Overview
- Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won in 1:50.72, finishing 0.31 seconds ahead of France’s Clement Noel, with Finland’s Eduard Hallberg third for his first World Cup podium.
- His 0.41-second advantage from the opening run on Levi Black held up through a composed second run.
- It is his sixth career World Cup win and his first since switching to Brazil following a year out after a marketing-rights fallout with Norway’s federation.
- Great Britain posted a standout start as Laurie Taylor took a career-best fourth with the fastest second run and Dave Ryding placed seventh.
- With Milan-Cortina less than three months away, Marcel Hirscher postponed his return to January as the circuit heads to a slalom in Gurgl next weekend.