The Austrian Otmar Striedinger, 29 years old and the first success in his career, won the cdm descent of Val d'Isere in 2.04.89, the first of the season. Second in 2.04.94 the Swiss Urs Kryenbuehl and third the Norwegian Aleksander Kilde on 2.05.03.
For Italy, on a sunny day that progressively speeded up the track, the best was Dominik Paris but only 9 / o in 2.05.29 despite a solid race and in any case with times not far from the podium. While Emanuele Buzzi finished in the networks without damage, Matteo Marsaglia is further behind in 2.05.79. Bad day instead for Christof Innerhofer who, suffering from the soft ground, closed in 2.07.47 The men's world cup starts now from Val Gardena the long Italian away with races until the end of the year: next Friday super-G and Saturday descent.
