The Kurier, one of Austria’s leading newspapers, quoted the past world class Downhill racer (1988 2nd on the Saslong) and now TV commentator Armin Assinger: “To cancel a race in spite of such a beautiful winter scenery is unpopular,” Assinger says, “but on the other hand it shows the functionaries have a backbone.” Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport points out that the situation was critical right from the start: “The organizers were already forced to lower the starting point right from the beginning.”

Associated Press quotes Bode Miller: “I think it was the right call. If wind hits you on the camel jumps that's a career-ending injury.” The leader, Johan Clarey from France was of course anything but happy about the cancellation:  “The conditions were changeable but not dangerous, we've competed in races where the risks were greater. I'm annoyed.” The Swiss Neue Züricher Zeitung speculates about the two leading racers: “If the ranking would have remained the same until the end of the race, it would have been the first French double victory in a World Cup Downhill in the last 41 years.”