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The winner of the crystal ball returned from vacation and met with the media, talking about the "new cup", the possibility of racing downhill and its recovery. "I'll be back on skis in mid-August".
Tuesday 18 May 2021 4 minutes reading time
Alexis Pinturault also skied in April, taking advantage of the excellent spring conditions found on the slopes of his Courchevel.
A bit of vacation and, last weekend, the return home to begin the preparation for the season that will lead the 30-year-old transalpine champion to the double goal of the first Olympic gold and the possible encore in the World Cup. "Next Monday I will get serious again, in the meantime I will dedicate myself to a couple of hours on the bike a day to have a good base - explained Alexis in a meeting with the media, as reported by Ski Chrono - Around mid-August I will be back on skis, but again this year we should not go to Ushuaia, where the health situation has not improved much (in Italy, however, we still hope to be able to travel to Argentina).
We will go back and forth on our glaciers and that's okay ”.
Pinturault spoke in detail about the situation linked to the new calendar that could change the cards on the table, given that potential rivals for the "coppone", primarily Odermatt and Kilde, will have a greater number of races available in the specialties that suit him. “From a numerical point of view, I do not hide that I feel a little annoyed, since parity exists up to a certain point. Let me explain: versatile athletes who compete from speed to giant, will be more advantaged than specialists in technical disciplines such as myself (with 26 overall races against 18 for those who only compete in slalom and giant, even if in the case of the Frenchman he can collect points also good in super-g).
I also think that, as happens for biathlon, we should insert the discard system, removing the two worst results since a downhill skier has much less chance of getting out than a slalom runner ”.
A calendar that will bring the native of Courchevel to revise his programming? In part ... yes. “The giant has been removed from Beaver Creek, but I will go there anyway because there will be two super-gs (in addition to the classic descent on the Birds of Prey) and it is perhaps the most suitable track for my characteristics in that discipline. The downhill? We will think about it, but it is still very early to decide in this sense ”.
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