February 2010
FIS World Cup: Ricardo Adarraga 9th in Vars skiing at 210.6 kmh (130 mph)

Ricardo Adarraga finished 9th (ex aequo with Neil Munroe (Canada) and Radek Bohacek (Czech Republic) in the first race valid for the 2010 FIS Speed Skiing World Cup. Adarraga at the same time established Spain’s second best all-time speed with 210.649 kmh.

Adarraga: "The progression throughout the week has been very good. After qualifying ninth in the first run, I nearly lost the ticket for the final by finishing 15 in the semifinal, as only the top 15 went to the final. In the end I managed to get the ninth place. My run was not perfect. I've sacrificed too many meters trying to set the line that I wanted to ski. It took me too long to get myself in position. So the result is far better than I had initially expected. It is my best result in a competition since I started ski racing in speed skiing. "

The winner was the Italian Simone Origone, who again demonstrated his dominance with 219.646 kmh, almost 1 kmh more than the second Bastien Montes (France) with 218.712 kmh. Philippe May from Switzerland was third with 217.785 kmh.

Resultados

http://www.vars.com/kl2010/index.asp

Simone Origone fastest man on earth (251,40 km/h)

Ricardo Adarraga Vars 2009

Speed Ski track Pic de Chabrieres in Vars