Franz secures first win of career as Miller misses out
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Austria&#39;s Werner Franz finally collected the maiden World Cup downhill victory of his career Saturday, becoming the first man to beat Bode Miller in the discipline this season.
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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - Overall World Cup leader  Bode Miller blew his bid for a fifth win in six races when he  fell in the first leg of a giant slalom Saturday.
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Bode Miller put his go-for-broke style temporarily in check yesterday and won a World Cup giant slalom for the second time this season.
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In the overall standings the 27-year-old Miller, in outstanding form this season, has a 391 point lead over defending champion Hermann Maier of Austria.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy  - Steve Nyman collected his first Alpine ski World Cup race victory on Saturday, upstaging compatriot Bode Miller in the Val Gardena downhill.
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Max Rauffer became the first German man in 12 years to win an Alpine ski World Cup race when he beat the favorites in a wind-affected downhill on Saturday.
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World Cup leader Bode Miller won a slalom Monday to join Marc Girardelli as the only men to win races in all four disciplines in a season.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy  - Max Rauffer became the first  German man in nearly 13 years to win an Alpine ski World Cup  race when he beat the favorites in a wind-affected downhill on  Saturday.
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Bode Miller won for the fourth time this season Friday and Daron Rahlves was second -- the first 1-2 finish for US men in a World Cup downhill.
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Bode Miller won the grueling Stelvio downhill Saturday in Bormio, Italy, for his first World Cup victory since breaking away from the United States ski team.
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Lindsey Kildow whooshed a long sigh of relief after earning her first major championship medal. Bode Miller shrugged after finishing 24th and losing his super-G title, then fled the scene.
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Bode Miller narrowly avoids a high-speed collision with a course worker on route to his first World Cup downhill victory in two years
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American Bode Miller takes the opening World Cup downhill race of the season on Saturday, his first World Cup downhill victory of his career.
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Bode Miller from the United States clears a gate during the men&#39;s ski World Cup giant slalom race, on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004, in Soelden, Austria.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta - World Cup leader Bode Miller gave up one-hundredth of a second through the first interval Saturday and then stormed through a two-mile downhill course to win by nearly a full second.
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VAL D&#39;ISERE, France (Ticker) -- Blood, sweat and tears finally paid off for Austrian veteran Werner Franz, who on Saturday collected the very first World Cup downhill win of his 14-year career.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy (CP) - Germany&#39;s Max Rauffer captured a downhill in strong wind Saturday for his first World Cup victory as most of the pre-race favourites struggled.