Kristoffersen and a crazy comeback: "It was a roller coaster". Aamodt crowns him: "If it goes so goes for the Cup"

The Norwegian, after the mistake in the final of the 1st round, in Val d'IsÃ¨re went up from 27th to 4th place, 4 cents from second place and saving the red bib and "containing" Pinturault.

Monday 16 December 2019 4 minutes reading time

Of course, he didn't win. Indeed, let's also say that after the release of ClÃ©ment Noel, he literally threw the chance to play comfortably the success in a duel with Alexis Pinturault, leaving practically 3 seconds on the plate in the clamorous mistake made a few doors from the end of a first round that he would probably have seen, just in front of the Savoyard then triumphant on the "Face de Bellevarde". It is also true that yesterday, in the second seasonal slalom in Val d''IsÃ¨re, Henrik Kristoffersen proved to have a speed with few equals in this discipline, after gaining heavy points in the Beaver Creek giant finished in 2nd place ( with Pinturault only 17 Â°). From the 27th place (qualified for a tenth) to the fourth final, a furious comeback that, among other things, for only 4 cents he didn't even get on the second step of the podium, a result that would have been worth the overall leadership of the World Cup, now led by the French rival with 21 points on the same HK94. Best time in the 2nd round with 1 "12 on the first pursuer, compatriot Sebastian Foss-Solevaag (with Pinturault great third starting for thirtieth), but this is not so much the impression that impresses, as the quality of skiing seen for 45 seconds in the first run. Of course, Kristoffersen has already made a couple of major mistakes in view of the general World Cup, "piercing" the 2nd round of Soelden (where he finished 18th) and leaving other points on the road yesterday, but it cannot be said that the 25-year-old Norwegian is not ready for the fight with Pinturault and all the other candidates for a crystal ball that has never been so open. "It was like on a roller coaster - Henrik said in the post race - Everything was going well in the first race, I was surprised and I thought my race was over. In the end, the fourth place is not a waste to be thrown away, I take away good feelings ". And the red bib leader of the specialty, strengthened with 25 points of margin on Myhrer, given that Noel (2nd to Levi) came out blatantly in the 1st round. He spent important words for a famous compatriot of the world championship; Kjetil AndrÃ¨ Aamodt, commentator for NRK, pointed out that "Henrik's comeback was exciting, we saw what he is capable of in terms of quality. If you ski like this, for the World Cup it can become the reference ".

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