STA, 10 March 2019 - Ramon Zenhäusern from Switzerland won Sunday's World Cup slalom in Slovenia's Kranjska Gora. With 1.15 seconds behind him, Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen failed to secure a double victory in Kranjska Gora after winning giant slalom on Saturday.
Austria's Marcel Hirscher was third (+1.17), but nevertheless sealed his eight overall World Cup victory, which makes him the skier with the most overall wins in history.
Despite not winning today's race, Kristoffersen is the overall winner of the two World Cup races in Kranjska Gora, which are in Slovenia known as the Vitranc Cup.
Saturday’s podium runs
Today's winner Zenhäusern, who finished the first run only seventh, made up for the gap from the first run in a phenomenal second-run performance, outdoing the strongest rivals by more than a second.
Speaking to the press after the race, he said he would like to move to Kranjska Gora because he liked it here very much so he won the third World Cup race.
Last year he placed third in the Kranjska Gora slalom, behind archrivals Hirscher and Kristoffersen.
This is, however, the first time in 20 years that a Swiss won a slalom race in Kranjska Gora. Before Zenhäusern, the feat was achieved by Didier Plaschy in December 1999.
Štefan Hadalin, the only Slovenian in the finals, finished 21st (+3.57) to place 18th in the overall slalom standings.
Slalom results:
1. Ramon Zenhäusern (Sui) 1:39.54 51.97 47.57 2. Henrik Kristoffersen (Nor) 1:40.69 +01.15 51.07 49.62 3. Marcel Hirscher (Aut) 1:40.71 +01.17 51.88 48.83 4. Manuel Feller (Aut) 1:40.77 +01.23 52.04 48.73 5. Daniel Yule (Sui) 1:41.06 +01.52 51.71 49.35 6. Manfred Mölgg (Ita) 1:41.39 +01.85 51.64 49.75 7. Alexis Pinturault (Fra) 1:41.45 +01.91 51.69 49.76 8. Andre Myhrer (Swe) 1:41.56 +02.02 51.86 49.70 . Clement Noel (Fra) 1:41.56 +02.02 52.59 48.97 . Stefano Gross (Ita) 1:41.56 +02.02 52.64 48.92 ... Overall World Cup rankings: 1. Marcel Hirscher (Aut) 1,508 2. Alexis Pinturault (Fra) 999 3. Henrik Kristoffersen (Nor) 988 4. Dominik Paris (Ita) 750 5. Beat Feuz (Sui) 653 6. Vincent Kriechmayr (Aut) 634 7. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (Nor) 587 8. Mauro Caviezel (Sui) 566 9. Marco Schwarz (Aut) 560 10. Daniel Yule (Sui) 491
