Stifel U.S. Ski Team athlete River Radamus posted a personal best slalom finish in the Adelboden, Switzerland slalom Sunday with a 19th place finish, jumping from bib 70 to 19th place, a whopping 51 spots. Ben Ritchie secured his first slalom points of the season in 23rd place.
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It was a strong day for the Stifel U.S. Alpine Team women with Mikaela Shiffrin finishing sixth and Paula Moltzan scoring eighth place in the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup giant slalom in Sestriere on Saturday. It was Moltzan's career-best giant slalom finish.
Battling more than 19 inches of new snow and tough course conditions, River Radamus was the top American in the FIS World Cup giant slalom in Val d’Isere, France, continuing to show his strength in giant slalom with an impressive 13th place.
On Friday, March 1 in the first of two giant slaloms at the Stifel Aspen Winternational presented by United, River Radamus skied to an 11th place position.
“I felt like I executed well today,” said Radamus. “Second run the approach was much better with a better touch on the snow.”
Amongst the sun, a loud Austrian fanbase and long-awaited comebacks from the men’s tour, Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team athletes River Radamus landed in 11th place and Tommy Ford 21st on day two of the first FIS World Cup of the season.
River Radamus and Tommy Ford muscled through rapidly deteriorating conditions on Saturday, Dec. 14, at the infamously difficult La Face de Bellavarde track in Val d’Isere, France to finish back to back in 17th and 18th in their return to the European World Cup circuit.
River Radamus showed his consistency, finding the top 10 for the second time in two days at the FIS World Cup giant slalom in Alta Badia, Italy, finishing 10th.
Marco Odermatt of Switzerland won the race handily, taking the victory by more than a second over local Italian hero Luca De Aliprandini, who scored his first World Cup podium in second place. German Alexander Schmid also had his first podium appearance, finishing in third. Sunday’s race winner Henrik Kristoffersen was just off the podium in fourth.
Tommy Ford led the way for the Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team men on a stunning day in Adelboden, Switzerland, finishing 10th in the FIS World Cup giant slalom. Ryan Cochran-Siegle was right on Tommy’s tails in 12th, with River Radamus collecting his best GS finish in 18th.
River Radamus led the charge with a career-best sixth-place under the sunshine in Soelden, Austria to kick off the highly-anticipated Olympic season.
On Saturday’s giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Stifel U.S. Ski Team’s River Radamus was the top performer for the U.S. squad in 12th place with a blazing fast second run. Patrick Kenney snagged his career-best World Cup result in 22nd and Bridger Gile claimed his first World Cup points in 24th.