Super-Combined in Wengen: Grange from 27 to oneIn the first race at Wengen´s World Cup weekend Frenchman Jean Baptiste Grange stressed that he is in a top shape at the moment. Being 27th after a shortened downhill run he set the minimum time in slalom which couldn´t be undercut by anyone else.... read more...
Goergl dethrons Karbon in Giant slalomAfter four wins in a row Italian Denise Karbon had to defer to Elisabeth Goergl at her first World Cup victory. By two sensatinal runs the Austrian conquered the top of the podium ahead of Italians Manuela Moelgg and Denise Karbon. Kathrin Hoelzl... read more...
Grange also triumphs in slalomJean Baptiste Grange writes his own track record at the moment. After he had already captured the victory in Super-Combined on Friday noboby was able to defeat him neither in slalom. In 1:36,25 minutes he expelled Sweden´s Jens Byggmark from the... read more...
Bode Miller defends Wengen downhill victoryAfter his third place in Super Combined and another good fifth place in slalom Bode Miller completed the Wengen weekend with the victory in the famous Lauberhorn downhill race. So he also scored the second win on that slope in a row. Didier Cuche... read more...
Nicole Hosp dominates Maribor slalomIn Maribor in Slovenia Nicole Hosp has won the sixth slalom of the World Cup season and so has enlarged her leadership in the overall World Cup standings. The Austrian won ahead of the Slovak Veronika Zuzulova and her team mate Marlies Schild.... read more...
Marco Buechel wins Kitzbuehel openerMarco Buechel from Liechtenstein celebrated a fantastic win in Kitzbühel where he stormed to the Super-G race victory surprisingly ahead of Austria´s Hermann Maier. Mario Scheiber (AUT) and Didier Cuche (SUI) shared place three clocking the same... read more...
Didier Cuche tames the StreifAfter he had become third in Super G on Friday Swiss Didier Cuche celebrated his most prestigious victory in Kitzbuehel where he dominated the demanding "Hahnenkamm" downhill without making any mistakes and stormed to his second win on the Streif... read more...
Forth victory of the winter for Lindsey VonnAt the World Cup downhill in Italy´s Cortina d´Ampezzo Lindsey Vonn outclassed her entire competitors and won ahead of Sweden´s Anja Paerson and Emily Brydon from Canada. More than eight tenths of a second ahead On Saturday Vonn claimed the... read more...
First World Cup win for Maria HolausIn the Super G at the Cortina weekend Maria Holaus stormed to the first World Cup victory of her career. The Austrian won ahead of US-American Julia Mancuso and her team mate Nicole Hosp who could enlarge the lead in the overall World Cup... read more...
Riesch celebrates first victory of the season in CortinaMaria Riesch has won the second Super G in Cortina d’Ampezzo. For the 23-years-old German it was the first World Cup triumph since December 1st 2006 in Lake Louise and the first victory for the German skiing Federation this winter. Two Austrian... read more...
Matt triumphs at slalom spectacle in SchladmingAustria´s Mario Matt has won the night slalom in Schladming in front of a great scenery. The Austrian clocked the minimum time of 1:42,84 minutes ahead of French Jean Baptiste Grange and Italy´s Manfred Moelgg. Great atmosphere despite adverse... read more...
Marco Sullivan surprises Chamonix audienceUS-American Marco Sullivan celebrated the first World Cup victory of his career in Chamonix. The 27-years-old scored a minimum time which couldn´t be undercut neither by favorite Didier Cuche who became second nor by Slovenia´s Andrej Jerman who... read more...
Denise Karbon celebrates further victoryBy a phenomenal performance in the second run Italy´s Denise Karbon has won the giant slalom in Ofterschwang (GER) and so almost made sure the overall standings in this discipline. She won in Ofterschwang in 2.22,26 minutes and celebrated her... read more...
Miller best allrounder in ChamonixOn Sunday Bode Miller stormed to the forth victory of the season, already his second in Combined this winter. Ivica Kostelic (CRO) caught up in slalom and made sure place two. After his great result in downhill Rainer Schoenfelder (AUT) confirmed... read more...
Marlies Schild storms to forth victory of the seasonAt the World Cup in Ofterschwang Austrian Marlies Schild made perfect her forth victory of the season on Sunday. Therese Borssen became second and Nicole Hosp stormed ahead on the third place. First podium for Borssen Schild dominated her... read more...
Tina Maze achieves amazing win in St. MoritzSlovenian Tina Maze took advantage of changing weather conditions on Saturday in St. Moritz, Switzerland and surprisingly won the downhill. With this win Maze became the first Slovenian racer to win a World Cup downhill. Lara Gut a surprising... read more...
Finally a win for Emily BrydonEmily Brydon won her first World Cup victory in a Super-G in St. Moritz on Sunday. The Canadian won in 1:17.39 minutes and secured her win especially with a great run in the lower part. Gut again in the top five Behind Brydon, Austrian Elisabeth... read more...
Miller wins super combined globeAmerican Bode Miller is on a roll. Miller won the super combined event in Val d´Isere (FRA) and took home the small globe for the super combined World Cup. It was his third consecutive win in this specialty after he won in Kitzbuehel and Chamonix.... read more...
Another big win for Lindsey VonnLindsey Vonn celebrated her fifth win of the season this Saturday at Sestriere on the Kandahar Banchetta course. The American once again dominated the field and won by 0,62 seconds ahead of Kelly Vanderbeek (CAN) and 0,77 seconds ahead of Nadia... read more...
Reinfried Herbst wins slalom in Garmisch-PartenkirchenAt the World Cup slalom in Garmisch-Partenkirchen the Austrian Reinfried Herbst won his second World Cup race of his career. Herbst had the best run in both legs and celebrated a convincing victory. Moelgg and Kostelic also on the podium Many... read more...
Two surprising winners at the Super G in SestriereAndrea Fischbacher from Austria and Fabienne Suter from Switzerland were the two surprising winners of the Super G race in Sestriere. Both of them came in with the same time and both celebrated their first victory of the World Cup. Third was Maria... read more...
Another win for Tanja Poutiainen in ZagrebIt was a great slalom race which was held on Friday evening in Zagreb. Tanja Poutiainen beat the favorites and won her second World Cup race in Zagreb and achieved the first win in the World Cup since three years. Schild falls behind The slalom... read more...
Mario Matt wins in ZagrebMario Matt is the big winner of the men´s slalom in Zagreb, which was held for the first time in the World Cup. The Austrian won in front of a huge crowd on the slope of Sljeme near Zagreb. Kostelic second Second behind Matt in the end was Ivica... read more...
Nadia Styger victorious in the downhill in WhistlerNadia Styger of Switzerland finally won her first downhill race in the World in Whistler. The Swiss native started in 11th position and clocked the best time. Lindsey Vonn was only 0,01 seconds behind Styger and came in second. Another American... read more...