He became the first skier to win his debut World Cup race at Kitzbhuel since Didier Cuche in 1998. READ: Meet the color blind ski photographer taking stunning imagesĭressen made his debut on the World Cup circuit in 2015 and claimed his first podium – a third – in the Beaver Creek downhill in December. “But then when I recognized that it was a really good one today I was just overwhelmed and rally happy about it.” “It’s just an unbelievable feeling because it was really a surprise to me that I was in the lead as I crossed the finish line and I had to look at the timing board twice to believe it,” Dressen told reporters afterwards. The excited German pumped his arms and then skis in the air before sinking to his haunches and shaking his head at what he had just achieved. The former F1 supremo interrupts chat with man of the moment Thomas Dressen. READ: Lindsey Vonn reignites Olympic hopes with 79th World Cup winĭressen, who was the 19th racer to go on a clear day after the storms of earlier in the week, clocked a time of one minute 56.15 seconds to edge out leader Swiss Beat Feuz, winner of last week’s downhill in Wengen, by.
READ: Feared downhill race requires guts for glory “It requires everything: guts, making tight turns, long turns, gliding sections and jumping.” “The most important victory for a downhiller is Kitzbuhel because in my opinion it’s the most complete race,” Austrian legend Franz Klammer, the 1976 Olympic downhill champion, told CNN Sport. High-speed crashes have been a notable feature of the race over the years. The Kitzbuhel track is notoriously difficult with huge jumps, such as the 80-meter Mausefalle not long after the steep start section, and fast, bumpy, technical sections such as the Steilhang. The 24-year-old German clinched only the second podium finish of his career with a storming run down the infamous Streif course in front of the 45,000-strong crowd intent on turning the pretty Austrian resort into a carnival for this iconic weekend of ski racing. Thomas Dressen is the Kitzbuehel downhill winner /x9C5qKVsyn- FIS Alpine January 20, 2018 It is the most feared and challenging downhill in the world, but outsider Thomas Dressen proved his mettle with a debut World Cup win in the legendary Hahnenkamm race in Kitzbuhel.
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