Absurd conditions in Garmisch: Kristoffersen makes a gap with the No. 1, Azzurri in difficulty (apart from Sala)

The slalom on the Gudiberg was conditioned to say the least by rotten snow: Strasser was second at 7 tenths, Noel third, then huge gaps with Braathen out and the Monza from the top ten, while Razzoli and Vinatzer got on the pitch.

Wednesday 4 January 2023 4 minutes reading time

A first run of the 2023 opening slalom in absurd conditions, even worse than expected and even of the "twin" women's race in Zagreb and with furious, and at the same time disconsolate, athletes at the finish line. In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where the decisive descent will take place from 18.45, "sees" the first victory of the season, and therefore with the new Van Deer brand, a Henrik Kristoffersen who makes perfect use of last night's draw, in which he a bib number 1 arrived as a gift today really very important. The Norwegian, in great shape and already a whisker away from his triumph in Campiglio, he who has already won twice on the Gudiberg last February, really makes a vacuum and also takes advantage of Lucas Braathen's mistake who, starting from second, commits the fatal error at the entrance to the final floor, failing to take the triple in reverse and thus ending up disqualified, for the first "zero" of the season which will probably cost the red bib. In second place, despite a very tough week due to the flu, is the landlord Linus Strasser, who in any case already pays 71 cents from HK94, just as he takes advantage of the good number (4) Clément Noel to try to get up with the first podium of the year, given that the Olympic champion is now third with 93 hundredths of a delay and a good lead over the others. Manuel Feller is fourth at 1"33, the Swiss couple formed by Yule and Meillard with the fifth ex-aequo time trial at 1"50, Haugan is very good with bib 17 to finish 7th at 1"87, two hundredths ahead of his compatriot Foss- Solevaag, with Gstrein 9th at 2”00 and finally some blue. In Italy only Tommaso Sala was saved, tenth at 2"10 starting 13th and playing a solid race, while Garmisch is bitter for Razzoli, who had done well here in 2022, and again for Vinatzer, in his third fork in the series. (updating)

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