Alessandro Haemmerle claims 19th Snowboard Cross World Cup victory ahead of Jakob Dusek in Montafon

BySportsbeat

Updated 17/03/2024 at 22:52 GMT

Alessandro Haemmerle won a second gold in his home town of Montafon in the FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup just 24 hours after clinching an 18th World Cup win. The Olympic champion pipped compatriot Jakob Dusek to first place in the Big Final as Merlin Surget took bronze medal and Loan Bozzolo missed out on a podium finish. Chloe Trespeuch took back the top spot in the World Cup rankings with a win.

Haemmerle pips Dusek in photo finish to take World Cup victory in Montafon

Alessandro Haemmerle claimed a second gold in his home town of Montafon in the FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup.

Just 24 hours after his 18th World Cup win, the Olympic champion had another medal to add to his collection after beating his countryman, Jakob Dusek, to top spot on the podium in the Big Final.

France's Merlin Surget won bronze in the final race of the weekend, while his compatriot Loan Bozzolo missed out on a top-three finish.

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With one more weekend of cross-country action to come in a week's time in Canada, Haemmerle is now 204 points behind World Cup leader Eliot Grondin, who did not race on Sunday, having already wrapped up the large crystal globe.

In the women's cross, Chloe Trespeuch took back the top spot in the World Cup rankings from Michela Moioli with a first place finish in Montafon.

With just two more races to go this season, Trespeuch will be hoping that good fortune in Mont-Sainte-Anne can hand the French athlete a maiden World Cup title.

Great Britain's Charlotte Bankes placed fourth in the Big Final, as Australia's Josie Baff finished third and the USA's Lindsey Jacobellis won silver.

Trespeuch has 662 World Cup points, with Moioli trailing by 58, while Bankes also remains in hot pursuit of consecutive world titles with 557 points heading into the finale.

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