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Tanguy Nef makes a leap from 20th to 8th place in the 2nd run, Marc Rochat, 23rd at the halfway point, is 10th. Loïc Meillard is already eliminated in the 1st run, Daniel Yule drops back from 10th to 12th place. Clément Noël wins by a wafer-thin margin ahead of Pinheiro Braathen and Henrik Kristoffersen.
Clément Noël wins the slalom in Adelboden for the first time. The 27-year-old Frenchman came out on top ahead of Lucas Pinheiro Braathen and Henrik Kristoffersen.
For Noël, it was a reconciliation with the Chuenisbärgli, where he has had a less than pleasant experience of late. Between 2018 and 2024, he was eliminated five times in seven slaloms in Adelboden, most recently three times in a row. This year, however, everything worked out in difficult conditions and Noël took his 13th World Cup victory with a lead of two hundredths over Pinheiro Braathen.
Braathen achieves something historic – Feller is eliminated again
Braathen, who switched nations from Norway to Brazil after a one-season break, reached the podium for the second time this season after finishing second in the giant slalom in Beaver Creek. He remained twelve hundredths ahead of his former team-mate Henrik Kristoffersen, who was almost traditionally strong in Adelboden: his 3rd place in the slalom was his twelfth time on the podium.
Last year’s winner Manuel Feller from Austria had led after the first run, but retired in the second run.
Nef and Rochat make up many places in the 2nd run
The Swiss were unable to compete for the podium places in their home race. Loïc Meillard, the biggest hopeful, had to withdraw from the decision after the first run. The man from Neuchâtel, who had started as the discipline leader after four slalom podium finishes, tangled in the finish slope and was eliminated for the first time this season.
Daniel Yule, who triumphed on the Chuenisbärgli in 2020, was also disappointed. The man from Valais was the best Swiss racer in the first run, but dropped back in the second run and had to settle for 12th place. Yule also remained behind Marco Rochat (10th) and Tanguy Nef, who finished eighth and finished in the top 10 for the ninth time in his career. Luca Aerni (20th) was the fourth Swiss to finish in the points.
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