Ferstl earns surprise Val Gardena super-G win

JosefFerstl earned a shock victory in yesterday’s World Cup super-G at ValGardena as the unheralded German took advantage of a mistake by lastyear’s winner Kjetil Jansrud.The 29-year-old Ferstl had neverfinished higher than fifth in his career, but he made the most of hisearly start in favourable conditions in an event twice delayed by fog atthe Italian resort.Ferstl clocked 1min 35.28sec to edge outAustria’s Max Franz, also second at Lake Louise last month, by 0.02sec,with reigning Olympic downhill champion Matthias Mayer third at 0.10sec.Norway’shopes of clinching a super-G victory at Val Gardena for the sixth yearin a row fell apart when Jansrud — a winner here in 2014 and 2016 — wasforced to slow down to avoid missing a gate, having led at the secondintermediate time check.Racing continues at Val Gardena today withthe men’s downhill before the circuit heads to Alta Badia for tomorrow’sgiant slalom.