Thomas Dreßen enchants Garmisch

There was still no boredom, as several runners looked like the sure winners at the split times. But the downhill specialist from Mittenwald (20km from Garmisch) hit the strenuous finish much better than anyone else and celebrated his second win of the season after the opener in Lake Louise in his comeback season after tearing his cruciate ligament. It is the first downhill victory for Germany at the home race in Garmisch since Markus Wasmeier (sat in the stands on Saturday) since 2.

Behind them, the downhill aces fought a tough battle for the podium places: The Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (+0,16) came in second after a mistake on the starting slope, while the fastest in training, Johan Clarey (+2) from France, came third.

The leader of the downhill ranking, Beat Feuz (SUI), did not get higher than 10th place when the men returned to the original Kandahar course after more than 6 years. This means that no preliminary decision has been made in the fight for the downhill crystal. Overall it was an extremely close race with the top 8 within half a second.

The best Azzurro was Emanuele Buzzi (+0,54) in 10th place, Gaiser Christof Innerhofer (+0,83) showed a strong performance and ended up in 15th place on his comeback in the downhill.

Peter Fill says goodbye 37-year-old Peter Fill contested his farewell race. The Castelrotto native ended his career after a total of 3 small crystal balls and 2 World Cup medals in the 355th World Cup race. Fill said goodbye to the trainers with a relaxed ride and received a standing ovation from the audience at the finish. Fill was welcomed in the finish area by his teammates with a shower of beer.

On Sunday (10.30:13.30 a.m./XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.) the men's giant slalom is on the program in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

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Thomas Dreßen enchants Garmisch

Strictly speaking, the men's World Cup downhill on Saturday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) was completed in 1.39,31:1 minutes. Local hero Thomas Dreßen started the race with start number 2 and celebrated his second win of the season.

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