Stephanie Holmen: "Peder told me to go outside my comfort zone..."

Yesterday Sweden's Stephanie Holmen ensured being a surprise of the year winning the worldcup competition in Zürich. “Peder told me to go outside my comfort zone, to be faster than I’m used to, and to take the turns tighter, especially the inside turn after the white vertical." Holmen said.

"I watched him competing her for many years and I never thought she’d jump with me like she did with him, but he believed in us. This was like the perfect jump-off round, and I think it was Sparrow’s gift to me because it was my birthday yesterday!” she concluded.

“At first I thought for sure they are going to beat me and the longer it went on it was harder and harder, this was the worst part of my day! With only two riders left I was so happy to be in the top three, and when there was only the last rider (Belgium’s Jerome Guery) who I know is really fast I was thinking how so many times at home in Sweden I have been in the lead and the last rider has been faster. This is just too good to be true!” Holmén added.