Shiffrin wins career-first alpine combined, Stuhec takes title

In the last alpine combined and World Cup race in Europe for the ladies' tour, American Mikaela Shiffrin attacked from bib 31 to take her career-first victory in the discipline at Crans-Montana, Switzerland. Slovenian Ilka Stuhec, meanwhile, claimed the discipline crystal globe (to be award in Aspen at Finals) with a third-place finish on the day. Italian Federica Brignone surprised the crowd and herself when she nearly crashed in the super-G and then skied another impressive slalom run to take second place.

“I was really psyched with my super-G this morning. I took a really big step forward from yesterday, and I was happy with that. Of course, the slalom was great. I mean, I made a little mistake at the top, but I was attacking, so I don’t think it cost too much. I’m happy to go into the U.S. races with the overall lead," said Shiffrin.

The crystal globe in alpine combined is the first of Stuhec's career.

"I can’t believe it really because it’s something I’ve always dreamed of and now that it’s here it’s just, woah," Stuhec said.

Brignone won the first of two alpine combined races in Crans-Montana with a blistering slalom leg. She nearly repeated her performance on Sunday.

"That slalom gave me a really a good confidence, but I wanted to do it more and again today because it was not easy," Brignone said. "The slalom is really tough and yeah, I wanted to do it again. I’m really happy."

The ladies tour made a hasty departure from Crans-Montana as the group now heads to PyeongChang, South Korea, for the Olympic test event World Cup speed races.