Victor Muffat-Jeandet's quarantine: "A lot of bikes on Zwift and I learned German"

Interviewed by Paolo De Chiesa on Colmar's social channels, the 31-year-old from Val d''Isère expressed himself between the past season and a future full of unknowns also for the world of skiing.

Monday 4 May 2020 6 minutes reading time

Victor Muffat-Jeandet is back from a year that saw him take two podiums in the World Cup, with a double third in giant at Adelboden and in the Alpine combined race of Wengen, just the race that a year before 'he had seen his first and so far only victory in the top circuit. The French multi-talented told himself in the usual appointment on Colmar's instagram profile, edited by Paolo De Chiesa, admitting that he spent 50 days of quarantine managing to manage “a period that is not easy, but also useful for opening up to new possibilities. For example, I am studying German and to train, in addition to gym equipment, I use the Zwift platform to work on the bike ". Accustomed for years to carrying out the summer preparation period in Ushuai, Muffat-Jeandet is aware that “it will be very difficult for anyone to face the trip to South America and a plan is being planned to train on European glaciers. For us there may be the possibility of doing it in June in Val d''Isère, but the main problem (also raised by compatriot Johan Clarey and other colleagues after having confirmed that Austria will train on the snow already this week , ed) is the different situation due to the different government provisions, which will see some athletes train more or less than others ". With regard to the 2019/20 season, the transalpine player assigns a mark close to 7: “I had difficulties at the beginning, then very good races especially in the giant, where I found a certain level. Usually I go strong at the end of the season, but clearly we have lost many races. " And on the fight for the general World Cup which saw his teammate Pinturault give in for only 54 points ... "Kilde was the author of an incredible season, although after the super-g error in Hinterstoder I thought that Alexis could do it. Many races were missed in the final, but it would not have been easy for Alexis also because he left many points in the slalom making some mistakes ". The VMJ model? “It is Luc Alphand, the last Frenchman to win the general. I grew up with his videos, books, and I still keep his autograph. " On the question that De Chiesa has asked his interlocutors in recent weeks, or the "title" of best skier of all time, Muffat-Jeandet also chooses "Marcel Hirscher, because if the comparisons between various eras are still difficult, what he has done he is something incredible for performance and continuity ". Finally, the final game on the characteristics to be combined with a champion of the present or the past: for its elegance, the Frenchman chose Mikaela Shiffrin, while his colleague Zan Kranjec wins the prize for technique and Mathieu Faivre the prize for sensitivity. Mentality? Henrik Kristoffersen, for fair play the choice falls on Marcel Hirscher, for aggression on Hermann Maier. Alexis Pinturault's instincts and the power of Kilde and Paris complete the picture, while Victor does not choose any colleague for antipathy, “considering that fortunately I have a good relationship with everyone, but I can say that it is more difficult to communicate with Austrian sprinters or with some German or Swiss athletes, mostly because of affinity ".

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