KILDE wins the departure and or or matt the total

The Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde has won for the first time in his career the small crystal globe in downhill. The 29-year-old ranged fourth place at the victory of the Austrian Vincent Kreizmayr on Wednesday in Courchevel four to assert the top position. Overall, the friend of US skistar Mikaela Shifrin had stood four times on the departure pedestal four times in this winter - including the victories in Beaver Creek, Wengen and on the legendary stripping.

• Schwaiger best German
• Without Dreßen: season of DSV downhill without podium
• men, overall World Cup rankings, standings after 34 of 37 competitions
• Result in the downhill World Cup after 11 races

Schwaiger best German

"That makes it part of brachiality. That's a machine. With pure violence," the German Romed Baumann had praised his Norwegian counterparty. Baumann stayed behind his expectations as well as so often this winter behind his expectations and ranked 16. Upset, he slammed his skis in the icy snow while looking at the result panel. Best German became Dominik Schwaiger as a twelfth, Josef Ferstl landed ranked 23.

Without Dreßen: season of DSV downhill without podium

Thus, the German trackmals end the World Cup winter without podium placement. Schwaiger still satisfied. "Actually, it was a relatively good season. Goes in the right direction," said the 30-year-old from the WSV Königssee, who was in the discipline rating in the end in the end of 18. Germany's best trackers, Thomas Dressen, had missed the season due to injury. He plans his comeback for the next winter.

wins ## Kriechmayr - Overall World Cup goes to Odermatt

The victory in the French Alps won world champion Kriechmayr. Second, the Swiss high-flyer Marco Odermatt, which thus secured the big ball in the overall World Cup. Third was Landsmann Beat Feuz.

Already on this Thursday (11.30 clock), the speed experts of the Alpine riege with the Super-G the next race. The German Ski Association is again represented with Baumann and Ferstl - as well as with Andreas Sander. The athlete from the SG Ennepetal had not been able to qualify for the departure on Wednesday.

The men's downhill Ticker...

men, overall World Cup rankings, standings after 34 of 37 competitions

1. Marco Odermatt (Switzerland) 1459 pts.; 2. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (Norway) 1100; 3. Henrik Kristoffersen (Norway) 874; 4. Matthias Mayer (Austria) 858; 5. Beat Feuz (Switzerland) 794; 6. Vincent Kriechmayr (Austria) 740; 7. Dominik Paris (Italy) 662; 8. Manuel Feller (Austria) 627; 9. Lucas Braathen (Norway) 551; 10. Alexis Pinturault (France) 513;... 19. Linus Strasser (Munich) 329; 33. Romed Baumann (Kiefersfelden) 229; 39. Alexander Schmid (Fishing in the Allgäu) 211; 44. Josef Ferstl (Hammer) 192; 46. Andreas Sander (Ennepetal) 181; 51. Dominik Schwaiger (Berchtesgaden) 148; 63. Simon Jocher (Garmisch-Partenkirchen) 116; 94. Julian smoke foot (Mindelheim) 55; 113. Anton Tremmel (Tegernsee) 25; 125. Stefan Luitz (Bolsterlang) 14; 137. David Ketterer (Villingen-Schwenningen) 8; 144. Fabian Gratz (Clausthal-Zellerfeld) 6; 149. Anton Grammel (Lindau) 5

Result in the downhill World Cup after 11 races

1. Kilde 620 points, 2. Feuz 607 3. Paris 522, 4. Odermatt 517, 5. Matthias Mayer (Austria) 508 6. Kriechmayr 465, 7. Niels Hintermann (Switzerland) 432 8. Hemetsberger 346, 9. Johan Clarey (France) 301, 10. Cochran-Siegle 230... 17. Schwaiger 148 19 Baumann 137,... 22. Ferstl 106... 27. Simon Jocher (Garmisch) 78... 33. Andreas Sander (Ennepetal) 60