S, Alexis Pinturault the main candidate for the first post-Hirscher Cup: "Now I enjoy this victory"

The second triumph over the Rettenbach, in the opening of the World Cup in Soelden, is very sweet for the lighthouse of the French national team.

Sunday 27 October 2019 4 minutes reading time

Alexis Pinturault dominated the opening giant of the 2019/2020 season, signing with Mathieu Faivre the ninth transalpine double in a giant of the maximum circuit (including three triplets). Before the nightmare Hirscher fell on him, the Savoyard was considered the "predestined", the one who should have dominated the World Cup for many years; it can be said that, with this first (and very convincing) seasonal success, the 28-year-old from Courchevel is the main candidate to inherit the throne left vacant by the Salzburg ace, even though the longest season ever hides a thousand pitfalls and above all we expect a Henrik Kristoffersen unleashed in slalom ... "My goal is clearly that, but now I think about enjoying this victory - said Pinturault in the post-race - clearly without Marcel it's different, but the season is long and there are so many opponents. Today is only the first race, but I'm still happy with the performance and obviously the result. " Alexis has obtained, with today's one, the 24th Hurrian in World Cup races, thus hooking up a legend like Gustav Thoeni, surpassed however in the number of giants won (12 compared to 11 of the champion of Trafoi). On the eve, according to what emerged from home France, there was little doubt about the great condition of "Pintu", many more instead for a Mathieu Faivre returning from a couple of very complicated seasons; the boy from Isola 2000, on the other hand, invented a great race and, obviously waiting for the trial in a little over a month in Beaver Creek, he seems literally reborn. "It's nice to get back on the podium - explained the 27-year-old Frenchman after the battle on the Rettenbach - It was not an easy race, especially with the difficulties of visibility on the wall in the second, but it went well and a double as a national arrived ". And to think that Mathieu, after breaking the engagement with Mikaela Shiffrin, announced a couple of weeks ago by the American champion, had been stopped for several weeks due to a problem with the L4 vertebra accused after the first summer training sessions.

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