Local star Sofia Goggia did not race, forfeited "as a precaution" due to discomfort in her right knee after her fall in the downhill on Saturday and her compatriot Federica Brignone, only 11th, gave up the lead in the specialty classification to today's winner.

In the well-stocked stands around the finish area, it was the few Norwegian supporters who were heard the most, still celebrating with Mowinckel's victory the day after Kajsa Vickhoff Lie's fine second place in the downhill .

"It's cool for Norway," said the 2018 Olympic giants and downhill silver medalist, beaming under her cap, also thinking of the victory of national star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde on Saturday in the downhill from Kitzbühel (Austria).

"But for me, the highlight was also Kajsa's podium, it's as if her podium was my podium, considering all the work she had to do and the injuries she had to overcome. “, added the winner, 30 years old.

"Winning here, obviously I can only be happy, but it was also a surprise for me. Usually I'm more in control, but here I managed to let go and take what there was to take. ", she welcomed, seeing it as a good way to "build confidence" two weeks before the Courchevel / Meribel Worlds (February 6-19).

She beat Austrian Cornelia Hütter by 30/100 and Italian Marta Bassino by 47/100.

Miradoli close to the podium

Swiss Olympic champion Lara Gut-Behrami took 4th place (50/100) just ahead of Frenchwoman Romane Miradoli (53/100), who finished her weekend well after two downhill disappointments (14th Friday and 19th Saturday ).

The French Romane Miradoli during the Super G of Cortina d'Ampezzo, January 22, 2023 © Tiziana FABI / AFP

"Finishing six hundredths from the podium hurts, but it's still a good fifth place. I would have left with a little squirrel (mascot given to the first, editor's note) but I'll be satisfied with it, "said the Frenchwoman, aware of having to progress in the first parts of the race.

"We have to rejuvenate ourselves a little and look ahead, towards the Worlds", she concluded.

World No.1 Mikaela Shiffrin finished seventh.

She was in the lead in the first intermediate times, but let her chance of a podium slip away in a final corner taken too wide.

"I made a little timing error in the last corner and obviously it's quite flat there so you lose quite a bit of speed then, but I think it was a solid race," commented the American. , who will have to wait a little longer before winning her 83rd victory in the World Cup and overtaking her compatriot Lindsey Vonn.

It could be as early as Tuesday or Wednesday during the two giants still scheduled in the Dolomites, at Kronplatz.

Goggia, she will not be there, already turned to the Worlds in France.

"We must keep in mind that the objective of the season is in Méribel and we must present ourselves there in the best conditions," she said in a press release on Sunday, announcing her withdrawal for the final race. by Cortina.

A few days of rest, then a little training are on the program for Bergamasque before heading for the French Alps.

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