Five World Cup wins in a row for Bankes with Veysonnaz victory
Charlotte Bankes won her fifth World Cup title in a row with victory in the women's snowboard cross in Veysonnaz. Bankes survived a scare in the final as she landed on Australian Josie Baff's board midway through the race, before fighting back to take the win. Ad In the men's race, Martin Noerl of Germany kept his bid for the Crystal Globe alive with the victory as Spain's Alvaro Romero claimed a first World Cup podium.


