This is how it has to be. The ranking list from qualifying is shaken up in the final. Marine Cabirou (FRA) starts the race in fifth last place and takes the hot seat with a clear new best time. Camille Balanche (SUI) starts well, but loses a lot of time on the second half of the course. Gracey Hemstreet (CAN) loses time to the leader on every section. Vali Höll (AUT) is still on course for victory at the second-to-last intermediate time, but is unable to bring her lead home and finishes second. Qualifying winner Monika Hrastnik (SLO) was 2 seconds behind after the second intermediate time, but had to settle for third place.

Marine Cabirou also experienced a rollercoaster: "I had a flat front tire in the training run, my preparation for the final run was terrible. I then concentrated on staying motivated, coming down in one piece and not crashing in front of my mother." She was happy to be back in the top spot, said the Frenchwoman after her tenth World Cup victory.

Vali Höll consoled herself for the narrowly missed victory with the lead in the World Cup rankings: "It's mega cool to have the one on the bike, it's good that the consistency is there, I hope that boosts me so that I can win again soon. Luckily we still have a few races left."

1. Marine Cabirou (FRA)
2. Vali Höll (AUT)
3. Monika Hrastnik (SLO)
4. Gracey Hemstreet CAN
5. Jess Blewitt (NZL)
6. Camille Balanche (SUI)
7. Nina Hoffmann (GER)
8. Harriet Harnden (GBR)
9. Louise-Anna Ferguson (GBR)
10. Lisa Bouladou (FRA)

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Jackson Goldstone in a league of his own

First the Swede Oliver Zwar sits in the hot seat for a long time, then Thibaut Dapréla (FRA), who starts tenth last, can make himself comfortable. He achieves his best time, although his chain breaks in the first few corners and he has to ride the rest of the - fortunately for him steep - course chainless. Rider after rider bites their teeth out at his time or the technical and dusty track in Trentino. Andreas Kolb (AUT) does not make it to the finish. It takes the runner-up in qualifying, Troy Brosnan (AUS), to beat Dapréla's chainless time. Is there anything left? Right, there's still Jackson Goldstone. On the second half, he turns a narrow deficit into a lead of two and a half seconds. 

Once again, the Canadian rascal demonstrates bike skills like no other and nerves of steel. "I hit my line well today, but I also had my foot on the ground three times. I made sure I gave it my all and it turned out to be a good run," he says, summarizing his ride. The two victories in the two previous races had given him additional motivation. Goldstone remains at the top of the overall downhill standings after his third win in a row. And nobody is surprised.

1. Jackson Goldstone (CAN)
2. Troy Brosnan (AUS)
3. Thibau Dapréla (FRA)
4. Dylan Maples (USA)
5. Loris Vergier (FRA)
6. Loïc Bruni (FRA)
7. Oliver Zwar (SWE)
8. Jordan Williams (GBR)
9. Luca Shaw (USA)
10. Ronan Dunne (IRL)

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