Cyprien Sarrazin wins the downhill in Kitzbühel

Due to gloomy weather, light snowfall and fog in the starting area, the FIS had to postpone the start of the race by an hour. Odermatt or Sarrazin were considered the favorites, and they accounted for the last victories among themselves. But the race turned out to be full of opportunities even for drivers who had not previously been on the list. Various key departments were responsible for this. Anyone who was quick in the starting area with the mousetrap and had a lead could not rely on being the fastest at the end. Various riders demonstrated how crucial it could be to score points in the sliding sections. And the Hausberkante and the Lärchenschuss could also lift one rider forward or throw him back. The race always remained open. The relatively unknown Canadian Cameron Alexander started the race with start number 4 and took the lead with 1:56:21. The best drivers started with starting numbers 6 to 15. Dominik Paris, who has already won the Streif three times, started the race with starting number 7 and ended up in second place, 0.12 seconds behind. It was clear that the Canadian's time must have been really good. The following Vincent Kriechmayr, Austria's great trump card, had to line up behind Paris. The Canadian James Crawford, who had often proven his downhill strength, made a complete mistake and ended up in 23rd place. Then Marco Odermatt started the race, gaining a whopping lead of around half a second, especially in the starting area. But he lost time to the Canadian on various sections of the route, but was still able to maintain his lead until the finish and took the lead with a lead of 0.12 seconds. Then followed the American Ryan Cochran-Siegle, who was actually not given any chances, but then the interim light flashed green several times and he was ahead of Odermatt several times. Would he dethrone the Swiss? No, he took second place, 1 hundredth behind Odermatt. Now the relatively unknown South Tyrolean Florian Schieder started the race. What only a few know. He took second place in the exact same race last season! And lo and behold, the interim times lit up green and they didn't want to end. In the end he pushed Marco Odermatt off the throne and took the lead with a lead of around three tenths of a second. Incredible! Would a new unknown driver win the Streif? After Niels Hintermann's unfortunate retirement, the next top favorite went into the race, the Frenchman Cyprien Sarrazin. He had made it clear in advance that he would not risk everything like in Wengen and therefore did not see himself as a favorite. Was he stacked low? Risk or not, the Frenchman's intermediate times also glowed green and red. It was a head-to-head race with the leading referee, which ended in Sarrazin's favor with a lead of 5 hundredths of a second. Steif has a new winner, his name is Cyprien Sarrazin!