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Vincent Kriechmayr travels as one of the top Super-G favorites to the Alpine Ski World Championship in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Upper Austria won at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday and further extended their lead in the discipline ranking. The second was the Olympic champion Matthias Mayer (+0.17 seconds), the third was the Swiss Marco Odermatt (+0.49). Max Franz finished sixth (+0.70) and could have taken the Super G World Cup ticket after the relegation ticket.
For Kriechmayr, 29, it was the second consecutive victory in this discipline after Kitzbühel, as well as his eighth World Cup, his sixth in Super-G. Mayer took the podium in the sixth consecutive sprint race. He continues to recover ground in the general of the World Cup, he is already fourth behind Alexis Pinturault (FRA / 924), who skipped the race at Garmisch in favor of preparations for the World Cup, Odermatt (699) and his compatriot of Carinthia Marco Schwarz (666) (604).
Kriechmayr already knew after the losing streak that he would be a superior position. “Before me there were top-level athletes. He knew that if he was leading the way with number five, it was definitely a good performance. I feel very good in Super-G, ”he said on ORF-TV. But he will not be the only favorite in the World Cup. “Today was not such a clear race either, Mothl was right behind me. We both feel great right now. “
On the possible little crystal ball, Kriechmayr said: “In recent years I have always set my goal and narrowly missed. I want to win races, attack is the best defense ”. He is 101 points ahead of Mayer in the season finale at Kvitfjell and Lenzerheide.
Mayer currently has a career in both speed disciplines: “I have a good feeling skiing, I can attack and still ski with ease. I clearly lost it in the corner of the bullseye today. Vinc drove very well, congratulations. “Franz was very satisfied to have achieved two good results, on the descent he was fourth, it was his best result of the season just before the climax of the season. “Maybe it took the pressure, I don’t know. I finally made two trips without a lot of money. That feels good. “
The Super G World Cup is already scheduled for Tuesday. The ÖSV quartet will consist of Kriechmayr, Mayer and probably two of the Franz trio, Christian Walder and Stefan Babinsky. The latter two clearly did not make the top 15 on Saturday. Hannes Reichelt will definitely not be in Cortina, who was 17th after 45 riders, just behind Daniel Danklmaier. “That was definitely it with the World Cup. I’ve always said that I only want to go to the World Cup if I am competitive. After the season, I will decide how things will continue, ”said Reichelt, 40.
The Super-G in Kandahar was uncharted territory for most alpine men, because Garmisch normally hosts downhill and giant slalom races. Due to the corona, the speed and tech cables will be largely separated this winter.
