Kristoffersen comes out, Braathen wins through tears of joy
The top 10
Wengen
They take off their skis and fall on their face, what a misfortune Hirschbuehl!
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| 1. L. BRAATHEN (NOR) | 1:41.48 |
| 2. D. YULE (SUI) | +0.22 |
| 3. G. RAZZOLI (ITA) | +0.29 |
| 4. F. GSTREIN (AUT) | +0.32 |
| 5. M. FELLER (AUT) | +0.39 |
| 6. S. FOSS-SOLEVAAG (NOR) | +0.40 |
| 7. L. MEILLARD (SUI) | +0.41 |
| C. NOEL (FRA) | +0.51 |
| 9. A. PINTURAULT (FROM) | +0.56 |
| 10. M. BLACK (AUT) | +1.23 |
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He cries, incredulous, and does the same too Giuliano Razzoli. In the previous season, the blue had entered three top 10 and demonstrated a consistency that none of his teammates had been able to put on the track. This time it does even better. Ninth to third, for its eleventh podium in the World Cup and the first since January 2016, when he was second in Wengen. A memorable day for him too, who was already moving away from the area reserved for the podium as Kristoffersen descended. But never say never in the slalom. Never. The mind is clear, and in a slalom without masters it can entertain us in the carousel of upcoming races, including Beijing.
Razzoli is Razzo again: third in Wengen
Between Braathen and Razzoli, an athlete who seemed to be lost returns to peep out on the podium: Daniel Yule. Second from sixth, he too, like Razzoli, good at attaching himself to the Norwegian locomotive up front. Austria does not get on the podium, but there is always and places four in the eleven. Fabio Gstrein (second time in the heats at 97 cents from the winner!) is the best, fourth at three cents from Razzoli and just ahead of Manuel Feller. Marco Schwarz is tenth, little better than Michael Matt. Foss-Solevaag falls from third to sixth place. And then the French. Clement Noel it comes from two exits and it shows. Never really attacking, in the end he is eighth, looking for more safety. Behind his back Alexis Pinturault, never competing for the top positions but still climbing after a dull first heat.
Razzoli third but does not believe it: tears at the award ceremony
Italy house. The best after the first descent was Alex Vinatzer, seventh. The blue juggles well and is in green light just before the last intermediate, fighting to put himself in front of that satanasso of Braathen. But then he crosses his skis and loses one, ending up face to face in the snow. Too bad, it would have been the match in the fight for the podium. Manfred Moelgg joins the choir of Razzoli and confirms that slalom can be a town for old people, finishing 13th with a nice +9 in the second. Tommaso Sala e Stefano Gross they compete as a couple like in the morning and are respectively 20th and 21st. With Jakobsen’s exit in the first heat, Foss-Solevaag is the new solo leader of the specialty classification with 180 points. Behind him are Yule at 162, Braathen at 155 and Razzoli at 154. For the blue men’s team this is the fourth podium of the season after the two in Paris and that of De Aliprandini. Next appointment: Kitzbühel.
Vinatzer, another cursed outing: crosses skis and loses one
They take off their skis and fall on their face, what a misfortune Hirschbuehl!
Wengen
He loses the stick, takes it back and then goes out: bad luck for Haugan
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Wengen
Kristoffersen leads the slalom, Vinatzer seventh
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