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Chamonix Slalom: Noël won, Black faces the World Cup blow.
Chamonix. Marco Schwarz did not win the Chamonix slalom, but Carinthian were the big winner on Saturday. While local hero Clément Noël repeated his victory from the previous year on a slope that was noticeably deteriorated by the rain and caught Black, who was leading at halftime, by 0.19 seconds, the ÖSV rider finished third: he was in the Eighth Slalom of the Season for the seventh time on the podium – Secure your leadership position in the Slalom World Cup.
No, even more so: in the World Cup discipline, Villacher, 25, extended his lead over Norwegian Sebastian Foss Solevåg, who was ninth, to 162 points. Therefore, Black could already be determined as the best slalom rider of this season after this weekend (and appropriately before the Ski World Cup in Cortina d’Ampezzo). If his record over the Scandinavian after the second Chamonix slalom (today, 9.30 / 12.30pm, live, ORF1) is more than 200 points, Black has his first fixed small ball. “It’s a brutal medium stage, so I thought: I have to drive aggressively,” but I was a little behind. Except for one mistake, it was a good race for slope status. I’m satisfied, ”said Schwarz, shortly after his third win of the season. More importantly, today he achieves his little crystal goal.
Michael Matt was fifth (+0.63), Flachau winner Manuel Feller was eliminated sixth at halftime for the second time in a row. Pole position for the fourth World Cup ticket alongside Schwarz, Feller and Matt is probably still Fabio Gstrein, who was on the road in both races without a start number advantage. Adrian Pertl was ranked 13th.
Lara Gut-Behrami again. Lara Gut-Behrami from Switzerland (1: 15.70 min.) Celebrated her third consecutive victory in the World Cup in Garmisch, her 29th overall. The 29-year-old from Ticino, who had previously won at St. Anton and Crans-Montana, prevailed on Saturday in the first of two Super G races ahead of Kajsa Vickhoff Lie (NOR) and Marie-Michèle Gagnon (KAN ). Christine Scheyer (+1.16 seconds) with fifth place provided a strong argument for her ticket to the World Cup. He missed his first Super-G podium by just 0.23 seconds.
The 26-year-old Hohenemserin shone in the target area. “Somehow, it wasn’t technically what I had imagined. But I tried to accelerate, I am delighted with fifth place ”. I hadn’t even thought about the World Ski Championships. “In the end I was glad it was a good time. We’ll see what comes out. “
There’s another Super-G in Garmisch today (11am, live, ORF 1). The actually planned descent had to be postponed because the prescribed training runs could not be run due to the weather. ⫻
(“Die Presse”, print edition, January 31, 2021)
