McGrath in front, Noël outside, four French people qualified, the summary of the first round
The slalom riders had a lot of fun during this first round at Madonna di Campiglio. A very complete course, turning, with figures, on a track full of terrain movements, you had to be right in the rhythm. One of the masters in this field, Atle Lie McGrath. The Norwegian, following the route of one of his trainers, took the lead of the race by an interesting margin.
Big fight for the podium, Clément Noël comes out quickly
McGrath is ahead of Loic Meillard and Samuel Kolega by six tenths. If he has made a deviation, several skiers find themselves within a few hundredths. In addition to the Swiss and the Croatian, Manuel Feller and Linus Strasser follow closely. The winners since the start of winter experienced great difficulties during this night slalom. Bib 4 by Clément Noël, DNF. Bib 5 of Timon Haugan, DNF. Bib 6 of Henrik Kristoffersen, 1”09 behind.
-Clément Noël’s race was therefore coming to an end. At the first movement of the ground at the top of the route, the Vosges immediately lost the line without being able to recover. It’s better for Steven Amiez. The skier from Pralognan-la-Vanoise ranks 6th, 99 hundredths behind McGrath, he is only three tenths from the podium. Playable for the second round from 8:45 p.m.
Four French skiers in the second run
Satisfaction for the Tricolores with larger bibs. Antoine Azzolin, 2nd start of the World Cup, ranks 24th at 2”18 from the lead. Just behind him, at the hundredth, Paco Rassat continues to advance to the second rounds. Victor Muffat-Jeandet trembled until the end. L’Avalin will be the first to set off at 8:45 p.m. since it is the 30th. Hugo Desgrippes gets a very good start but Cluse starts just before the steepest slopes.
