Kristoffersen in crisis? Macch, he already cancels Soelden ("it wasn't my track") and prepares the ransom for Levi

The 18th place obtained in the seasonal opening was certainly a disappointing result for one of the great favorites at the World Cup.

Monday 4 November 2019 4 minutes reading time

Clearly much more was expected from Henrik Kristoffersen, in the giant of Soelden who saw the Norwegian get very few points after an uphill race since the first run and conditioned by a serious mistake in the second, but the world champion of the specialty explained clearly that, the one on the Rettenbach, just could not have been his day. "In Soelden there were no ideal conditions for my characteristics - Kristoffersen explained to the Norwegian media - I had never achieved great results in the past (8th in 2016, the best finish, ed), also because it is basically about a slope half on the steep and otherwise flat, where I have to improve again. Moreover, the snow was not salty, a situation in which I could have limited the damage, but we found an aggressive mantle that saw me use the edge too much â€. Henrik, however, said he was not worried about Pinturault's first seasonal "mini getaway": "I certainly don't think about comparing points at this time of the season, also because if you win many races you know you're fighting for the cup. And this is my goal ". There are those who say that the 25-year-old Norwegian paid Hirscher's absence, for him a real reference for many years and from various points of view, having also imitated his training systems; Luca De Aliprandini himself confessed to Skipass that, in his opinion, Kristoffersen found himself lost without the great rival on the track, but only the next races will tell us when we will see the real HK94 again. Starting from the Levi slalom, scheduled for Sunday 24 November, where the winner of the 2016 slalom crystal ball has always done very well; in fact, on the "Levi Black" came his first podium in the World Cup, on 17 November 2013 with a 3rd place (and a year earlier, only 18, he finished 11th), the second career victory burning Hirscher in the 2014 edition, before the forced absence in 2015 (the race was not disputed due to lack of snow) and that of 12 months later, when Kristoffersen chose not to compete in full chaos for the dispute with the federation linked to the Red Bull brand. Finally, two second places in 2017, beaten by Neureuther, and in the fantastic duel a year ago when it bent for only 9 cents to King Hirscher.

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