3rd January 2011 at 04:43PM

After a late arrival last night and over 600 kms of driving, Roy Steudle held off the italians challengers to claim an overall victory in today's BARSC GS, putting a smile back on the face of the guy who won back-to-back Super-G titles as a child in this race series.

Roy was however not the only one to claim a podium spot today as the Ambition Racing boys and girls nailed the short GS sprint here in Champoluc -

Violet Miller claimed the girls Junior 1 title while Barney Lewis bagged his first podium of the season (3rd) demonstrating the leaps forward he has made in GS since the summer. Alex Buchanan showed what is possible when she races well, claiming 2nd spot of the Junior 1 girls podium and in the Junior 2 category, Pocock sisters Ellie and Emily claimed 2nd and 3rd spots respectively.

Kieran Norris, while not on the podium today, looked like a different skier to pre-christmas with some brilliant turns on the first run in particular.

Not a bad start from the guys, they know they can all do better and will be looking to do so in tomorrow's slalom race.