Alpine skiing - Brignone upsets favourites to win giant slalom in Lienz

FILE PHOTO - Alpine Skiing - Women's Alpine Skiing World Cup Super G - Val d´Isere, France - December 17, 2017 Italy's Federica Brignone in action during the Women's Super G REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

LIENZ, Austria (Reuters) - Italian Federica Brignone upset favourites Mikaela Shiffrin and Viktoria Rebensburg to win the women's giant slalom World Cup race at Lienz on Friday.

Rebensburg led after the first run with Shiffrin second while Brignone was fourth but the 27-year-old overhauled both on the second leg to win by 0.04 seconds from Rebensburg and claim the sixth World Cup win of her career.