The king lost his throne, the crown prince took over the rule: Franjo von Allmen from Switzerland was crowned in the departure after a daring ride at the alpine ski World Cup.
The trained carpenter from the canton of Bern left his compatriot and co-favorite Marco Odermatt behind in a spectacular race on Zwölferkogel: The defending champion took fifth place after his victory in Super-G (+0.66 seconds).
The 23 -year -old of Allmen also let the Austrians’ thunderous cheers fall silent after he had undercut the almost inviolable time of the previously leading Vincent Kriechmayr by 0.24 seconds.
The double world champion from 2021, who had fallen in Wengen four weeks ago and drove with a damaged knee, was again 0.07 seconds faster than the Swiss Alexis Monney, who ended up bronze.
Ski Alpin: Franjo von Allmen with “incredible” performance
Odermatt struggled to his helmet at the finish line, but quickly looked again: “Incredible what Franjo showed, we are a great team, we push each other. And I also prefer it to win an Austrian “, he said with a grin on” ORF “.
As expected, the German starters played a significant role at the 1989 World Cup in the victory of the youngest departure world champion since Hansjörg Taucher (21). The best of the trio was veteran Romed Baumann (+1.75), followed by the battered Simon Jocher (+2.40). Luis Vogt’s spectacularly overturned on Friday in the Super-G.
Like Odermatt two years ago in Courchevel, from Allmen in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, the first victory of his career in the descent. Previously, he was in the World Cup in Val Gardena behind Odermatt this season and in Wengen behind his teammate Monney. In Wengen he had won the Super -G – in front of Kriechmayr, who injured himself in the descent the day after.