The hands go up, the hands are fists. Cheers fists. Marco or Matt cheering and waving to the people. He is chased across the finish line. He has all the left behind, the pressure kept, drive the best time. He knows that he will once again stand on the podium. Only two riders are at the top. Because Olsson breaking and Pinturault, not, celebrates, or Matt, his best career result. He is the Second, after he was a week ago in Kranjska Gora, the third.

The maturity of the 21-Year-old is remarkable. “Fully down,” he wanted in the second race. A down he has left. “I’m glad it worked,” he says. “It was very cool here to go skiing. It is a perfect day for me.” As he stands in the start house, he notices that he is nervous, but not as strong as in previous races. Where: Specifically, the starting position was, nevertheless, adds, or Matt.

Marcel Hirscher is running to the end of the race in the finish area from television station to television station. Also the Swiss television, he makes a stop and says: “congratulations to Switzerland.” And added, before he ran away: “I was at that time located in Adelboden.” Hirscher said in January that, or Matt “the overall world Cup winner, Olympic champion, and what he wants”, could be.

The heat comes, or Matt, contrary to

Warm it in the Pyrenees at the season final, the Tenü of spring, dominated in viewers and carers. “Läck is the hot”, blurts out or Matt after the first run, he finished as the third. “Always in the river”. The river he finds in the second run. Or Matt praises about the runway, which was prepared in spite of high temperatures soft, but also optimally.

The five-time Junior world champion by 2018 will also benefit from the favorites can’t convince Hirscher and Kristoffersen. Puzzling is the performance of the world champion Kristoffersen, he is ninth. Not enough the journey of overall world Cup winner Hirscher, he is the Seventh, his worst giant slalom-a result of the winter.

Two other Swiss race in the points. Loic Meillards is more disappointed than elated. The first run failed, “the second run was much better, it is a step in the right direction”. He is a 10. His colleague Cedric Noger is happy: “The result I’ll take.” In his twelfth place it is to be a second-best world Cup result.

Soldeu (AND). World Cup giant slalom of men:

1. Alexis Pinturault (FRA) 2:13,06. 2. Marco Odermatt (SUI) of 0.44. 3. Zan Kranjec (SLO) to 1.03. 4. Manuel Feller (AUT) 1.30 in. 5. Mathieu Faivre (FRA) 1,39. 6. Marcel Hirscher (AUT) by a factor of 1.74. 7. Luca De Aliprandini (ITA) and 1.97. 8. Ted Ligety (USA) 2,08. 9. Victor Muffat-Jeandet (FRA) 2,09. 10. Loïc Meillards (SUI) 2,11.

11. Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR) 2,17. 12. Cédric Noger (SUI) 2,24. 13. Matts Olsson (SWE) 2,26. Furthermore, (without world Cup points): 19. Gino Caviezel (SUI) 3,26. – 20 of the 20 finalists ranked.

The best running times.

1. Run: 1. Pinturault 1:06,28. 2. Olsson 0,63. 3. Or Matt 0,88. 4. Kranjec 0,98. Also: 7. Hirscher of 1.35. 8. Feller 1,39. 9. Kristoffersen 1,49. 10. Faivre 1,58. 13. Noger of 2.08. 14. Meillards 2,19. 29. Caviezel 2,66. – 25 drivers started 20 classified. – Eliminated: Thomas Fanara (FRA).

2. Run: 1. Or Matt 1:06,34. 2. Faivre 0,25. 3. Feller of 0.35. 4. Meillards of 0.36. 5. Pinturault to 0.44. 6. Kranjec is 0.49. 7. Noger 0,60. Also: 11. Hirscher of 0.83. 14. Caviezel 1,04. 15. Kristoffersen 1,12. 19. Olsson was 2.07. (czu)

Created: 16.03.2019, 13:26 PM