In Bormio, the new is advancing: in Super-G, the Norwegian Moeller is partying.
After Monney’s surprise success in Downhill, in Super-G emerges the talent of the Norwegian class of 2000, who after two fourth places in a row gives himself his first joy in the World Cup. Crates at the foot of the top-10. Bonfà (Bormio Foundation): “Proud of this weekend.”
Among the specialties of alpine skiing, tradition has it that the fast disciplines are those in which athletes come of age later: beyond Marco Odermatt-style generational phenomena , it often happens that sprinters emerge or establish themselves close to the age of 30, or even beyond.
In the FIS World Cup weekend in Bormio, the Stelvio slope instead told a different story, exalting “millennial” talents destined, one can be sure, to be talked about in a future that is now almost already present: in Bormio, one knows, one never wins by chance.
After Switzerland’s Alexis Monney in Downhill, in the Super-G in Bormio on Sunday, December 29, 2024, another class of 2000, also at his first success in the World Cup, came out on top. It must be said that Fredrik Moeller, of signs he had given plenty, as evidenced by his fourth places in the first two Super-Gs of the season in Beaver Creek and Val Gardena.
In Bormio Moeller finally took the podium, and in the most beautiful way, on another splendid day on the Valtellina slope. He did so by drawing perfect trajectories on a challenging and unforgiving course, where in particular the interpretation of the famous Carcentina made the difference in the economy of the final podium.
Behind him came a veteran like Vincent Kriechmayr, the Austrian who had already achieved the same placement in Bormio in Super-G twice, 2020 and 2022, as well as winning the Downhill also in 2022. In third place, confirming the premise, again Alexis Monney, who without a mistake in the top section could have dreamed even bigger. Meanwhile, the second podium on the Stelvio propels him into a new dimension.
In Bormio, it’s worth remembering, after the December 2025 World Cup it will be back in February to award the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic medals in men’s alpine skiing (and ski mountaineering): this weekend, we may have met some new gold contenders.
After Mattia Casse ‘s narrowly missed podium in the downhill, few smiles for Italy from the Bormio Super-G: the best is still the Piedmontese, but this time at the foot of the top-10, conditioned by a mistake in the final turns that could have opened up very different prospects for him. But Mattia is there, he is constant and clearly in full confidence: 2025 will give him new opportunities.
THE STORY OF THE RACE
The new challenge on the Stelvio opened in the most unfortunate way for Swiss Gino Caviezel. Starting with bib number 1, the 32-year-old Swiss went off the line before the St. Peter’s jump, straddling a gate and suffering a heavy impact. Transported to the Zurich hospital, updates on his condition are awaited.
After the break and runs by Hemetsberger and Babinsky, with number 4 it was the turn of the Norwegian Moeller, who found lines and speed on the Stelvio that no one would be able to replicate, making the difference at the top and in the finish. “I skied well, although I made a few mistakes that, fortunately, did not cost me dearly,” commented the 24-year-old Norwegian. “I have been training for this all my life, and it is a victory means everything to me. I got to train and talk a lot with Alexander Kilde, and his advice made a big difference. To 2025 I just ask to keep skiing the way I’m doing .”
Both Austria’s Kriechmayr and Switzerland’s Rogentin came close to Moeller’s time trial: both at ease on the Carcentina, however, were unable to replicate the Norwegian’s lines on the Konta, having to settle for second and fourth place finishes, respectively. “This is my third time on the second step of the podium in Super-G in Bormio,” said the Austrian, “And winning was certainly the goal. Like yesterday, the track was great: congratulations to Moeller, I look forward to coming back next year .”
Nothing could even the favorite Marco Odermatt, never quite at ease this weekend in Bormio, could do. For the World Cup leader came a fifth place as well as valuable points that allow him to increase his lead over the specialists in the technical disciplines, and remain at the top of the Super-G standings, just ahead of Moeller. “You can’t win all the time: the important thing is continuity of results, and having avoided injuries. I didn’t have great feelings right from the gate, but it was on the Carcentina that I took the wrong line, losing a lot of ground.”
There was no glory for the Azzurri, Mattia Casse, Dominik Paris and Giovanni Franzoni, either. The Piedmontese, fourth in the downhill, commented, ” In the last years I had always come out in this Super-G, this kind of terrain for me is a little bit hostile, but I worked on it and made some progress. Too bad about the mistake in the final, there I definitely left something behind. .” Slower is the seven-time Stelvio king (16th), who although skiing better than yesterday’s downhill, was unable to challenge the best even in Super-G, and young Franzoni, 17th.
Instead, Swiss national team youngsters Alexis Monney and Franjo von Allmen continued their star-studded weekend. First and second in the downhill, both interpreted the Stelvio at its best in Super-G as well, finishing third and sixth respectively. Of note, the masterful interpretation of yesterday’s winner Carcentina: if two clues make a proof, Bormio has consecrated a new star of the Circo Bianco. “It was a crazy weekend. I’ve been skiing well since the beginning of the season, but always making some mistakes: here in Bormio I was able to make a quantum leap ,” Monney’s comment.
THE BALANCE SHEET OF BORMIO FOUNDATION
The first edition of the FIS World Cup in Bormio under the leadership of the new Bormio Foundation organizing committee also ended with the Super-G, rewarded by great technical performance and sold-out grandstands and hospitality for both race days.
Examination largely passed for the new working team, which has laid the foundations to continue to grow in the very important year ahead for the Valtellina resort: the Ski Mountaineering Test Event ahead of the discipline’s Olympic debut on the Stelvio slope will arrive in Bormioon February 22 and 23, 2025, while the appointment with the FIS World Cup will be renewed on December 28 and 29, 2025.
Finally, in just over 13 months, the Milan-Cortina 2026 Five Circles will land in Alta Valtellina to award medals in all disciplines of men’s alpine skiing and ski mountaineering.
“We are proud of this first organizational outcome on the big stage of the FIS World Cup” – began Bormio Foundation President Matteo Bonfà . “This year a committee of local expression has returned to take the reins of the most important and heartfelt sporting event in the area, compacting around it the many souls and skills of the same: I am proud of the great teamwork put in place by all sectors, and I know that the enthusiasm we will bring out of this experience will allow us to get to work immediately to grow and improve towards the next challenges.”
“I would like to thank the fellow travelers who made this feat possible, starting with FISI and the FIS who gave sporting and technical confidence to this new course, from the Lombardy Region, the Province of Sondrio, the Municipality of Bormio, the Bormio facilities company, all the partners of Fondazione Bormio, and all the people, professionals and volunteers, who contributed to this organizational success, starting with the technical team led by Omar Galli. From here we start again towards the next adventures, ” concluded Bonfà .
