The Swiss has won the total World Cup four years in a row and also the giant slalom cup just as many years in a row.
It was therefore no surprise that Marco Odermatt would win the premiere competition in giant slalom.
It was a perfect start to the season. You give everything in summer training but do not know where you stand before the first competition. This gives me confidence for the continuation, says Odermatt in the victory interview in Viaplay.
He took the lead after the first run on the Rettenbach glacier in Austrian Sölden. But he was only a hundredth ahead of the home runner Marco Schwarz.
The snowstorm delayed the start in the second run. The visibility then became better. Odermatt could finally win with 24 hundredths to good on Schwarz. The Norwegian Atle Lie McGrath climbed four positions and finished third, a further three hundredths behind.
No Swedes made it to the second run. Fabin Ax Swartz was 33rd, William Hansson 34th and Adam Hofstedt 57th.
Two years ago, the men's competition was cancelled in the premiere in Sölden.
