Slalom heren Kitzbuhel

Sweden's Jens Byggmark celebrated his first World Cup victory on Saturday with a gutsy performance in the Kitzbuehel weekend's opening slalom. The 21-year-old, competing in his first full World Cup season, coped impressively with challenging conditions to post a combined time of one minute 43.74 seconds. Austria's Mario Matt climbed from 10th place in the first run to finish second, 0.87 seconds behind Byggmark. Germany's Alois Vogl was third -- a further 0.61 seconds back.

A choppy course and persistent snowfall caused problems for many of the favourites with Byggmark's compatriot Markus Larsson among those failing to qualify for the second run. Larsson had begun the day on top of the slalom standings but has now been overtaken by Byggmark. Defending overall champion Benjamin Raich of Austria slipped back from second place at the halfway stage to finish fifth, a result that puts him joint second with Larsson in the discipline standings.

Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal, the overall World Cup leader, was able to slightly stretch his lead over Switzerland's Didier Cuche and America's Bode Miller after finishing 13th. Miller, who has yet to finish a slalom this season, suffered another bad day - crashing out of the first run after inexplicably losing his right ski.

Bron : eurosport.com