Ski racer Simon Jocher won the combined title at the DM in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
The Schongauer had to do without the top trophy.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen - There are always different prices at sporting events.
Sure, the obligatory bouquet of flowers is the most popular variant of the organizers.
With flowers, money fights for first place in prices.
But sometimes there is more than just something for the eye or for the wallet.
Sometimes you can win a car, sometimes an expensive watch, sometimes a vacation, sometimes other prizes.
At the German Alpine Championships, which were now being held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the winners received a bicycle.
Simon Jocher (SC Garmisch) achieved a victory in the DM, the combination.
However, he took home a new touring backpack.
"It's a shame, I would have liked to have had a bike," confessed Jocher.
Only the winners in the Super-G and the Downhill were allowed to jump on the new bike.
In these disciplines he missed first place despite his favorite status'.
The 24-year-old had made one mistake on the Kandahar.
In the Super-G on the Tröglhang, on the descent right after the start.
“It pushed me too far, which meant I lost speed.” Jocher could live with second place in the downhill, because the winner had a creamy day and is on the same level as the native Schongauer anyway.
We're talking about Dominik Schwaiger.
“His journey was almost unbeatable,” Jocher praised his teammate.
In the Super-G, however, the mistake had cost Jocher the victory and thus the bike.
“That could have been more.” He was fourth, just 0.16 seconds behind the winner.
At the top of the podium was Schwaiger again, who won bike number two with it.
In the combination, however, there was no way around Jocher.
His lead over the Super-G was enough to keep the specialists in slalom at a distance.
His fiercest opponent in the station wagon actually wanted to "drive him in the face", Bastian Meisen succeeded, like Jocher from SC Garmisch - but not quite.
In the women's competition, none of the other athletes could keep up with Kira Weidle.
The World Cup silver medalist lived up to her favorite status.
Like Schwaiger with the men, Weidle took home two bicycles.
“Kira didn’t drive the last furrow”, reported Markus Anwander, head of the federal alpine base in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
But that is also good with a DM if the younger and less experienced drivers are not immensely behind.
One of them is Nadine Kapfer from SC Garmisch.
What the Peitinger missed in the downhill with fourth place, she succeeded in the combination: a place on the podium.
Kapfer secured bronze despite frozen toes.
“That wasn't so funny, because they were pretty dark,” said Anwander.
But the 21-year-old persevered, finishing fifth in an FIS race and eighth in the Super-G.
The other good news: "The toes can stay on," says the base manager.
He was also very impressed by Luis Vogts (SCG) services.
The 19-year-old celebrated his birthday on Sunday and presented himself with the junior title in the downhill.
Vogt's club colleague Maximilian Schwarz from Hohenpeißenberg (downhill silver in the German youth championship) was also convincing, "even if he still had some room for improvement," emphasized Anwander.
"The two have shown again that they are promising talents."
The overall conclusion of the base manager is extremely positive: The Kandahar presented itself from its best side, was also praised by many athletes and the results of the Werdenfels athletes were extremely appealing.
The only drawback: the small number of young skiers.
“There is no mass at the back.
I'm a little jealous of other nations like Italy, Austria and Switzerland.
They have a lot more younger skiers.
But it's no use, we just have to make the best of the few talents. "