Odermatt, who had skipped the two previous events on the world circuit due to a left knee alert, did not give details, ten days before the start of the 2023 World Championships in Courchevel / Meribel.
He signed his seventh victory of the season, the third in super-G, with 35/100th ahead of Kilde, leader of the specialty World Cup at the start of the day, and 49/100th over the Italian Mattia Broken.
Thanks to this 18th success since his debut in the World Cup, Odermatt, winner of the world No.1 globe last winter, consolidates his first place in the general classification for the 2022-23 season.
The 25-year-old Swiss now has 1,286 points, 213 more than Kilde (2nd, 1,073 pts) and 507 better than another Norwegian, Henrik Kristoffersen, slalom and giant slalom specialist (3rd, 779 pts) .
For the French men's team, limited to five podiums this winter, the best result of the day came from Cyprien Sarrazin: left with bib N.34, the giantist more and more comfortable in speed events , finished in 8th place, 91/100th from the winner of the day.
Alexis Pinturault was ranked 12th, 1 sec 09/100th from Odermatt.
The Cortina stage, which was not on the initial program of the Men's World Cup and which replaces that of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany), canceled due to lack of snow, ends on Sunday with a second super-G.
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