Austria's Andreas Schifferer collected his third World Cup downhill victory of the season in Wengen, Switzerland on Saturday, putting an end to his team-mate Hermann Maier's winning streak.

Schifferer blasted down the sun-drenched Lauberhorn course in 2 minutes 28.32 sec to give Austria its 100th men's World Cup victory.

Austria's Hermann Maier came in third in 2:29.65

For the second day in a row, it was a French skier who prevented an Austrian sweep, with Jean-Luc Cretier gaining second in 2:29.29, ahead of Maier, who finished third in 2:29.65.

Austria's men have swept the podium in three races this season and have had at least two men on the podium in 14 of the season's 21 races.

The victory marks the third time in a row Schifferer has won the second race of a double downhill.

The Austrian also won the second of two downhills in Beaver Creek, Colorado at the start of the season and more recently the second of two downhills in Bormio, Italy.

His three downhill wins have given him the lead in the World Cup downhill standings, with 462 points, followed by Maier with 419. Eberharter sits third with 262.

It was Schifferer's fourth career victory, with the 23-year-old winning in a Super-G in Vail, Colorado last season.

While Maier failed to win a sixth straight World Cup race, he managed to collect his 14th podium finish in 17 races.

Austria's Hannes Trinkl was fourth in 2:29.80, followed by team-mates Stephan Eberharter, fifth in 2:29.88 and Hans Knauss, sixth in 2:30.10.

Top 10 results

• 1 Andreas Schifferer, Austria 2:28.32.
• 2 Jean-Luc Cretier, France 2:29.29.
• 3 Hermann Maier, Austria 2:29.65.
• 4 Hannes Trinkl, Austria 2:29.80.
• 5 Stephan Eberharter, Austria 2:29.88.
• 6 Hans Knauss, Austria 2:30.10.
• 7 Kristian Ghedina, Italy 2:30.15.
• 8 Kjetil-Andre Aamodt, Norway 2:30.16.
• 9 Ed Podivinsky, Canada 2:30.37.
• 10 Werner Franz, Austria 2:30.44.

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