After the Austrian climber Jakob Schubert won the first World Cup, surprisingly Stefano Ghisolfi wins in Chamonix . Stefano just made it through the qualification, but improved in the semifinals but already in third place, then in the final to climb to the top. Jakob Schubert remained „only“ in second place ahead of Erlangen’s Alex Megos, who once again took part in a World Cup. The Swiss climber Sascha Lehmann made it to a surprising 8th place. the german climber Sebastian Halenke and Yannick Flohè it was not quite enough for the final, but for a very good 14th and 15th place respectively. For the ladies, Janja Garnbret and Jessica Pilz exchanged their places on the podium. Jessica was the only starter in the final to climb to the top. The South Korean Jain Kim was third, as in Villars, Switzerland. Hannah Schubert, the sister of Jakob Schubert, became good eighth.

Results:

Women:

  1. Jessica Pilz (Austria)
  2. Janja Garnbret (Slowenia)
  3. Jain Kim (Korea)

Complete results

Men:

  1. Stefano Ghisolfi (Italy)
  2. Jakob Schubert (Austria)
  3. Alex Megos (Germany)

Complete Results

The Video of the Highlights

Photo: Stefano Ghisolfi (c) Leo Zhukov