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The transalpine has caught the best result in Beaver Creek, for the past five years, in the specialty. And already think about blowing up the bank on Sunday ...
Saturday 7 December 2019 4 minutes reading time
The extra specialties. Those that Alexis Pinturault can put on the scales, in the fight against the crystal ball that sees him opposed to Henrik Kristoffersen, but who knows also Marco Odermatt or sprinters who are collecting heavy points, see Paris and Mayer in the first place.
Super-g and combined can give a hand to the transalpine, confirmation came from the fourth place obtained in the speed test staged in Beaver Creek, to open a weekend that the Savoyard, after resting today downhill, will close on Sunday aiming at the encore in giant after the triumph of Soelden.
Levi's unladen step has been put aside, with 50 decidedly heavy points brought home on the "Birds of Prey", a track that Alexis loves particularly since here, two years ago, he finished 5th super-g and, the December 6, 2014, also went up on the third step of the podium in the same specialty; Friday's result is the best in speed right from that day, for a Pinturault who in super-g has already won once in his career, at the Cup finals in Lenzerheide in March 2014.
"It is my best result for a long time in this discipline, I can only be happy - the 28-year-old from Courchevel explained to his Ski Chrono colleagues - The Birds of Prey is a track never taken for granted, on which you have to take so many risks in high to make time. I did quite well, but now the focus is on the giant ".
A race, on Sunday, in which Pinturault will return to challenge a Kristoffersen winner from the Levi slalom, with the desire to return immediately to the podium even among the wide doors after the "hole" in Soelden (18th). The Norwegian has been training in Aspen for the last few days, dedicating himself almost entirely to the giant, but previously he had also performed a couple of speed sessions.
Henrik's goal is to participate in the combined (Bormio is still in doubt), given that they are combined with the super-gs except Wengen, to counter the direct rival at least on that ground. The accounts, between France and Norway, are already making themselves ...
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Giant slalom Male Beaver Creek (USA)
FORD Tommy
KRISTOFFERSEN Henrik
NESTVOLD-HAUGEN Leif Kristian
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Sunday 8 December 2019
men's world cup
Sunday 8 December 2019
men's world cup
Sunday 8 December 2019
men's world cup
Sunday 8 December 2019
men's world cup
Sunday 8 December 2019
men's world cup
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