“To lose that third place less than 10 seconds from the line is very frustrating, but it’s the plan as Fernando (Alonso) would call it. The team did an amazing job, the car was spot on, but we’re fighting in a different league compared to Mercedes. “It’s a frustrating end of course because we had that third place for the whole race. “It’s difficult feelings right now, we gave it all in that race, clearly,” Ocon said. Verstappen then dropped to third for the next grid start, promoting Ocon to pole, and though he quickly dropped behind the title contenders he ran in the final podium position until Valtteri Bottas out-dragged him to the line by 0.1s on the last lap. The Frenchman qualified in the top 10 and took advantage of the first red flag interruption to start near the front for a chaotic second restart, emerging in second between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. (Reporting by Steve Keating in Lake Louise.Esteban Ocon believes Alpine has shown it will be a threat when it has a quicker car after coming agonizingly close to a podium in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. I had to just swallow my pride a bit, this is where I am and it's a little frustrating." "The last days were a bit disappointing but I really couldn't expect more. "It is really positive to end the weekend like this. "I felt good and it is really nice to know that I still have some connection with the super-G skis after no training," said Shiffrin. Shiffrin tops the overall standings with 405 points, followed by Slovakia's Petra Vlhova on 340 and Goggia third on 315. Germany's Katja Seizinger also swept all three races in the 1997-98 season.Īfter picking up two wins and a pair of second-place finishes in the opening four technical races of the season, Shiffrin had been unable to find any form in the speed events until Sunday, earning valuable points in her bid for a fourth overall crown. Goggia's 14th career victory capped a weekend of domination not seen since Vonn ruled over Lake Louise by completing the hat-trick three times in 2015, 20. The 29-year-old picked up where she left off prior to her injury, demolishing the field in the two Lake Louise downhills - taking the first on Friday by a whopping 1.47 seconds and another on Saturday by a 0.84-second margin, extending her streak to six wins. Last year she opened her downhill campaign with a second place in Val d'Isere and then reeled off four consecutive victories before suffering a knee injury in January that cut short her season. The victories mark Goggia out as the World Cup's undisputed speed queen. "Today was one of my best victories ever because I made a change from the downhill to the super-G." "When I saw the green light today it was an explosion in my heart because I did really believe I could do this but until you see the green light you never know. "I just said to myself push and to do the lines I had seen in the inspection and create speed in the last part of the pitch. "I'm really happy today, this is the best victory for sure of these three days," said Goggia, the reigning Olympic downhill champion.
Goggia, who scored dominating downhill wins on Friday and Saturday, had a much tighter result in the super-G, clocking one minute 18.28 seconds down a sun-kissed layout and crossing just 0.11 ahead of Swiss world champion Lara Gut-Behrami.Īustria's Mirjam Puchner, third in the opening downhill, again completed the podium ahead of team mate Tamara Tippler.Īmerican double Olympic gold medallist and three-times overall World Cup winner Mikaela Shiffrin bounced back from disappointing 26th and 38th place results in the downhill to finish sixth. LAKE LOUISE, Alberta :Italy's Sofia Goggia won the opening Alpine World Cup women's super-G on Sunday to complete a Lake Louise hat-trick, becoming the first woman since Lindsey Vonn in 2015 to sweep all three races at the Canadian resort. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports Mandatory Credit: Eric Bolte-USA TODAY SportsLake Louise, Alberta, CAN Sofia Goggia of Italy celebrates on the podium during women's Super G race at the Lake Louise Audi FIS alpine skiing World Cup at Lake Louise.
Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY SportsLake Louise, Alberta, CAN Sofia Goggia of Italy competes during women's Super G race at the Lake Louise Audi FIS alpine skiing World Cup at Lake Louise. Lake Louise, Alberta, CAN Sofia Goggia of Italy during women's Super G race at the Lake Louise Audi FIS alpine skiing World Cup at Lake Louise.