Rebensburg leads Germans at WCup GS; Vonn 18th

SOELDEN, Austria (AP) — Olympic champion Viktoria Rebensburg led a German 1-2 finish Saturday at the season-opening World Cup giant slalom, while defending overall champion Lindsey Vonn was 18th.

Rebensburg finished in a combined time of 2 minutes, 26.39 seconds on the Rettenbach glacier to beat giant slalom world champion Kathrin Hoelzl. Manuela Moelgg of Italy was third.

Maria Riesch, who shared second with Rebensburg after the opening run, was fifth. Julia Mancuso of the United States was 12th.

Because of relatively high temperatures, conditions on the usually icy glacier were bumpy.

Vonn nearly lost balance in a left turn after 30 seconds in her opening run …