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skimottaret, that's OK, there's no rush. Speak to him whenever the opportunity comes up.
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I've found this thread pretty informative...I would imagine that the TT is not 0 fis + 20%....Looking at some of the French Stagieres teaching they are never skiing off 150 odd FIS points. It however is definitely a fair old standard. If we are correct in the assumption that it is 20% off the openers time that would give you 10 odd secs to play with on a 50 sec course - definitely manageable with a bit of training but certainly not to be under estimated.

However i'm a bit confused as the pass rate at Les Contamines that someone mentioned earlier in the thread doesn't seem to tally with this...

The Eurotest is generally 4.5 - 5.5 off the openers time and we all know how damned hard that is..
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Jonnie wrote:
If we are correct in the assumption that it is 20% off the openers time that would give you 10 odd secs to play with on a 50 sec course - definitely manageable with a bit of training but certainly not to be under estimated.

However i'm a bit confused as the pass rate at Les Contamines that someone mentioned earlier in the thread doesn't seem to tally with this...

The Eurotest is generally 4.5 - 5.5 off the openers time and we all know how damned hard that is..


If I recall it's nearer 12 - 15% off the time, depending on gender ?
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david@mediacopy,Jonnie, to be clear TT is NOT handicapped back to 0 FIS points. Crucially the opening time is handicapped against the fastest French Instructor, which makes a big difference. I have heard the Instructor champion will typically be around 50 FIS points.

time to beat is + 20% for men and +25% for women handicapped back to the best instructor.

I believe the Les Contamines was a EuroTest result not TT. I did hear however that last year every BASI 3 that passed their BASI tests failed the TT taken weeks later in Les Menuires. I believe the summary is that unless you have race background you need to be a good BASI 2 level of skier AND have some additional SL training...
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skimottaret, Jonnie, Sorry I was on about the Eurotest GS.
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