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Thanks to his victory in the Lenzerheide Giant Slalom, Alexis Pinturault wins the small ball and the big ball. Marco Odermatt comes out empty-handed.
The final decisions of the 2020/21 season have been made in the Men’s Alpine Skiing World Cup: Alexis Pinturault wins both the giant slalom and the overall World Cup slalom. Ironically, on his 30th birthday, the Frenchman celebrates the greatest success of his career.
The great loser is called Marco Odermatt. After the cancellation of the two speed races in Lenzerheide on Wednesday and Thursday, which were victims of inclement weather, the 23-year-old’s chances of trailing 31 points behind Pinturault in the World Cup overall fell. in the last two races.
Much to Odermatt’s disappointment, all arithmetic games ended after Saturday’s giant slalom. While Nidwalden had to settle for eleventh after a weak performance, Pinturault extended their lead in the World Cup overall to 107 impregnable points thanks to the victory at the giant.
Final result in the giant slalom world championship
- 1. Alexis Pinturault (FRA) 700 Points
- 2. Marco Odermatt (SUI) 649 points
- 3. Filip Zubcic (CRO) 606 points
- 4. Loïc Meillard (SUI) 393 Punkte
- 5. Mathieu Faivre (FRA) 378 Punkte
But not only in the overall World Cup, Odermatt had to give way to the competitor from France. In the World Cup discipline, too, the 25-point advantage that the Swiss had before the last race turned into a deficit of 51 points. Pinturault was also allowed to receive the small ball.
The podium in Lenzerheide
- 1. Alexis Pinturault (FRA) 2: 15.75 minutes
- 2. Filip Zubcic (CRO) +0.20 seconds
- 3. Mathieu Faivre (FRA) +0.21
Pinturault laid the foundations for success thanks to an excellent first race, in which he lost almost 1 second and more than the competition. The 30-year-old cleverly managed this advantage in round 2. The podium was completed by Filip Zubcic and Mathieu Faivre.
Caviezel in the Top 10
The best Swiss ski athlete in the last giant slalom of the winter was Gino Caviezel. With seventh place, the Bündner secured a conciliatory end to a World Cup season, which had started off excellently with third place and the podium debut in Sölden, but which then did not turn out as desired.
Justin Murisier, who was intermediate in sixth place after the first race, fell back to 16 at noon. Loïc Meillard was eliminated in the first round.
Criticism of the slopes
In the morning, in particular, the athletes found the tracks extremely difficult. The changing conditions in the field in particular caused criticism. “The slope is not good enough for a World Cup race,” Odermatt said after his disappointing first race. At noon, the pad was in better condition.
So it goes
At the end of this year’s season, the slalom in Lenzerheide is on the program for athletes (first race from 10.15am live at SRF Zwei, second race from 13.30pm).
