Featured Image: Bormio super-G podium. Credit: GEPA
The men’s super-G event in Bormio unfolded on yet another splendid day of racing, with pristine weather and race conditions.
However, the super-G started dramatically. Swiss athlete Gino Caviezel, the first to push out of the start gate, fell right before the San Pietro jump. He was evacuated off the hill by helicopter.
After this challenging start, his teammate and leader, Marco Odermatt, had to refocus to attempt to gain his third consecutive victory on the Bormio super-G racetrack. Unfortunately, even with a high, early line, he could not grab the victory, finishing the day in 5th place.
Today, the young athlete of Norway, Fredrik Moeller, stole the show. Moeller executed a triumphant day, earning himself his first World Cup victory.
He stated, “This feels really good. Although, the feeling while skiing was not that good because I had some mistakes, but I knew the parts where I really could go. I went there and I went hard, so I am just super happy.”
Impressively, he has been right on the cusp of the podium, achieving two 4th-place results in the first two super-G races of the 2025 season.
Moeller moved into second in the World Cup super-G Cup standings.
The Podium
Austrian Vincent Kriechmayr finished the day in second place with a solid run. The 33-year-old attacked panel-to-panel from the start and could hold on through the challenging sections of the course where others were getting pushed late and low.
Kriechmayr brought his experience and confidence on this track into today. He has been on the super-G podium in Bormio three times in the past.
However, never winning on this track, he was looking to achieve his tenth victory in the discipline. Unfortunately, he finished two tenths off Moeller but secured his first podium finish of the 2025 season.
Alexis Monney, the Swiss downhill winner from the day before, executed flawlessly to earn another podium result on the challenging Stelvio track.
Wearing bib 27, he radiated confidence and power, attacking each panel. He held onto an impressive line and continued accelerating, finding speed through the final gates. He finished merely +0.04 behind Kriechmayr, trailing Moeller by +0.24.
Monney had an excellent weekend at the Bormio event. Today marked his second podium finish at the World Cup and his first in super-G.
North Americans
Wearing bib-5, Cameron Alexander was the first North American on the Stelvio super-G track. He had confidence coming into today after achieving a podium finish in the downhill the day prior and a 5th-place result in the Val Gardena super-G.
Nevertheless, the Canadian’s line at the top of the course cost him time, which was challenging for him to make up even with a fast lower section. He still concluded the day as the fastest North American racer, finishing in 12th place.
Unfortunately, a majority of the North Americans struggled with the line today.
Although he was late and low, Alpine Canada Alpin athlete Jeffrey Read held on. He finished as the second-fastest North American on the Stelvio super-G track, concluding in 19th place.
Stifel US Ski Team racer Jared Goldberg, who was coming off his first World Cup podium of his career in the Val Gardena super-G, did not achieve the result he wanted on the Bormio track today. Getting late and low, he lost the speed needed to achieve a leaderboard finish. He concluded the day in 29th place.
Ryan Cochran-Siegle, his teammate, achieved his sole World Cup victory on the Stelvio track. He began his run with a strong and aggressive approach, but as the race progressed, he continued to get late, which drained his energy for the final sections of the course. Ultimately, he finished in 22nd place.
His teammate, Kyle Negomir, skied very similarly and finished in 21st place.
Additionally, Bryce Bennett did not have the day he was striving for, finishing outside the top 30.
James (Jack) Crawford, River Radamus, Sam Morse, Kyle Alexander and Wiley Maple all experienced a challenging day, unable to finish the course.
Erik Arvidsson of the Stifel US Ski Team did not start the day.
Attack From the Back Highlight
The track became increasingly worn as the later competitors tackled the challenging Stelvio course. This made it difficult for the final racers to move up on the leaderboard.
The highest bib to break into the top 30 was Norway’s Rasmus Windingstad, who started with bib 61 and finished in 30th place. Also notable was Austria’s Vincent Wieser, wearing bib 47. In just his fifth World Cup start, Wieser earned points in both events on the Stelvio track this weekend, marking an impressive achievement for the young athlete.
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Norwegian Teammate
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde celebrates his teammate’s inaugural victory from a distance as he remains sidelined from competition due to ongoing struggles with an injury sustained in Wengen, Switzerland, last season.
His most recent update that he told Ski Racing Media is that he hopes to return to racing next year but remains unsure of his timeline for getting back to training.
He stated, “I’m not allowed to train on the skis because of my shoulder,” he said. “I have another surgery I’m waiting for, so depending on how that goes, I’ll build step by step, day by day. It’s hard for me to say anything more concrete than that. It’s definitely a lot of work ahead of me.”
Moeller reflected on Kilde as a leader for him. He stated, “He has helped me a lot and has given me a lot of tips. He is an all-round great guy to be around, so it is for sure for him also.”
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