Overview
- After 40 starters he was 11th, roughly seven-tenths behind leader Atle Lie McGrath, keeping a chance to climb in run two.
- ARD analyst Felix Neureuther said Braathen lost the outside ski and called it a subpar run.
- Braathen labeled the run “horrible” in an ARD interview and said he would analyze it before the second leg.
- Multiple contenders grappled with the Gurgl surface, which several described as difficult to read.
- Paco Rassat won the race with a charging second run ahead of Armand Marchand, McGrath placed third, and Linus Straßer finished eighth.