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In a spectacular race on one of the circuit’s most challenging courses, Mayer beat Kriechmayr’s time by four-hundredths of a second as Austria earned its first win of the World Cup season.

Bormio: Matthias Mayer edged Vincent Kriechmayr for an Austrian 1-2 finish in the classic men’s World Cup downhill on the Stelvio on Wednesday.

In a spectacular race on one of the circuit’s most challenging courses, Mayer beat Kriechmayr’s time by four-hundredths of a second as Austria earned its first win of the World Cup season.

Switzerland’s Urs Kreyenbuehl was 0.06 behind in third.

Mayer, the 2014 Olympic downhill champion, mastered the bumpy course full of rolls and jumps, where racers reached speeds of up to 140 kph (87 mph).

Defending overall champion Aleksander Aamodt Kilde finished sixth to reclaim top spot in the overall standings, three points ahead of Alexis Pinturault, who doesn’t compete in downhills.