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Kristoffersen, who was behind his form in the 2021 slalom, rehabbed with his second win of the season after December at Madonna di Campiglio and his 23rd World Cup at number zero the day before. In the first Chamonix slalom, the Norwegian conceded the second goal. This time, Kristoffersen defended his lead at halftime by 0.28 seconds ahead of Zenhäusern, who went from eleventh to second. Behind them, Simonet (+0.66) could look forward to his first place on the podium after having catapulted from 30th onwards. The day before, Luca Aerni, a Swiss man, had gone from 29th to 4th.
Pertl also took a great leap forward. After the first round, Carinthian was still 25th. However, as the sun burned down the slope more and more, runner after runner fell behind Pertl, who set the third fastest race time behind Simonet and Zenhäusern. In the end, the 24-year-old, who finished fourth at the same time as Victor Muffat-Jeandat, was 03.7 seconds off the podium. Marco Schwarz was sixth, Michael Matt was 16 and Fabio Gstrein dropped from fifth to 26.
Pertl is fourth
At the time of his trip, Pertl was still upset about his deficit with Simonet, but in the end, fourth place loomed.
“I didn’t expect it to go that far. For me personally, of course, I am very happy, “Pertl said in an interview with ORF. “But it was no longer entirely fair, you have to be that honest, it was no longer possible. I did not ski very well in the first and in the second I had a good slope, today I was lucky. But I like to be in fourth place with me ”. With this, Pertl returned to the game for World Cup tickets: “In the battle for a place in the World Cup, things look different again, but the coaches have to decide. Let’s take a look, ”said the Carinthian.
Decision on glass postponed
After seven places on the podium in the last eight races, Marco Schwarz had to settle for sixth place this time. The Carinthian failed to defend third place at halftime on the gentle slope. As Zenhäuser finished second like the day before, Black could not prematurely celebrate the victory of the little crystal ball. With two races to go, the 25-year-old is comfortably ahead of the Swiss with 146 points.
“I have to accept it anyway. It was brutal to drive, so congratulations to Kristoffersen for getting off with the car number 30 “, said the defeated Schwarz, who preferred to be happy with his compatriot Pertl:” Of course I am brutally happy for Adrian, I grant him that from the bottom of my heart. On a slope like this you just have to follow the trail, sometimes I got it right anyway, but sometimes my outside ski went off. But with sixth place you shouldn’t be upset anyway. Now I’m looking forward to the World Cup, ”said Carinthian.
Feller avoids the third number zero
Feller at least avoided the triplet of number zero. The Tyrolean had to settle for eleventh place, but after failures at Schladming and in the first race at Chamonix, he again scored World Cup points. “It was very difficult with the slope. I put everything into it, I can’t blame myself for that, ”said the Tyrolean. The latest results would not diminish confidence in the World Cup: “Every day is a new race and the cards are being shuffled. It wouldn’t have mattered if he had won today or if he had failed. The speed is right, ”said Feller, who as a Flachau winner has his place in Cortina.
Christian Hirschbühl, tenth on Saturday, Marc Digruber and Johannes Strolz took their places in the World Cup in the first round. The trio missed the jump to the second round. The Austrians thus shared the fate of Clement Noel. The Frenchman, who won the day before in the rain, lost almost three seconds to the best time after a serious error and also failed in the fence of the first 30.
Triumph after shame
This time it was exactly different for Kristoffersen. On Saturday, the big star retired in the rain for the second goal, on Sunday he shone with the sun over Chamonix despite the protection of his nose and mouth. Unlike Schwarz or Frenchman Alexis Pinturault, who finished second after the first race and fell back to eighth, Kristoffersen found the right lane on the deep tracks and caught the two Swiss riders. “I think it was not that difficult. Conditions were quite good, maybe a little uneasy, ”said the 26-year-old.
Kristoffersen’s relief at the end of the most recent drought was evident. The change in conditions compared to previous races would have favored him. “I am very satisfied with the victory here today. Yesterday it would have been possible to do more. It was more difficult for me recently due to the conditions, I couldn’t get into the ice at Schladming or Flachau. Now it works amazingly on snow. We are currently working on new skis, I can attack again in this snow ”, said the Norwegian in an interview with ORF:“ I am not a bad skier. When you can drive fast, life is good too. “
