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Asked by Ski Chrono, the male head of transalpine skiing hopes for a necessary change due to Covid-19. And it heralds the continuation of Julien Lizeroux's career ...
Thursday 16 April 2020 5 minutes reading time
He says he is very worried also in view of the next season, for a world of skiing that will also have to live with the Coronavirus emergency, despite having so far lost much less than in other sports.
David Chastan, in a nice interview on the portal of reference of the French ski, Ski Chrono, analyzed the situation and addressed various issues also related to his male squadron that he has been managing for years as technical director. First argument? The current way of working with technicians and managers in this quarantine period: “Videoconferencing and telephone, let's say that so far I have been able to take stock of the situation without problems and, as a good soldier, I respect everything that the government he imposed because the situation is critical in France too ".
Will the preparation of the teams also be conditioned in the summer? Chastan explains: “We have a plan A, a plan B and even a plan C if necessary. Usually, internships in the southern hemisphere between Argentina and Chile represent 70% of our preparation; they are in contact with those areas and are already confined, having some cases of Covid-19, but they don't know how the virus will react with the arrival of winter. Of course, I won't take any risk for my teams, so plan A is to stay and train on European glaciers and ski-domes. We have already booked between Switzerland, Italy and France, but we will have to see if it will be possible to meet according to the various regulations ".
The future of competition and the World Cup in particular? Here is how the French coach sees it: “I am very worried about the next season and I think it may be necessary to think of a circuit with fewer races and fewer trips. You have to try to survive. "
Chastan has also revealed the real possibility that Julien Lizeroux (41 years on September 5!) Will continue his incredible career for another year: “I have to talk to him, but he would not want to end with everything that happened in the season finale and races canceled. Even though he is no longer in the top 30, there would be no problem continuing with the national team (who lost Robin Buffet, a specialist who announced his retirement a few days ago). Grange? He recovered well after his knee injury, had an excellent season and is in shape, even if the youngsters fly in the slalom ".
Finally, the Pinturault theme, which touched the World Cup with a private team that has been following it for some time ("it works and Alexis has the head to manage all this with a technician like Fabien Munier"), and the speed team that level of completeness was one of the best ever. “We have 6 athletes in the top 30 and a Johan Clarey who is a reference for young people. And we await the return of Adrien Theaux ”.
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