Kriechmayr in the role of favorites: the Swiss do not reveal their cards even in final training – sport

Urs Kryenbühl was the best Swiss in last practice for the World Cup downhill race in Val d’Isère on Sunday 7th. The 26-year-old from Schwyz was 1.13 seconds slower than Austrian Vincent Kriechmayr, who clearly set the fastest time.

The best Swiss drivers did not reveal their cards before the first downhill race of the winter. Niels Hintermann came in 15th, Marco Odermatt (32nd), Mauro Caviezel (39th) and Beat Feuz (41st) missed the top 30.

Paris tied with Feuz

Feuz qualified at the same time as Dominik Paris, his strongest rival in the last two seasons. The Italian returns from a cruciate ligament injury. Those closest to Kriechmayr were Aleksander Kilde and Matteo Marsaglia, at 6 and 8 tenths, respectively.

Of the Swiss trio, who contested an internal classification for the last two starting positions, Stefan Rogentin was the top-ranked rider in 21st place, just ahead of Ralph Weber (22nd). Gilles Roulin, who was recommended in sixth place on Thursday, finished 29th.