Overview
- Lucas Pinheiro Braathen took second by 0.18 seconds and Austria’s Stefan Brennsteiner finished third, 0.22 back on the Gran Risa course.
- Marco Odermatt, a five-time winner at this venue since 2021, ended 0.82 seconds off the pace in sixth but continues to lead the overall standings by a wide margin.
- Reports pointed to a taxing three-day speed block in Val Gardena as a possible factor in Odermatt’s subpar giant slalom result.
- Schwarz sits second in the overall race, trailing Odermatt by 454 points, as Alexander Steen Olsen exits the season for knee surgery and Aleksander Andrienko returns under neutral status as the first Russian male World Cup starter in nearly four years.
- Clément Noël led the first run of Monday’s slalom in Alta Badia, and the men’s circuit next heads to a super-G in Livigno on Saturday.