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The French federation has formalized the support, already in part last season, of an expert technician like Fabien Munier to personally follow the Savoyard
Monday 20 May 2019 5 minutes reading time
Alexis Pinturault wants to try again, once again, for the assault on that general World Cup he dreams of, since he arrived in the top circuit he was indicated by all the experts as a genuine predestined for the conquest of the crystal ball , even more than he who later became his "black beast" (which Alexis often beat at youth level), or Marcel Hirscher.
The 28-year-old from Courchevel does not want to leave any stone unturned and, after having developed the experience of living in Austria already during the past season, practically throughout the autumn and winter period in order to train better both on skis in Reiteralm, often in the company of great rivals Hirscher and Kristoffersen, both athletically at the Red Bull center in Salzburg, for the 2019/2020 vintage he will add another piece to what has become something of a private team, even if the Savoyard sample is not like to define it this way.
The SBB will dedicate to the world champion a coach who has been following Alexis for years, until last winter was responsible for the transalpine giant slalom, that Fabien Munier who will have the objective, according to the federal note, “to monitor the athlete in a multidisciplinary competition program ", all under the responsibility of the director of the men's teams of the Equipe de France, or David Chastan. As for the rest of the staff, from fisio to skiman, assistant coach and press officer, Pinturault himself will have to manage the situation financially.
The more than positive experience of the last season, which saw the French multipurpose return to great levels in slalom and, in addition to the combined world title (with bronze in giant), go up above all on the second step of the podium in the general of World Cup after 2 years of abstinence (which had followed three consecutive third places, from 2014 to 2016), convinced federsci and athlete that the road was the right one, with the continuous support of his wife Romane who acts as communication manager for Alexis and constantly follows him in the movements between Annecy and Altenmarkt, where the Pinturault couple took home for the key period of the season.
Without the commitment of a "big event" in the month of February, the goal is to aim 100% on the Cup, widening the horizons again to versatility: it is likely that Alexis again points to play some super -g in more, often also training in parallel where they will dance heavy points in the possible, new great challenge to King Hirscher.
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