Already the winner the day before, the French skier again outclassed his opponents on Saturday 9 January in the giant slalom in Adelboden.
Le Monde
He warned, Friday January 8, after his first clear victory in the giant slalom event in Adelboden (Switzerland), that “we should not expect that he wins with a second lead each time “: Alexis Pinturault nevertheless repeated Saturday on the same track, flying over his opponents thanks to a breathtaking second round.
This is the third victory of the French skier, after that of the day before and of 2017 on the “Chuenisbärgli” , a demanding track characterized by by a final wall with a slope of 60%.
With these two consecutive successes in two days in Switzerland, Alexis Pinturault is also a hit in giant slalom c This season: he has won the three events contested so far.
On Saturday, the Courchevel skier managed to relegate the Croatian Filip Zubcic at 1 sec 26 and the Swiss Loïc Meillard, despite being better time of the first round, at 1 sec 65.
Already leading the general classification of the World Cup (all race formats combined) before this weekend, he widens his lead a little further on his pursuers with 115 points more than defending champion Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, 5 th on Saturday. The Norwegian, less comfortable on the giant, nevertheless limited the damage after his fourth place on Friday.
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“I’m really very happy. This time, I wanted to attack on the second round, whereas yesterday I had to manage a little more”, explained Alexis Pinturault, on the podium for the 33 th victory of his career.
On Saturday he dug the gap during a second stratospheric heat, where he kept taking time off his competitors in each portion.
Alexis Pinturault had finished second in the first round, interrupted for more than half an hour due to the heavy fall of the American Tommy Ford in the last part of the route. The latter, who had to be evacuated by helicopter, had regained consciousness when he was evacuated, according to his team .
Sunday, the skiers will face each other in slalom, an event where another Frenchman, Clément Noël, hopes to make up for a disappointing start to the season.