Marie Mahé, Media365, published on Sunday December 15, 2024 at 11:20 a.m.
This Sunday morning, in the absence of his compatriot Clément Noël, Frenchman Steven Amiez set the best time in the first round of the Val d'Isère slalom.
French slalom is definitely doing well. If the first two of the 2024-2025 edition of the Men's Alpine Skiing World Cup were won by Clément Noël, reigning Olympic champion in the specialty, that of Val d'Isère could well go to another Frenchman. This Sunday morning, in the absence of Christmas, forced to withdraw due to an ankle injury following his heavy fall in the first round of the giant this Saturday, Steven Amiez, who started with bib number 10 under snow, set the best time in the first round. The Habs, now 26 years old, have a total of 32 hundredths ahead of their first pursuer, namely the Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen, and 66 hundredths ahead of the Austrian Manuel Feller.
Amiez has never been on a podium before
On arrival, Amiez spoke on the channel's microphone The Team : “That's what I wanted to do, ski the parts intelligently, attack the parts that could really attack. I managed to do it quite well, I felt good on my skis, on the snow. It was cool to cross the finish line, see green, hear the crowd screaming. I'm going to try to do the same in the second round, not wanting to invent something, doing what I know how to do. I've been in this position before in lower-level races, but I don't see why it would change anything. It's still a track with snow and stakes, so we'll have to do the same. » On November 17, Steven Amiez finished sixth in the Levi slalom in Finland, before taking fourth place in the Gurgl slalom in Austria, three weeks ago. Each time, he had set the third best time in the first round, before finishing further back at the end of the second rounds. The Val d'Isère race will start at 1:00 p.m. and Steven Amiez will be the last to start. The Frenchman has never been on a World Cup podium before.
