Giant of the Finals: Odermatt leads despite a mistake, but Braathen is still close

In Méribel a first heat that sees Kristoffersen and Feller make mistakes on a very complicated snow, the Swiss has two tenths on the Norwegian while De Aliprandini pays over a second and a half and sees the podium far away.

Saturday 19 March 2022 3 minutes reading time

Marco Odermatt who returns in front of everyone, with the goal of the seasonal five in giant, for a final race on the "Roc de Fer" of Méribel which will be decided from 12.00 with the start of the 2nd heat. The first saw the winner of the World Cup take the lead despite a mistake made on the first bump, costing at least 3 tenths, but managing (with the bib number 1, today certainly an advantage) well the dosage of edge grip on a snow so salty. Lucas Braathen did the same, paying half a second on the final, but signing a 2nd time of great quality, just 20 cents from the Nidvaldese. There is a lot of Switzerland up there, with Justin Murisier (who started with 2) third at half a second, Loic Meillard (who instead had 4) fourth at + 0 "55 and many athletes close to the podium fight, from Brennsteiner 5th to + 0 "65 to Pinturault (+ 0" 68) up to Gino Caviezel (+ 0 "75) and Alexander Schmid, eighth with 89 hundredths of a delay. Luca De Aliprandini had started well, 8 hundredths from Odermatt up to the middle of the track, then an excessive inclination took away his confidence, rolling up to 1 "54 behind for the partial 14th place: the Trentino would need the podium to try to overtake Manuel Feller in third place in the specialty classification, a situation that had become possible after the mistake of the Tyrolean who finished this first heat at 2 ”12. Error that has definitively cut out Henrik Kristoffersen (who will still be 2nd in the discipline cup), winner of the two giants of Kranjska Gora. (updating)

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