Emilie Siegenthaler finishes the World Cup overall standings on the podium for the first time in her career. With sixth place in Val di Sole (+13.135), she misses the podium she was aiming for, but she takes it in her stride.

"I only came back from Canada on Monday and still felt pretty tired. I tried to let it go, but my legs were so tired," explains Siegenthaler. Minor mistakes followed one another throughout the run and she missed out on fifth place by a good three seconds. "It was good training for me in Canada. I've had a great season so far, my best ever, so I'm very satisfied," says Siegenthaler.

Carina Cappellari finishes eleventh (+24.388). "The intensity" of the 2.4-kilometer course is getting to her. "Overall it was good and fun, but it was very, very tough. It started well at the top in the first forest section, but at some point my arms and legs cramped and it was just a struggle at the end," says Cappellari, who doesn't look dissatisfied. Lea Rutz, the third Swiss finalist, finished 15th in the daily ranking (+37.314).

Juniors: Two crashes from Michellod

Junior Loris Michellod missed the chance of a top ten finish, which was realistic for him in ninth place in qualifying, due to two crashes. He finished 20th in the final, 46.253 seconds behind.
Canadian Finnley Iles underpins his supremacy with his sixth win of the season, 2.204 seconds ahead of Great Britain's Matt Walker and 8.253 seconds ahead of France's Sylvain Cougoureux.

Only four young women are competing in the junior category. Melanie Chappaz from France is the fastest of them, 2.876 seconds ahead of Latvia's Paula Zibasa.