Michela Moioli (ITA) celebrates a win in Saturday's SBX World Cup in Feldberg, Germany. (photo: Oliver Kraus)

Moioli and Vaultier Win First SBX at Feldberg

Feldberg, Germany – Italy’s Michela Moioli, and Pierre Vaultier of France each claimed victory in the first of back-to-back snowboard cross World Cup races staged in Feldberg, Germany over the weekend.

Moioli defeated World Cup leader Belle Brockhoff of Australia start-to-finish in the women’s final. It was Moili’s fourth World Cup win, while Meryeta Odine of Canada took her career’s first podium by finishing third. After crashing after the first jump, Alexandra Jekova of Bulgaria had to settle for fourth.

“It was very difficult today, a lot of fighting in the semis and finals. I’m really happy,” said Moioli. “I needed this victory as the last races didn’t turn out as I wanted them to.”

Over in the men’s event, the big final – also raced as a heat of four – was even closer than the thrilling spectacle the ladies had delivered before. Vaultier, who had lost the Bansko race in a photo finish decision last weekend, had luck on his side on Saturday, crossing the finish line barely ahead of Lucas Eguibar of Spain.

“It was tough here at the beginning though with the adverse weather in qualifiers which was challenging. But today everything came together to make it a perfect one,” Vaultier commented, adding, “I haven’t been thinking about the photo finish in Bansko, but yes, it is a good redemption today even though it has been another rival.”

Michela Moioli (ITA) celebrates a win in Saturday's SBX World Cup in Feldberg, Germany. (photo: Oliver Kraus)
Michela Moioli (ITA) celebrates a win in Saturday’s SBX World Cup in Feldberg, Germany. (photo: Oliver Kraus)

Italy’s Omar Visintin, who has reached every big final thus far this season, rounded out the podium in third ahead of Spain’s Regino Hernandez, thereby taking the lead in the men’s World Cup ranking with 2,650 points over Alessandro Haemmerle (AUT; 2,500), who finished in fifth position on Saturday. In the women’s ranking, Brockhoff (3,200) has now a comfortable lead over Olympic champion Eva Samkova (CZE; 2570), who placed eighth on Saturday.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
FIS Snowboard World Cup
Feldberg, Germany – Feb. 11, 2017

Women’s Snowboard Cross

Rank Name Nation Result FIS Points WC Points
 1 MOIOLI Michela ITA  1000.00  1000.00
 2 BROCKHOFF Belle AUS  800.00  800.00
 3 ODINE Meryeta CAN  600.00  600.00
 4 JEKOVA Alexandra BUL  500.00  500.00
 5 JACOBELLIS Lindsey USA  450.00  450.00
 6 MANCARI Rosina USA  400.00  400.00
 7 BRUTTO Raffaella ITA  360.00  360.00
 8 SAMKOVA Eva CZE  DSQ  320.00  320.00
 9 GULINI Faye USA  290.00  290.00
 10 BERGERMANN Zoe CAN  260.00  260.00

Men’s Snowboard Cross

Rank Name Nation FIS Points WC Points
 1 VAULTIER Pierre FRA  1000.00  1000.00
 2 EGUIBAR Lucas ESP  800.00  800.00
 3 VISINTIN Omar ITA  600.00  600.00
 4 HERNANDEZ Regino ESP  500.00  500.00
 5 HAEMMERLE Alessandro AUT  450.00  450.00
 6 DILMAN Daniil RUS  400.00  400.00
 7 OLYUNIN Nikolay RUS  360.00  360.00
 8 HUGHES Jarryd AUS  320.00  320.00
 9 ROBANSKE Christopher CAN  290.00  290.00
 10 BROCHU Baptiste CAN  260.00  260.00

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