Alexis Pinturault, the other French alpine ski star, for its part, has been eliminated, committing a major error at the end of the plot.
Le Monde with AFP
Competitions in the hexagon succeed in Clement Noël. The 24-year-old Vosgien made the best time of the first Alpine Ski Coupe Slalom in Val-d’Isère, Sunday, December 12th. Despite a fault at the end of the course, Christmas managed the best chrono, in front of the Italian Alex Vinatzer (at 0’The12) and the Norwegian World Champion Sebastian Foss-Solevaag (at 0”17).
“It’s pretty good, I knew that my first handle was correct until my little fault on the end. I’m happy to start with a sleeve like that, it was not easy to engage on this track, “he commented.
Pinturault eliminated
For his part, Alexis Pinturault missed his first slalom of the season: not in the rhythm, he made a major mistake at the end of the line. He finished at Christmas 2”90, an insufficient time to pick up a place in the first 30 and qualify for the second round, at 1 pm. On Saturday, the winner of the general classification of the World Cup in 2021 had to settle for the second place of the giant slalom, behind Switzerland Marco Odermatt, absolute leader during this season.
“I made a very bad choice of material, which turned into difficulty to stay in balance on my skis and cost me this fault at the end of the sleeve,” said French. “I am necessarily disappointed, I had the means to do better, I do not have to stay focused on that, it must help me not to make that kind of error,” he added.
Holding the title of the small globe of specialty, Austrian Marco Schwarz was also eliminated. About half an hour after the end of the Channel, Victor Muffat-JeanDet was disqualified for drowning while he had passed the e time.