Marco Odermatt skier wins first giant slalom of season, Alexis Pinturault 5e

Switzerland Marco Odermatt has advanced the Austrian Roland Leitinger and Slovenian Zan Kranjec at the first giant slalom of the season, in Sölden (Austria). Disappointment, on the other hand, for the French.

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Second of the World Cup ranking Last season, Marco Odermatt seems decided to play the first roles this season. The Switzerland won Sunday Solden’s Giant Slalom, the theater of the opening of the Alpine Ski Season, which had seen the day before, the American Mikaela Shiffrin to win in women. He has advanced the Austrian Rolland Leitinger of seven hundredths, and the Slovenian Zan Kranjec of ten hundredths.

Third of the first round, Marco Odermatt (24 years old) has perfectly negotiated the second, traced by his coach, despite a small mistake on the bottom of the wall. But he managed to finish very hard on the end of the race to keep a small margin on his opponents, both very fast on the bottom. This is the fifth cup victory of the world for him, the third giant slalom.

Disappointment, on the other hand, on the French side. In ambush after a first round completed at the 6 e place, Alexis Pinturault could hope for a tripled on the Austrian track after its successes in 2016 and in 2019. “The conditions are good, it is not Surprising to see so little gap “, declared the skier Courchevel at the arrival of a first round where the first twelve skiers stood in less than a second. It could also greatly believe at least one podium after its second pass, finished with the best temporary time.

Mathieu Faiver passed next to

But the winner of the last big Globe of Crystal did not even have time to sit on the leader chair that his time was already beaten by Switzerland Gino Cavizel, left behind him. The French finally finished fifth (+ 0.62 seconds) after the passage of the last competitors. A deception probably less important than that of his compatriot Mathieu Faivre.

Second this morning, the world champion of the discipline seemed ideally placed to achieve a big shot and mark his fingerprint this beginning of the season. Never really in the rhythm and multiplying the errors during his second pass, the Nice finishes nearly a second of Marco Odermatt (0.98 seconds), to a disappointing 11 e place. It will have the opportunity to catch up on November 14 in Lech (Austria), at the next race of the season, a parallel giant. It’s good, it’s also world champion in this discipline.

/Media reports.