Val Gardena has its sensational victory: Steven Nyman wins - Heel 6.

After several program changes due to the fresh snow and fog, the shortened descent on the Saslong could still be completed under regular conditions. The route was shortened to the length of the Super-G from the previous day.

For a long time it looked as if Erik Guay could break the Norwegians' dominance. He was in the lead ahead of Kjetil Jansrud and Aksel Lund Svindal. But when all the favorites had already crossed the finish line, visibility suddenly improved and the race took an unexpected turn: first the Slovenian nobody Rok Perko rushed into first place, then he was pushed off the winner's podium again by Steven Nyman. At this point, Guay had already given his first winning interviews. In the end, US boy Nyman won his second downhill success after 2006 on the Saslong, Perko was Zeiter and Guay third.

“I made a big mistake on the exit from the Ciaslat meadows, but then I really picked up the pace and put in a strong ride. This is my race here. I just feel comfortable in Val Gardena, it’s great fun to ride here,” Nyman cheered in the finish area

Werner Heel strong again

After the two podium places on Friday, the “Azzurri” missed out on an absolute top placement. Werner Heel, who started the race with number 52, also made people sit up and take notice on Saturday after finishing third in the Super-G. He took sixth place. "I undoubtedly benefited from the better visibility. I finally took advantage of the high start number. Sixth place was the crowning achievement of an extremely important weekend for me," explains Heel.

Surprise man Silvano Verettoni from Belluno also made it into the top ten in ninth place. Dominik Paris scored World Cup points in 15th place. The descent didn't go as planned for the other South Tyroleans: Christof Innerhofer never really found the ideal line and had to settle for 34th place in the end. Peter Fill struggled with tarnished glasses. He didn't get past 58th place and was placed directly behind Siegmar Klotz in the rankings. The second from the Super-G, Matteo Marsaglia, finished the descent in 39th place.

Result of the World Cup downhill in Val Gardena:

1. Steven Nyman USA 1:28,82 2. Rok Perko SLO 1:29,01 3. Erik Guay CAN 1:29,06 4. Kjetil Jansrud NOR 1:29,22 5. Aksel Lund Svindal NOR 1:29,27 6. Werner Heel Walten/ITA 1:29,32 7. Manuel Osborne-Paradis CAN 1:29,36 8. Marvin van Heek NED 1:29,41 9. Silvano Varettoni ITA 1:29,50 10. Roger Brice FRA 1:29,55 10. Travis Ganong USA 1:29,55 12. Johan Clarey FRA 1:29,57 13. Joachim Puchner AUT 1:29,62 14. Georg Streitberger AUT 1:29,65 15. Dominik Paris Lana/ITA 1:29,67 16. Alexandre Bouillot FRA 1:29,68 17. Andrej Sporn SLO 1:29,77 18. Marco Sullivan USA 1:29,79 19. Matthias Mayer AUT 1:29,85 20. Adrien Theaux FRA 1:29,90 21. Philipp Zepnik GER 1:30,01 22. Florian Scheiber AUT 1:30,03 23. Frederic Berthold AUT 1:30,05 24. Vitus Lüönd SUI 1:30,07 25. Andreas Sander GER 1:30,09 25. Silvan Zurbriggen SUI 1:30,09 27. Bostjan Kline SLO 1:30,13 28. Didier Defago SUI 1:30,15 29. Klaus Kröll AUT 1:30,22 30. David Poisson FRA 1:30,28

34. Christof Innerhofer Gais/ITA 1:30,61 36. Paolo Pangrazzi ITA 1:30,64 39. Matteo Marsaglia ITA 1:30,72 57. Siegmar Klotz Lana/ITA 1:31,7 58. Peter Fill Kastelruth/ITA 1:32,42

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Val Gardena has its sensational victory: Steven Nyman wins - Heel 6.

Not Aksel Lund Svindal, not Kjetil Jansrud, nor Erik Guay, who had been leading for a long time, but Steven Nyman won the World Cup downhill in Val Gardena. Werner Heel was once again the best South Tyrolean.

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