Leaving with bib number 15, while four Swiss were among the first five, the winner of the big globe 2020 came to shower the hopes of a Swiss raid at home by winning his 18th success in the World Cup, the fifth this winter.

After 1 min 47 sec of effort, the longest super-G of the season, Kilde is 27/100th ahead of the Swiss Stefan Rogentin, who climbs at 28 on the first world podium of his career, and 66/100th his great rival overall.

Odermatt, less sharp than usual, remains well ahead of the race for the big globe, with 360 points ahead of Kilde, thanks to the supremacy in giant he still displayed last Saturday in the neighboring valley of 'Adelboden.

Farewell to Feuz

But the battle is otherwise tight in speed, where the 25-year-old Swiss tightrope walker retains a 38-point lead in Super-G over the Norwegian colossus, who for his part leads the dance downhill and holds the globes of the two specialties.

And Kilde can hope to grab additional points on Saturday with the highlight of the Wengen stage, the mythical descent of the Lauberhorn, its 4.5 km, its blind jump between two rocks and its formidable chicane.

For Odermatt, still looking for a first downhill success where his relatively slender size handicaps him compared to the specialists, the strategy does not change: "full throttle", he explained at the microphone, a broad smile on his lips.

Unless the Swiss Beat Feuz, Olympic champion in the specialty, offers himself a fourth success - which would be unprecedented - at the time of saying goodbye to his favorite track, he who will bow out at 35 years after the stage from Kitzbuhel.

Seventh Friday at 1 sec 42 from Kilde, this atypical relaxed athlete as legendary as his slight belly had "fun" despite the spring conditions, and made his exceptional touch of snow speak on the most delicate passage.

On the French side, Blaise Giezendanner comes in for the first time this season in the points in super-G, with a very good tenth place, while Nils Allègre, Alexis Pinturault and Cyprien Sarrazin and Adrien Théaux finish respectively 12th, 15th, 24th and 25th .

The Wengen stage continues with the descent on Saturday at 12.30 p.m., then the slalom on Sunday from 10.15 a.m.

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