Overview
- He won by 0.49 seconds over Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, with France’s Leo Anguenot in third.
- The result returned him to the top of the giant slalom standings and kept him ahead overall, with leads also reported in downhill and super-G.
- Steady snowfall and tough visibility shaped the race, and he and Braathen recorded identical second-run times.
- His five-year Adelboden streak invites comparisons to Ingemar Stenmark, though reports disagree on the precise historical match.
- A crowd of about 25,000 backed the home favorite after a minute’s silence for victims of a fatal bar fire in nearby Crans-Montana.