SWITZERLAND [NEWS SERVICE] ⋅ Neither Ramon Zenhäusern nor Daniel Yule could take the podium in the floodlights of Madonna di Campiglio (ITA). Henrik Kristoffersen wins after a spectacular comeback in front of his compatriot Sebastian Foss-Solevaag.
Gina Kern
Pity! The Swiss did not use their good starting position and had to be content with the lower ranks: Ramon Zenhäusern (28) from Valais, the winner of Alta Badia (ITA) on Monday, drove with wings in the first run and made it to second place. But the salted and watered slope became increasingly rough and demanded everything from the drivers. Shortly after the start, Zenhäusern lost a large part of his lead and made a few mistakes, he lost eleven places and finished the race in 13th place.
Disappointment for Daniel Yule
He could have done Madonna di Campiglio’s big hat trick: Daniel Yule (27). The Valaisian with British roots fought bravely through the forest of poles, but lost his entire lead in the upper part. And even on the steep slope everything didn’t really fit: Yule even lost 17 places and ended up in 22nd place, 1.26 seconds behind Kristoffersen. What a huge disappointment! Yule won his first World Cup slalom on this slope two years ago, and in January this year he was able to record another victory in Madonna di Campiglio. Unfortunately nothing came of the triple!
The best Swiss is Loïc Meillard in 11th place – a strong performance! Tanguy Nef from Geneva is more than a second behind in 18th place, collecting valuable World Cup points.
The podium
- Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR) 1: 35.35
- Sebastian Foss-Solevaag (NOR) +0.33
- Alex Vinatzer (ITA) +0.34
Zahmer Kristoffersen
The 26-year-old Henrik Kristoffersen showed in Madonna di Campiglio who is a really strong slalom driver under floodlights. The Norwegian showed all his skills, made up eleven places in the second run and snatched the victory away from his teammate Sebastian Foss-Solevaag (leader after the first run). Third in the home race went to Italian Alex Vinatzer – he lost 34 hundredths on Kristoffersen.
Fourth is the Austrian Manuel Feller. In an interview with Swiss television, the winner Henrik Kristoffersen (22 World Cup victories) was satisfied and grateful:
“For me it is a very emotional victory after a difficult time. I recently lost confidence that I could ski well. Skiing is my life. Otherwise I don’t have much. “
The experienced Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Grange made a notable catch-up. He made it to sixth place in the second run and made up 19 places out of the first run!
The next slalom will take place on January 6th in Zagreb.
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