There was something in Giovanni Franzoni’s face that Kitzbühel rarely allows: a moment without a pose, without PR gloss, without staging. And yet everyone saw him. In all the noise he sat there, wiping the tears from his eyes: Giovanni Franzoni, 24, from Italy, the second descent of his life on the Streif – and his first victory. After the freestyle, namely being the fastest to conquer this legendary slope, the duties were on the agenda. Interviews, hugs, handshakes, kisses on the left, analysis on the right. Franzoni threw himself into the fray. Kitzbühel is not a normal race. Kitzbühel is a battle, on and off the slopes.
