Winterberg Snowboard Alpine World Cup: Stats Preview

Winterberg Snowboard Alpine World Cup: Stats Preview

● Winterberg will host the 13th and final stage of the Visa FIS Snowboard Alpine World Cup. The German venue is hosting the last stage of the World Cup season for the third season in a row.

● The first Visa FIS Snowboard Alpine World Cup in Winterberg was held in the 2004-05 season. Andreas Prommegger (AUT) and Roland Fischnaller (ITA) were on that start list. Prommegger came third in the 2004-05 men’s Parallel Slalom in Winterberg, behind the two Schoch brothers.

● American sisters Kaiya, Mika, and Akina Kizuka became the first trio of siblings ever to compete together in the same Snowboard Alpine World Cup event when they took part in the Val St. Come stage last weekend. In the first race, Kaiya was 23rd, Mika 28th and Akina 30th. In the second race, Kaiya was 24th, Akina 29th and Mika 34th.

● Dario Cavaziel (SUI) claimed victory in the first men’s Parallel Giant Slalom race in Val St. Come last weekend, with Edwin Coratti (ITA) finishing second and Arnaud Gaudet (CAN) third. This was the fourth World Cup win for Cavaziel, and his first this season. He also podiumed in Krynica. Maurizio Bormolini (ITA) came fifth, which was enough to clinch both the Parallel Giant Slalom and Overall crystal globes.

● Benjamin Karl (AUT) claimed victory in the second men’s Parallel Giant Slalom race in Val St. Come last weekend, with Maurizio Bormolini (ITA) finishing second and Mirko Felicetti (ITA) third. This was the last Parallel Giant Slalom of the season, with Karl winning what may be the final Parallel Giant Slalom race of his career. The win is Karl’s 24th individual World Cup victory and his 62nd overall World Cup podium. He has two wins and four podiums in his potential final season.

● Italy has won 10 of 16 Men’s Parallel races this season, with four different athletes topping the podium. They placed at least two athletes on the podium in nine of the 16 men’s races. They also swept the podium in Carezza.

● Although Italy has dominated the World Cup this season and in recent years, it has never claimed an Olympic medal in a men’s Snowboard parallel event, which was added to the Olympic programme in 2002.

● Ramona Theresia Hofmeister (GER) claimed victory in the first women’s Parallel Giant Slalom race in Val St. Come last weekend, ahead of the defending Parallel champion and current World Cup leader Tsubaki Miki (JPN). Lucia Dalmasso (ITA) was third. It was Hofmeister’s third win and fifth podium of the season, after missing the first month due to injury. She now has 33 World Cup wins in her career. It was also her third straight win at Val St. Come after sweeping last season’s races. For Miki, it was the fourth podium in her last five races. This second place was enough to clinch her Parallel Giant Slalom crystal globe for the second consecutive year.

● Lucia Dalmasso (ITA) claimed victory in the second women’s Parallel Giant Slalom race in Val St. Come last weekend, with Jasmin Coratti (ITA) finishing second and Ramona Theresia Hofmeister (GER) third. This was the last Parallel Giant Slalom of the season, with an all-Italian big final between two roommates. It was the first podium of the season for Coratti and sixth of her career. Tsubaki Miki (JPN) struggled in her second run and did not qualify for the knockout rounds. She clinched both the Parallel Giant Slalom and the Overall title last weekend, marking her second straight overall globe as well.

● Matthaeus Pink (AUT) won the men’s Parallel Slalom race last season in Winterberg, with Arvid Auner (AUT) second and Maurizio Bormolini (ITA) third. That was Pink’s first and only World Cup win and podium to date. His best result this season is 11th place in Rogla.

● Sabine Payer (AUT) won the women’s Parallel Slalom race last season in Winterberg, with Ramona Theresia Hofmeister (GER) second and Zuzana Maderova (CZE) third. That was Payer’s third individual World Cup win of last season, including the very first and the very last Parallel Slalom of the season. She has four World Cup wins this season.

● There are currently four Italian male athletes in the top seven positions of the Overall standings, and five Austrian athletes in the top 18 positions. The top non-European athlete is Lee Sangho (KOR) in eighth position.

● Tsubaki Miki (JPN) is the only non-European athlete in the women’s top 10 Overall standings.

● Maurizio Bormolini (ITA) won the 2024-25 Men’s overall parallel title ahead of Andreas Prommegger (AUT) and Daniele Bagozza (ITA). Only Italy and Austria were represented in the top 5 of the final 2024-25 Parallel standings. Gabriel Messner (ITA) finished fourth, and Benjamin Karl (AUT) came fifth.

● Tsubaki Miki (JPN) won the 2024-25 Women’s Parallel title ahead of Ramona Theresia Hofmeister (GER) and Sabine Payer (AUT). This was Miki’s first parallel title after she finished second the previous season. The same three athletes were in the first three positions of the 2023-24 season Parallel standings, with Hofmeister first, Miki second and Payer third.

● The current Olympic champion Benjamin Karl (AUT) has the most Men’s Parallel titles, with four: 2007-08, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2023-24.

● Andreas Prommegger (AUT) won the Men’s Parallel title three times. He has the most career top-3 finishes in the overall Men’s Parallel standings, he finished second five times and third twice.

● The last time there were no Italians or Austrian athletes in the top three of the Men’s Parallel standing was the 2005-06 season, when Switzerland placed three athletes in the top three.

● By winning the 2024-25 Parallel title, Tsubaki Miki (JPN) became the first non-European female athlete to win the Women’s Parallel title.

● Ramona Theresia Hofmeister (GER) and Ester Ledecka (CZE) have won four Women’s Parallel titles each, no other female athlete has ever won more than three Parallel titles. Ledecka is the only athlete, in both genders, to have won four consecutive Parallel titles, between 2015-16 and 2018-19.

● Benjamin Karl (AUT) is retiring after this season. The Winterberg World Cup stage will be his last race. He is one of the most accomplished snowboarding racers in history. Over the course of his career, he has 232 World Cup starts (excluding Winterberg), collecting 62 podium finishes with 29 wins. He won the overall World Cup title three times. He is a two-time Olympic gold medallist and five-time World Champion. He made his debut in the Snowboard World Cup in Bad Gastein in January 2004, more than 22 years ago.

● Julie Zogg (SUI) is retiring after this season, the Winterberg World Cup stage will be her last race. She has 12 World Cup wins in her career, 11 of them coming in Parallel Slalom and one in Parallel Giant Slalom. She has 43 World Cup podiums, including a second place this season in Mylin. She has won two Parallel Overall crystal globes, in 2014-15 and 2022-23 seasons, as well as six Parallel Slalom crystal globes. Five of those were consecutive between the 2018-19 and 2022-23 seasons.

● Ladina Caviezel (SUI) is retiring after this season, the Winterberg World Cup stage will be her last race. She has one individual World Cup win in her career, at Blue Mountain during the 2022-23 season. She has 18 World Cup podiums, the last one being a third place in Krynica during the 2023-24 season. In Krynica she also achieved her best result of this season, with a seventh-place finish.

● Jessica Keiser (SUI) is retiring after this season, the Winterberg World Cup stage will be her last race. She made 78 World Cup starts (excluding Winterberg). She made three World Championships appearances, with her best result of 12th in the Parallel Giant Slalom of the 2023 World Championships.

● Tomoka Takeuchi (JPN) is retiring after this season, the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games were her last race. Born in 1983, she has one World Cup win, coming in Carezza during the 2012-13 season. She took part in seven Winter Olympic Games, winning a silver medal at Sochi 2014.

● Cheyenne Loch (GER) is retiring after this season, the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games were her last race. She has 112 World Cup starts (excluding Winterberg), with nine World Cup podiums (five second places and four third places). She made her Olympic debut this season at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, ending in 15th place.