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German ski racer Andreas Sander secured a good result on the first downhill of the season in Val d’Isere. In the absence of main injured Thomas Dreßen, the 31-year-old from Ennepetal took seventh place in a close race in the surprise victory of Slovenian Martin Cater.
“I’m so, so satisfied. I got over it. I had a lot of confidence in myself from the first corner,” said Sander, who had already convinced with eighth place in the Super-G on Saturday. “This is a mega start to the season.” The top 10 twice is fantastic. The goal is to be up there regularly. “
Third over Switzerland’s Urs Kryenbühl, Sander, who was third fastest at third intermission, was just three tenths of a second behind. Romed Baumann (+0.60) finished off the very good result of the German Ski Association (DSV) in the descent in ninth position.
Serve wins with a late start number
Surprise man Cater drove straight ahead with start number 41 and prevailed in 2: 04.67 minutes ahead of Austrian Otmar Striedinger (+0.22) and Kryenbühl (+0.27). The best World Cup results so far had been sixth in the Super-G (Kvitfjell 2017) and combination (Wengen 2020), on the descent the 27-year-old had finished eighth in 2019 in Wengen.
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Dominik Schwaiger (+1.20) was 21, Manuel Schmid (+1.77) was 33, Josef Ferstl (+1.86) was 38.
Dreßen is missing after a hip operation. You want to start advanced training “soon”. However, the 27-year-old, a 2018 Kitzbühel winner, does not expect to start at the World Cup in Cortina d’Ampezzo in February.
