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American Ross leads WCup Alpine Combined race after downhill

United States' Laurenne Ross gets to the finish area after completing the downhill portion of an alpine ski, women's World Cup combined, in Val d'Isere, France, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
United States' Laurenne Ross gets to the finish area after completing the downhill portion of an alpine ski, women's World Cup combined, in Val d'Isere, France, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) United States' Laurenne Ross gets to the finish area after completing the downhill portion of an alpine ski, women's World Cup combined, in Val d'Isere, France, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

By Associated Press 1 min read

VAL D’ISERE, France (AP) – American skier Laurenne Ross took the lead in a World Cup Alpine combined race Friday after going fastest in the downhill.

Making the most of good conditions on the Oreiller-Killy course, Ross was .32 seconds ahead of Cornelia Huetter and .74 ahead of Ilka Stuhec – who has won two downhill races this season.

Ross’ best Alpine combined result was seventh in the Swiss resort of Lenzerheide in March, her only career top-10 finish.

Defending overall World Cup champion Lara Gut was a disappointing sixth heading into the afternoon’s slalom. Gut is 105 points behind Mikaela Shiffrin in the overall standings.

Shiffrin is skipping the speed events in Val d’Isere and will return for Tuesday’s giant slalom in the nearby French resort of Courchevel.