Clément Noël wins the second slalom of the season in Gurgl (Austria). In the lead at the end of the first round, the Olympic champion from Beijing did not tremble to win his second race, after his victory in Levi.
Two out of two for Clément Noël who once again won a slalom for the second time this season, in Gurgl (Austria). The 27-year-old skier won almost half a second ahead of the Swede Kristoffer Jacobsen (+0''43) and the Norwegian Atle Lie McGrath (+0''44). He thus won his 12th World Cup victory. Also worth noting is the excellent fourth place of Steven Amiez (+0''66) who achieved the best performance of his career.
Noël initially flew through the first round, relegating the competition to almost a second. He then resisted in the second round despite a few errors to win and sign his 12th World Cup victory. “We all want to win and I knew the competition was tough, so I'm very happy with the victory, it was a real fight», Reacted Clément Noël after the race, at the microphone of the International Ski Federation.
«It was hard for everyone, I was confident at the start but then I made mistakes (in the second round) so I didn't know if it was going to be enough to win“, he added. “But I had a good margin (after the first round) so it was enough to win.» At 27, the skier from Val d'Isère has two consecutive successes in the first two slaloms of the winter, having not won in the World Cup since January 2023.
The men's Alpine Skiing World Cup continues on December 6, 7 and 8 at Beaver Creek in the United States, where a downhill, a super-G and a giant are on the program.
