Would you take your goat for après ski?

Well the Swiss fans this weekend at the FIS opening race event in Solden, Otztal Valley, Austria had a couple of goats in immaculate shape to accompany them to the bars after the race action was over. Maybe to was hex on the Austrian team after years of being some  way behind their neighbours – if so it worked and the Swiss took the opening men’s event today with Didier Cuche pipping Ted Ligerty of the USA to the opening GS race win of the FIS season. The party was in full swing as I left the glacier and conditions were really good for this time of the year. Here is the top 10 mens’ GS results from Solden, Austria:

1    CUCHE Didier      SUI       2:21.45
2    LIGETY Ted      USA       2:22.05
3    JANKA Carlo      SUI       2:22.40
4    BLARDONE Massimiliano      ITA       2:22.41
5    RAICH Benjamin      AUT       2:22.90
6    JANSRUD Kjetil      NOR       2:23.27
7    GRANGE Jean-Baptiste      FRA       2:23.87
8    SIMONCELLI Davide      ITA       2:24.03
9    ROY Jean-Philippe      CAN       2:24.08
10    RICHARD Cyprien      FRA       2:24.13