After a year's break, the iXS European Downhill Cup is back on stage, and a Swiss rider dances best on it: Noel Niederberger wins the opening race in Brandnertal by a wafer-thin margin ahead of Davide Palazzari (ITA) and Ronan Dunne (IRL). Gloria Scarsi (ITA) won the women's race, while Ramona L. Kupferschmied was the only Swiss woman in tenth place.