Franzoni again the fastest, Monney best Swiss again

Giovanni Franzoni is also coping excellently on the Streif

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Giovanni Franzoni is also the fastest in the second training session for the downhill in Kitzbühel. Alexis Monney, the best Swiss skier in 5th place, is half a second down on the Italian.

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21.01.2026, 13:36•21.01.2026, 13:57

With his second best time in training, Franzoni has become the favorite for the downhill on Saturday. The 24-year-old upstart, who won the super-G in Wengen and finished third on the podium in the downhill despite an unfavorable starting number, once again had no trouble on his fifth run on the Streif.

Nils Alphand came closest to the fastest in training. The Frenchman only lost nine hundredths to the Italian. Austria's Stefan Babinsky (+0.29 seconds) and Franzoni's compatriot Christoph Innerhofer (+0.39) were the only skiers to lose less than half a second.

As on Tuesday, Alexis Monney was the fastest Swiss skier and confirmed that he is coping excellently with the Streif after finishing second in last year's race. Marco Odermatt in ninth place lost just under a second to Franzoni, Alessio Miggiano around a quarter of a second more. Franjo von Allmen lost almost four seconds after a mistake just before the traverse.

Aleksander Kilde will not be competing in the downhill on Saturday. The Norwegian, who has made his comeback this season, is skipping the Hahnenkamm downhill due to shoulder problems. The 33-year-old has already skipped the races in Wengen, where he suffered the serious injury two years ago.