
1932 March 19   Walter Prager   Switzerland 7:56.4 held on "Stickelberg" course
1931 March 28   Ferdl Friedensbacher  Austria 4:34.2 held on "Flecklam" course
  • Each downhill champion's name is affixed to a gondola car on the Hahnenkammbahn lift, which extends from the Kitzbühel base to the top of the Hahnenkamm mountain.

Club5+

In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigius classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.[26]

Later over the years other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St.Moritz and Åre.[27]

References

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