Classic farewell for Giraud-Moine: the fall of Bormio costs the Frenchman a problem in his left knee

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Today the decisive examination in Albertville: an injury to the vastus medialis was found, already involved in the terrible accident of 2017. Problem less serious than expected for Nils Allegre.

Friday 1 January 2021 3 minutes reading time

He was back there, close to the best, with a meaningful 14th place in the Val d''Isère descent, but now Valentin Giraud-Moine will have to stop again for a few weeks, with the risk that his season is over. Fortunately, the fall in the Bormio descent did not cost damage to the cruciate of the left knee for the transalpine sprinter, but in the specialist visit carried out this morning in Albertville, a lesion was detected at the distal insertion of the vastus medialis, already affected in the dramatic incident of 2017, when the 28-year-old from Orcières-Merlette seemed to have ended his career. As the French federation communicated, a new visit will be needed in the coming days to establish exactly the recovery times, but the January classics are now excluded, as well as a possible call-up for the world championships in Cortina at this point. Stelvio had already been severe in France with Nils Alphand, who crashed during the second round and was forced to the pits for at least 2-3 weeks due to a problem in his right knee, while good news came from today's visit to which he was also subjected Nils Allegre, whose right ankle needs a few days of rest before a re-evaluation, but with the hope of making it to the two descents of 15-16 January in Wengen.

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