Local boys make it good as five teams drop out due to injuries, illness or fatigue.
Throughout much of the afternoon and evening, brothers Graham and Martin Bell of Team Great Britain led the pack, with Team Argentina just seconds behind. The U.S. team maintained its first place position for the remainder of the race. Fr d ric Favre-Tissot of Chamonix, France, fell near the bottom of his first lap of the day, cutting his knee and face. After a trip to the hospital, Favre-Tissot returned to the course with his face wrapped in gauze to cheer on the other racers, including teammate Julien Couret, who skied alone for 19 hours, but dropped out due to fatigue after lap 56. The defending champions, Swiss team Iwan Florinet and Roger Sieber, dropped out after lap 8, when Sieber caught an edge close to the summit and blew out his knee.