Frenchman Nils Allègre won the first super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany on Saturday, signing his first success in the Alpine Ski World Cup at the age of 30. At the end of a superb round, Allègre beat the Italian Guglielmo Bosca (+18 hundredths) and the Swiss Loïc Meillard (+25/100th).
One Frenchman hides another. A week after Cyprien Sarrazin’s crazy double in downhill in Kitzbühel, it was Nils Allègre who won the super-G in Garmisch, Germany, on Saturday to claim the first World Cup victory of his career.
First podium in 102 starts
Starting from bib 18, the 30-year-old Frenchman created a surprise by taking the lead at the end of a race with an improbable outcome. He finally beat the Italian Guglielmo Bosca (+18 hundredths, first World Cup podium) and the Swiss Loïc Meillard (+25/100th).
Nils Allègre, who has been playing on the World Cup circuit since 2016 (like Cyprien Sarrazin), has never been on a podium in 102 starts. However, he had a very good start to the winter, including a 4th place in downhill in Val Gardena in December.
The big favorites ousted from the podium
The big Swiss favorites Marco Odermatt and French Cyprien Sarrazin, who had shared all the speed victories for a month, were ousted from the podium and took 4th and 11th places respectively. “It’s not a bad run, it’s just not a perfect run,” reacted Sarrazin, who came off the podium for the first time this year. “I’m very happy for Nils (…), we’re in a lot of competition and he did a perfect run, incredibly accurate, and today it paid off.”
“Odi”, double winner of the big crystal globe, has not been off the podium in super-G since March 2022. The Swiss, however, remains at the top of the specialty ranking and the general ranking. The Alpine Ski World Cup continues on Sunday with a second super-G on the program in the German resort.