Chuenisbärgli
Place: Switzerland Adelboden
Mountain: Chuenisbärgli
Member: Club5+
Opened: 1955
Level: expert
Giant slalom
Start: 1,730 m (5,676 ft) (AA)
Finish: 1,294 m (4,245 ft)
Vertical drop:    436 m (1,430 ft)
Length: 1.430 km (0.89 mi)
Max. incline:    31 degrees (60%)
Avg. incline: 16.7 degrees (30%)
Min. incline:    5.7 degrees (10%)
Most wins: Sweden Ingemar Stenmark (5x)
Slalom
Start: 1,473 m (4,833 ft) (AA)
Finish: 1,294 m (4,245 ft)
Height difference:    179 m (587 ft)
Length: 0.592 km (0.37 mi)
Most wins: Austria Marcel Hirscher (5x)

Chuenisbärgli is a World Cup technical ski course (and a hill) in Switzerland at Adelboden in Bernese Oberland, opened in 1955.

The track runs on natural terrain and is used only for annual World Cup competitions, traditionally in early January. It is one of the oldest and most classic slopes in the circuit.

It is considered the most prestigious giant slalom in the world and among the most demanding, along with Alta Badia and Kranjska Gora.[1]

History edit

 
Ingemar Stenmark (SWE)
won record 5 giant slaloms in total
 
Marcel Hirscher (AUT)
won record 5 slaloms in total
 
 
Location in the Alps

In 1955 competition called "Internationalen Adelbodner Skitage" (International Adelboden Ski Days) started with slalom, giant slalom joined in 1958, with last slalom held in 1961.

In the early days of the World Cup, there was basically only one giant slalom, initially on two days (Monday 1st run / Tuesday 2nd run) and then both runs on Tuesday.

In 1967, giant slalom joined already in the premiere World Cup season and in 2000 slalom joined the competition after decades of break.

Since 1982 competition is being live broadcast. Competition was fully canceled in 1988, 1990, 1993 and 1994.

World Cup edit

This course hosted total of 69 World Cup events for men (7th of all-time).

Men edit

No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
International Adelboden Ski Days
SL 1955     Martin Julen   Adrien Duvillard   Georges Schneider
SL 1956     Chiharu Igaya   Tom Corcoran   Adrien Duvillard
SL   Georges Schneider   François Bonlieu   Bernard Perret
SL 1957     Georges Schneider   Charles Bozon   Gino Burrini
SL   Roland Bläsi   Ruppert Sutter   Charles Bozon
GS 1958     Roger Staub   Mathias Leitner   Charles Bozon
SL   Charles Bozon   Ernst Hinterseer   Georges Schneider
GS 1959     Fritz Wagnerberger   Gerhard Nenning   Ludwig Leitner
SL   Sepp Behr   Bud Werner   Georges Schneider
GS 1960     Ludwig Leitner   Italo Pedroncelli   Roger Staub
SL   Ludwig Leitner   Italo Pedroncelli   Bruno Alberti
GS 1961     Eberhard Riedel   Willi Forrer   Italo Pedroncelli
SL   Fritz Wagnerberger   Daniel Gerber   Switzerland Adolf Mathis
GS 1962   cancelled
GS 1963     Georg Grünenfelder   Jean-Claude Killy   Georges Mauduit
GS   Léo Lacroix   Fritz Wagnerberger   Ludwig Leitner
GS 1964   cancelled
GS 1965     Edmund Bruggmann   Léo Lacroix   Beat von Allmen
GS   Léo Lacroix   Ivo Mahlknecht   Willy Favre
GS 1966     Billy Kidd   Willy Favre   Edmund Bruggmann
World Cup
3 GS 1967 9 January 1967     Jean-Claude Killy   Willy Favre   Georges Mauduit
19 GS 1967/78 8 January 1968     Jean-Claude Killy   Edmund Bruggmann   Stefan Kälin
40 GS 1968/79 6 January 1969     Jean-Noël Augert   Jean-Pierre Augert   Karl Schranz
65 GS 1969/70 5 January 1970     Karl Schranz   Sepp Heckelmiller   Dumeng Giovanoli
97 GS 1970/71 18 January 1971     Patrick Russel   Gustav Thöni   Henri Duvillard
122 GS 1971/72 24 January 1972     Werner Mattle   Adolf Rösti   Gustav Thöni
142 GS 1972/73 15 January 1973     Gustav Thöni   Hans Hinterseer   Erik Håker
170 GS 1973/74 21 January 1974     Gustav Thöni   Piero Gros   Hans Hinterseer
188 GS 1974/75 13 January 1975     Piero Gros   Gustav Thöni   Werner Mattle
218 GS 1975/76 12 January 1976     Gustav Thöni   Ingemar Stenmark   Engelhard Pargätzi
246 GS 1976/77 24 January 1977     Heini Hemmi   Ingemar Stenmark   Klaus Heidegger
273 GS 1977/78 17 January 1978     Andreas Wenzel   Ingemar Stenmark   Piero Gros
299 GS 1978/79 16 January 1979     Ingemar Stenmark   Andreas Wenzel   Jacques Lüthy
333 GS 1979/80 21 January 1980     Ingemar Stenmark   Jacques Lüthy   Joël Gaspoz
364 GS 1980/81 26 January 1981     Ingemar Stenmark   Christian Orlainsky
  Boris Strel
396 GS 1981/82 19 January 1982     Ingemar Stenmark   Phil Mahre   Max Julen
426 GS 1982/83 11 January 1983     Pirmin Zurbriggen   Max Julen   Jacques Lüthy
463 GS 1983/84 10 January 1984     Ingemar Stenmark   Hubert Strolz   Pirmin Zurbriggen
505 GS 1984/85 15 January 1985     Hans Enn   Hubert Strolz   Richard Pramotton
543 GS 1985/86 28 January 1986     Richard Pramotton   Marco Tonazzi   Hubert Strolz
585 GS 1986/87 13 January 1987     Pirmin Zurbriggen   Marc Girardelli   Hubert Strolz
589 GS 20 January 1987     Pirmin Zurbriggen   Joël Gaspoz   Ingemar Stenmark
GS 1987/88 19 January 1988   cancelled
650 GS 1988/89 17 January 1989     Marc Girardelli   Ole Kristian Furuseth   Alberto Tomba
GS 1989/90 23 January 1990   cancelled
714 GS 1990/91 15 January 1991     Marc Girardelli   Alberto Tomba   Rudolf Nierlich
746 GS 1991/92 22 January 1992     Ole Kristian Furuseth   Hans Pieren   Marc Girardelli
GS 1992/93 19 January 1993   cancelled
GS 1993/94 18 January 1994  
850 GS 1994/95 4 February 1995     Alberto Tomba   Jure Košir   H. C. Strand Nilsen
881 GS 1995/96 16 January 1996     Michael von Grünigen   Urs Kälin   Tom Stiansen
913 GS 1996/97 14 January 1997     Kjetil André Aamodt   Michael von Grünigen   Andreas Schifferer
951 GS 1997/98 13 January 1998     Hermann Maier   Michael von Grünigen   Paul Accola
988 GS 1998/99 12 January 1999     Hermann Maier   Kjetil André Aamodt   Benjamin Raich
GS 1999/00 19 February 2000   cancelled in first run due to heavy snowfall
1032 SL 20 February 2000     Matjaž Vrhovnik   Kjetil André Aamodt   Mario Matt
1060 GS 2000/01 9 January 2001     Hermann Maier   Michael von Grünigen   Fredrik Nyberg
1093 GS 2001/02 5 January 2002     Didier Cuche   Frédéric Covili   Fredrik Nyberg
1094 SL 6 January 2002     Bode Miller   Ivica Kostelić   Mitja Kunc
1131 GS 2002/03 14 January 2003     Hans Knauß   Michael von Grünigen   Kjetil André Aamodt
1178 GS 2003/04 7 February 2004     Kalle Palander   Italy Massimiliano Blardone   Christoph Gruber
  Heinz Schilchegger
1179 SL 8 February 2004     Rainer Schönfelder   Bode Miller   Benjamin Raich
1207 GS 2004/05 11 January 2005     Massimiliano Blardone   Bode Miller   Kalle Palander
1241 GS 2005/06 7 January 2006     Benjamin Raich   Fredrik Nyberg   Stephan Görgl
  Kalle Palander
1242 SL 8 January 2006     Giorgio Rocca   Ted Ligety   Benjamin Raich
1278 GS 2006/07 6 January 2007     Benjamin Raich   Massimiliano Blardone   Aksel Lund Svindal
1279 SL 7 January 2007     Marc Berthod   Benjamin Raich   Mario Matt
1313 GS 2007/08 5 January 2008     Marc Berthod   Daniel Albrecht   Hannes Reichelt
1314 SL 6 January 2008     Mario Matt   Benjamin Raich   Felix Neureuther
1353 GS 2008/09 10 January 2009     Benjamin Raich   Massimiliano Blardone   Kjetil Jansrud
1354 SL 11 January 2009     Reinfried Herbst   Manfred Pranger   Felix Neureuther
GS 2009/10 9 January 2010   cancelled in first run due to heavy fog
1390 SL 10 January 2010     Julien Lizeroux   Marcel Hirscher   Ivica Kostelić
1421 GS 2010/11 8 January 2011     Cyprien Richard
  Aksel Lund Svindal
  Thomas Fanara
1422 SL 9 January 2011     Ivica Kostelić   Marcel Hirscher   Reinfried Herbst
1458 GS 2011/12 7 January 2012     Marcel Hirscher   Benjamin Raich   Massimiliano Blardone
1459 SL 8 January 2012     Marcel Hirscher   Ivica Kostelić   Stefano Gross
1504 GS 2012/13 12 January 2013     Ted Ligety   Fritz Dopfer   Felix Neureuther
1505 SL 13 January 2013     Marcel Hirscher   Mario Matt   Manfred Mölgg
1536 GS 2013/14 11 January 2014     Felix Neureuther   Thomas Fanara   Marcel Hirscher
1537 SL 12 January 2014     Marcel Hirscher   André Myhrer   Henrik Kristoffersen
1571 GS 2014/15 10 January 2015     Marcel Hirscher   Alexis Pinturault   Henrik Kristoffersen
1572 SL 11 January 2015     Stefano Gross   Fritz Dopfer   Marcel Hirscher
GS 2015/16 9 January 2016   cancelled due to bad weather
1608 SL 10 January 2016     Henrik Kristoffersen   Marcel Hirscher   Aleksandr Khoroshilov
1652 GS 2016/17 7 January 2017     Alexis Pinturault   Marcel Hirscher   Philipp Schörghofer
1653 SL 8 January 2017     Henrik Kristoffersen   Manfred Mölgg   Marcel Hirscher
1690 GS 2017/18 6 January 2018     Marcel Hirscher   Henrik Kristoffersen   Alexis Pinturault
1691 SL 7 January 2018     Marcel Hirscher   Michael Matt   Henrik Kristoffersen
1727 GS 2018/19 12 January 2019     Marcel Hirscher   Henrik Kristoffersen   Thomas Fanara
1728 SL 13 January 2019     Marcel Hirscher   Clément Noël   Henrik Kristoffersen
1763 GS 2019/20 11 January 2020     Žan Kranjec   Filip Zubčić   Henrik Kristoffersen
  Victor Muffat-Jeandet
1764 SL 12 January 2020     Daniel Yule   Henrik Kristoffersen   Marco Schwarz
1717 GS 2020/21 8 January 2021     Alexis Pinturault   Filip Zubčić   Marco Odermatt
1718 GS 9 January 2021     Alexis Pinturault   Filip Zubčić   Loïc Meillard
1719 SL 10 January 2021     Marco Schwarz   Linus Straßer   Dave Ryding
1836 GS 2021/22 8 January 2022     Marco Odermatt   Manuel Feller   Alexis Pinturault
1837 SL 9 January 2022     Johannes Strolz   Manuel Feller   Linus Straßer
1870 GS 2022/23 7 January 2023     Marco Odermatt   Henrik Kristoffersen   Loïc Meillard
1871 SL 8 January 2023     Lucas Braathen   Atle Lie McGrath   Linus Straßer

 Not part of classic Adelboden competition. It replaced Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Club5+ edit

In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious 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.[2]

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.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Adelboden: Chuenisbärgli slope profile". weltcup-adelboden.ch. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Srečko Medven predsednik elitnega združenje (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Naše novice. June 2010.
  3. ^ "Club5+ workshop in Adelboden". saslong.org. 23 October 2021.

External links edit

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