Pinturault doesn't want to have any regrets: "I lost the cup in my best winter, but I'll try again"

A chat between the Courchevel champion and Paolo De Chiesa in Colmar's live social network, after a season that saw the Frenchman touch his great goal. And on Hirscher he said that ...

Thursday 30 April 2020 5 minutes reading time

Alexis Pinturault wants no regrets, even if the 2019/2020 World Cup final can only have left a bit of bitterness for the main candidate (together with Henrik Kristoffersen) to inherit the throne left vacant by Marcel Hirscher after eight years domain. 6 wins were not enough, his personal record for a total that already has 29 hits without the joy of an absolute crystal ball, to bend Aleksander Aamodt Kilde who preceded him by only 54 points, with the cancellation of the week- end of technical races in Kranjska Gora clearly very heavy in the final race. In Colmar's third appointment with the interviews of Paolo De Chiesa, the transalpine ace spoke first of all about the situation linked to the pandemic, he who in recent weeks had stated that, probably, the symptoms of Covid-19 had made themselves felt on his body season already ended. “It is not an easy situation for anyone to accept, but an athlete like me must remain active and keep the focus on the future. I think the summer on skis is complicated, you need a different plan from your habits but, at the same time, I think that even if you give up your trip to Argentina you can have a good training session on alpine glaciers, clearly being careful to observe all the measures we will find to face ". De Chiesa, as he had already had occasion to reiterate during a broadcast hosted by NEVEITALIA, underlined how in his opinion Alexis would have won the cup if the Kranjska Gora races had been played, but the interested party admitted that "despite being disappointed for not having had the chance to play it again, I understood and accepted the situation because nothing different could be done ". Alexis who had ups and downs between slalom and giant, already in the beginning of the season from the victory of Soelden to the debacle of Beaver Creek between the wide doors, or from the "0" of Levi to the victory in Val d''Isère. “It's true, but I think it's part of the game and at these levels it is very difficult to always adapt to different conditions and make the most of it. For example, Levi's slalom is perhaps the simplest, but for this reason it is very complicated to go fast ". The question about the eternal rival Marcel Hirscher, which Pinturault called during the interview (he had already expressed himself on other occasions on the subject) "the greatest skier ever in an absolute sense", and how much the his absence has changed something in the balance of the white circus: “Something can vary in certain environments at the waiting level, as in the Austrian races, and maybe it can affect some athletes, but I think that many protagonists have emerged during the winter. It is clear, we are talking about an era that ended as in the days of Stenmark, Tomba and Maier, personally I think I have behaved well and as victories I have signed my best winter. It wasn't enough for the cup, but I'll try again. "

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