Strong performance by Tobias Müller at the Ski Cross World Cup in Val Thorens: The 30-year-old finished second – the best result of his career so far.
That went really well for Tobias Müller from SC Fischen: At the first World Cup of the season for ski crossers in Val Thorens in the French ski area Les Trois Vallées, the 30-year-old achieved his best World Cup result so far with second place.
After surviving his round of 16 with a bit of luck by benefiting from the fact that his teammate Tim Hronek lost a ski, Müller first skied a tactically clever semi-final and then came up trumps again in the grand final.
Wilmsmann fails in the semifinals
After a good start, Müller defended second place in the final and finished just behind the winner Johannes Rohrweck from Austria, relegating Jonas Lenherr (Switzerland) and Dominik Zuerch (Italy) to places three and four.
For Florian Wilmsmann (Hartpenning) this time it was the final stop in the quarterfinals. Niklas Bachsleitner (Garmisch-Partenkirchen) only finished third in his round of 16 behind David Mobaerg (Sweden) and Kevin Drury (Canada) and was eliminated early.
Daniela Maier: A small push costs the final
In the women’s category, Daniela Maier (Furtwangen) actually showed a strong performance in all her races, but was unlucky in the semi-finals when she was slightly pressed by the Swiss Talina Gantenbein in the jump, lost her balance and thus just missed the final. In the small final she came second behind Hannah Schmidt (Canada) and sixth in the overall classification.
The 26-year-old from Furtwangen had previously achieved a commanding start-to-finish victory in her quarter-finals. Things didn’t go so well for Johanna Holzmann (Memmingen), who only finished fourth in her quarterfinals and 14th in the final standings.
Naeslund in front in all races
The Swede Sandra Naeslund celebrated the victory, who, alongside Daniela Maier, made the best impression of all starters over the entire three runs and was able to win all races. The Canadian Marielle Thompson came second, beating the two Swiss riders Talina Gantenbein and Fanny Smith.