Cyprien Sarrazin celebrates his double victory on the Streif

After yesterday's departure the cards were open. Everyone knew who was the top favorite. Above all, yesterday's winner, the Frenchman Cyprien Sarrazin, was considered the favorite to win, but Marco Odermatt was also keen on first place. As usual, the first five drivers warmed up the race and the slopes. The top candidates started the race in starting positions 6 – 15. The American Ryan Cochran-Siegle, who had missed the podium by a hundredth of a second yesterday, started the race in 6th place, but the run was nothing and in the end he finished in 16th place. Then the Swiss Marco Odermatt started the race and you could see that he was risking everything, his goal obviously being victory. The clear lead at the first intermediate time increased little by little and when he beat the American Cochran-Siegle by 1.31 seconds at the finish, it was believed that this would be a clear victory for Odermatt today. His scream in the finish area was corresponding. But he was immediately followed by Cyprien Sarrazin, yesterday's race winner. And lo and behold, to everyone's astonishment, he clearly distanced Odermatt from the first intermediate time. From interim to interim, a whopping lead of around one second stabilized. If he didn't make a significant mistake, that would have to be victory. Sarrazin held the line and crossed the finish line with a new best time, which shattered Odermatt's time. Now it was clear to everyone that this was a double victory for the Frenchman in the downhill run on the Streif in Kitzbühel. With a courageous ride, South Tyrolean Dominik Paris made it to the podium. Many of the following riders showed good prospects for a podium finish, but were unable to convert it. The Norwegian Adrian Smiseth Sejersted had the best chance of a podium finish. He was in second place, 0.69 seconds behind, but fell in the heat of the moment. Although he recovered immediately, he was eliminated from the race as a result. The last place goes to the German Thomas Dressen, who, visibly moved, said goodbye to Alpine ski racing due to injury as a former Kitzbühel winner in today's race. A furious race with an incredible winner whose race you can only marvel at.