After only one year of experience in the Alpine Ski World Cup, the Norwegian Fredrik Moeller achieved his first success at the age of 24 on Sunday in super-G in Bormio (Italy) on a track which has once again tormented big names on the circuit .
It is the emergence of a new generation. Or the confirmation that we must not be afraid and that we must flirt with the unconsciousness of youth to tame the formidable and controversial Stelvio.
Like the Swiss Alexis Monney, unexpected winner of the Bormio downhill on Saturday, Moeller is 24 years old and has never yet been on a World Cup podium.
The Norwegian is not unknown, since he finished 4th in the first two super-Gs of the winter, in Beaver Creek (United States) and Val Gardena (Italy).
But his success, the first in Bormio for a Norwegian since Aleksander Aamodt Kilde in 2021, remains no less resounding.
The Norwegian Fredrik Moeller during the super-G in Bormio, counting for the Alpine Ski World Cup, December 29, 2024 / FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP
“I didn’t expect to win here, even though I had good results in super-G this winter. I knew I was fast and my equipment worked well, I just tried to ski like I know how to ski.”admitted the winner of the day, still surprised.
He relegated the Austrian Vincent Kriechmayr to 20/100, while Monney confirmed his success from the day before, with a surprising 3rd place, at 24/100.
Winner of the super-G in Bormio in 2022 and 2023, the Swiss Marco Odermatt had to settle for 5th place, 45/100th behind Moeller, which allows him to narrowly retain first place in the World Cup rankings. of the specialty, ahead of Moeller.
Odermatt “didn’t have a good feeling”
Like many, the winner of the last three editions of the World Cup seemed relieved to have finished with Bormio where the men’s alpine skiing events of the 2026 Olympics will take place.
“This super-G was difficult for me, from the start gate, I didn’t have a good feeling, then I negotiated the Carcentina really badly and I lost a lot of time”analyzed « Odi »firmly established at the top of the world rankings for the big globe, now 161 points ahead of Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen.
“The main thing is to finish this weekend without being injured, I had a big scare yesterday on the descent”he recalled.
If it once again made a strong impression with four representatives in the top 6, the Swiss team has undoubtedly lost Gino Caviezel for the season.
Starting with bib N.1, the skier from Graubünden injured his right leg after hitting a door and ending his race with an endless slide.
Evacuated by helicopter after a long interruption which still chilled skiers and spectators with fear, Cviensel added his name to the list of injured from Bormio which included the Frenchman Cyprien Sarrazin (intracranial hematoma), the Italian Pietro Zazzi (fracture tibia- fibula) or the Swiss Josua Mettler (ruptured cruciate ligaments in both knees).
On Sunday, several skiers, physically and mentally tested by the Stelvio, three kilometers of ice with slopes and terrain movements, gave up on lining up in super-G, such as the Frenchman Alexis Pinturault, the Italian Christof Innerhofer or the German Simon Jocher.
In the absence of Sarrazin, 2nd in the Beaver Creek super-G, the French team, marked by the hospitalization of its leader and weakened by a virus, still placed two representatives in the top 10.
Nils Allègre ranked 8th, just ahead of Florian Loriot (9th).
