Kristoffersen equals Raich and smiles again: "And yet after those mistakes ..."

Kristoffersen eguaglia Raich e torna a sorridere: 'Eppure dopo quegli errori...'
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Kristoffersen equals Raich and smiles again: "And yet after those mistakes ..."

Fourth pearl on the Planai for the World Cup leader who earns on Pinturault and everyone else: "It's crazy to win like this ...".

It is his night, from every point of view and for some time now. Here he won his first World Cup race in 2014, at just 19 years old, and here he found the poker hit in the most anticipated slalom of the year, equaling Benni Raich's record. Schladming and Planai are once again by Henrik Kristoffersen, despite the circus numbers starting the second round that seemed to have ruined everything; but the Norwegian started again like a fury, reassembled Pinturault and then waited for Schwarz's mistake to parterre to toast the success n ° 21 in the World Cup, 17th in slalom and third season, more than a month after the '' last in the giant on the Gran Risa. Above all, HK94 still earns in the general classification, where he leads with 119 points on Alexis Pinturault (who at least today has limited the damage to the big one), and in that of slalom with a +57 on Yule, tonight third. "With the mistakes made, it is a bit crazy to have won this race - the 25-year-old Scandinavian told NRK - Evidently from the wall to the end, it was an excellent heat and it was enough to bring home a slalom to which I always keep particularly. I pushed without thinking too much, even more in the second than in the first heat: I am happy, without making too many calculations for the cup ... ".
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