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Marco Odermatt leads to his next podium at Santa Caterina, Loic Meillard is fourth. When Filip Zubcic wins, Semyel Bissig is another Swiss guy who makes people sit up and take notice.
Odermatt is still in top form
Nidwalden continues to shine in the giant slalom and is third (Video: SRF)
The Swiss giant slalom team is never without cheers. In the heavy snowfall of Santa Caterina, it is Marco Odermatt who sends a loud “yes” to the cloudy sky. The Nidwalden came third in Lombardy. After finishing second in Sölden, it is his second podium in the second giant slalom of the season. This means that the 23-year-old also takes the lead in the discipline rankings. One of the first hunters is a teammate: Loïc Meillard. Fifth in Sölden, now fourth.
Loïc Meillard also convinces in the second set
Romand is still in good shape and is in the top five. (Video: SRF)
Amazing debut
And Semyel Bissig, the 22-year-old from Nidwalden, is also having wonderful days in his still-young skiing career. After surprising him eight days ago with fifth place in the parallel race at Lech-Zürs, he achieved 16th in his first giant slalom at the World Cup.
Snappy takes the lead in the second race
Confident appearance: Semyel Bissig distances the competition and scores points in the giant slalom. (Video: SRF)
But the big winners of the day were two good friends, the Croatian Filip Zubcic and the Slovenian Zan Kranjec, who beat Adelboden in January. The two are training partners, also in the absence of alternatives. Now Zubcic won his second World Cup race ahead of his colleague. (rha)
How close! But it’s not enough. Kranjec is 12 hundredths short at the end. An outstanding unit in the second race gives victory to Zubcic.
Now Odermatt. It’s about the podium.
Odermatt has a 23-cent lead at the start. That will be close, the Swiss are now 8 hundredths behind.
Have a good trip, but 30 hundredths to go. Still, that’s second place and certainly the podium!
Odermatt with two and Meillard with three right now.
The best French.
Pinterault is also losing fast to the Croatian! 42 hundredths already.
And there are 80 hundredths to the finish line, so he falls behind Meillard!
Now it comes! Loic Meillard on the slopes.
The Swiss have an advantage of 20 hundredths. But he’s losing! Now you have to be vigilant, a good result is still possible.
Not enough for the lead, Zubcic was too good. But Meillard is second, 66 hundredths behind.
The American.
But Zubcic had a great race and was even able to get on the podium. Ford has no chance, 98 hundredths slower than the Croatian.
The Croat at the starting house has an advantage of more than a second over Zampa.
Zubcic can’t remove that. Rather, you are expanding leadership! 1.15 seconds before the finish line!
Maybe his teammate Kilde will do better.
Kilde rolls 68 hundredths from the first race. But you are wasting your time. It doesn’t get him to the finish line like that.
In the end he reappears, but he also has 16 hundredths left to reach the goal.
The next representative of the strong Norwegian team.
No, it will not work. Big mistake by Kristoffersen, now he lacks rhythm.
1.63 seconds behind the finish line.
We are in the top ten from the first race.
After his teammate left, Schmid was under pressure from the German team.
He takes his career to the finish, but is 44 hundredths from the top. That is the fourth rank.
The next Norwegian.
But now you can also see how good the rides of the best drivers were in this second race. Nestvold-Haugen loses 71 hundredths to the top and ranks fourth.
Canadian Philp is 24 hundredths ahead of his career.
But then you make a serious mistake and waste a lot of time. So it can’t be dangerous for the top, it loses 1.32 seconds to the end.
The first of the two German representatives in the second race.
But Luitz also has problems with the slopes. It is out.
Slovak Zampa does a little better! The eldest of the Zampa brothers is 9 hundredths faster than Faivre.
Faivre already has a 64-cent advantage at the starting house. But the French also lose to Read. He takes 17 hundredths with him to the final section.
But it is enough! Still, he saved a 24-cent lead at the end.
Feller is already the best Austrian from the first race.
And it won’t stay that way. Feller is out. He runs away and lies in the snow.
The next Italian.
It is becoming apparent that Read will occupy several places. Aliprandini also wastes a lot of time. He is 1.44 seconds behind at the end.
By the way, young Bissig has also occupied eight seats.
The French don’t stand a chance against Read’s time either.
He misses the Canadian for almost a second.
America’s Old Master
He has carried 22 hundredths with him from the first race, but this advantage melts very quickly.
It is 1.08 seconds to the end.
The next Norwegian. We were a bit disappointed with the Sölden winner in the first race, maybe he can show what he can really do in the second race.
But the second race did not go as planned either, 38 hundredths behind.
It will be interesting to see how many places Read can take with this great race. Young McGrath is in third place.
