Magnificent Marco Odermatt! The Nidwalden won the Val Gardena downhill on Saturday ahead of his compatriot Franjo von Allmen. With this 40th victory, “Odi” equals Pirmin Zurbriggen on the World Cup list. The three-time winner of the big crystal globe brilliantly tamed this Saslong track which still refused him. Four times on the podium on the Italian track – again Friday during the super-G -, this time he had a perfect race to bring Switzerland a success awaited since 2011 in Val Gardena (Beat Feuz in super-G).
In much better conditions than the day before, Odermatt was certainly slower than his teammate Franjo von Allmen on the sliding portion, but showed remarkable agility in the Ciaslat, the most technical sector of the Dolomites track. . This 40th World Cup victory, his third of the season after those in the super-G at Beaver Creek and the giant in Val d'Isère, allows him to equal Pirmin Zurbriggen as the most decorated Swiss skier in the World Cup. among the gentlemen.
Franjo von Allmen, who is only experiencing his third winter in the World Cup, saved his 2nd place (+0''45) by a hair and climbed onto the box for the second time in his career after a 3rd place in Garmisch last winter. The 23-year-old Bernese beat the American Ryan Cochran-Siegle, 3rd, by a hundredth and the Frenchman Nils Allègre, 4th, by two hundredths.
Two other Swiss finished in the top 10: Stefan Rogentin (8th, +0”68) and Lars Rösti (9th, +0”76). Surprising 8th Friday, the latter could even have created a huge surprise if he had not made a fatal error in the Ciaslat. Justin Murisier (20th, +1''27), Alexis Monney (23rd, +1''42) finished further back.
