Surprise in Bormio

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Vincent Kriechmayr Vincent Kriechmayr was only beaten by surprise winner Fredrik Moeller on Sunday.(Bild: GEPA)

Strong performance by Vincent Kriechmayr in the Bormio Super-G. On Sunday, the Austrian was only beaten by surprise winner Fredrik Moeller from Norway. 20 hundredths separated Kriechmayr from victory. Third place went to surprise downhill winner Alexis Monney from Switzerland (+0.24). Dominator Marco Odermatt had to settle for fifth place. Meanwhile, his compatriot Gino Caviezel crashed heavily and had to be transported away by helicopter.

Vincent Kriechmayr achieved his first podium finish of this Ski World Cup winter in the super-G in Bormio. The double 2021 World Champion was only beaten by surprise winner Fredrik Moeller in the last race of the Alpine men's event this year on Sunday. Kriechmayr was two tenths of a second slower than the Norwegian. Switzerland's Alexis Monney, the downhill winner from the previous day, came third with +0.24 seconds.

Here are the results:

Kriechmayr managed a good, but not an outstanding run. It was only in the final section to the finish that he lost too much time to Moeller, who was also not flawless. "It was a solid run, quite ok in parts, but still lacking in confidence in others, often still on the line," said the Upper Austrian in the ORF interview. "But on the whole it was one of my better performances, even if I didn't quite pull it off as I had imagined."

Surprise winner from Norway
Moeller had previously only had two top-five results in the World Cup on his CV. This season, the 24-year-old finished fourth in Beaver Creek and Val Gardena/Gröden. As top star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is still suffering from the consequences of his Wengen crash in January 2024 this season, Moeller is the only Norwegian in the speed disciplines alongside Adrian Smiseth Sejersted. "The Norwegians always bring in a youngster - huge," commented Kriechmayr.

Frederik Moeller(Bild: GEPA)

Daniel Hemetsberger (+0.66) also finished in the top ten in seventh place (after the first 40 start numbers), Stefan Babinsky (+0.93) was tenth for the time being. Felix Hacker (+1.23) was not far away from the best. Otmar Striedinger flew off the piste in the final section after a good upper section. Stefan Eichberger was also among the retirees.

The Stelvio once again demanded a wild ride from the pros, with hardly anyone escaping without problems - not even overall World Cup leader Marco Odermatt. The Swiss had to settle for fifth place. The race had to be interrupted right at the start after a fall by the skier with the first starting number, Gino Caviezel. The Swiss skier, who fell shortly before the San Pietro jump, was subsequently flown to hospital by helicopter. He is likely to have suffered leg injuries.