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The second slalom on the "Verte" brings back the Norwegian, who precedes Pinturault, Schwarz (ever closer to the specialty cup with Noel's error) and super Aerni. The Fassano in the top ten, but also Vinatzer is just over the second behind.
Sunday 31 January 2021 5 minutes reading time
Finally a round from Henrik Kristoffersen, on a track (British design) perfect for its characteristics, with a lot of curve and on a "Verte des Houches" in finally decent conditions, after yesterday's battle that had seen a champion in crisis come out already at the second door due to forked.
The first run of the slalom bis in Chamonix therefore sees the Norwegian return to the front, as never before this season (the only victory in Campiglio came in comeback from the twelfth position), and at 12.30 he will go in search of a success that would be a formidable tonic thinking about Cortina.
Who will arrive at the World Cup in great shape and total confidence, with the absolute crystal ball ever closer, is Alexis Pinturault: the leader of the general puts down a perfect heat and closes at 23 cents from one of the great rivals of his career, while it is really one step away from the Marco Schwarz slalom cup. The Carinthian is third with 44 hundredths of a delay and has seen Clément Noel make a mistake, for the umpteenth time this season and just 24 hours after breaking free with the first victory of the 2020/21 vintage, with the Frenchman 2 ”77 away and not qualified for the 2nd heat.
Behind the first three, with the track that this time gave the possibility to play with higher bibs, here is the confirmation of an amazing Luca Aerni, yesterday 4th in super comeback and today in the same position at mid-race, starting for twentieth and only 53 cents from the top, 5 less than Fabio Gstrein (who was also good at the young Austrian) and with Albert Popov, reborn in Schladming, splendid 6th at + 0 ”68; Strasser returns to good levels and is 7th at + 0 ”82, with two cents on Jakobsen (8th with number 22) and 4 on Stefano Gross, the best blue with an excellent ninth time, at 86 cents starting with 28.
Foss-Solevaag is the only one who can still postpone Schwarz's party together with Zenhaeusern, who follows the Norwegian with a lead of 98 cents from Kristoffersen in eleventh place.
If Feller, 12th at 1 ”01, still has to regain confidence after the mistakes of the last three races and today it was less ...“ Crazy Manu ”, here is again a good Alex Vinatzer. Although starting with 17 (first time out of 15), the Val Gardena put together a quality heat, with a great final stretch and a position close to the top ten, at 1 ”05 and with the chance to recover also from a podium point of view.
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KRISTOFFERSEN Henrik
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