Beaver Creek (Colorado) – Lukas Feurstein surprised with third place in the first Super-G of the new World Cup season. The 23-year-old from Vorarlberg only had to admit defeat in Beaver Creek to the two speed stars Marco Odermatt from Switzerland and his French rival Cyprien Sarrazin (+0.18 seconds). It was a premiere for Feurstein and the Austrian ski men in the fifth race of this World Cup winter.