Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Sunday January 19, 2025 at 3:06 p.m.
Already missing out on his first run, Sunday on the slalom in Wengen (Switzerland), Clément Noël also missed out on the second route. The Vosges, which fell to 3rd place in the general classification of the specialty, finished in eleventh place. The first Frenchman of the day, Paco Rassat finished in a very good ninth place.
No pass of three for Clément Noël. Twice winner in Wengen, the Vosges native hoped to win for the third time in the Swiss resort and thus join Henrik Kristoffersen or Benni Raich on the list of rare skiers having registered their name three times on the winners list of the meeting. Unfortunately for the man who was still runner-up to Kristoffersen before this seventh slalom of the winter – he has since fallen back to third place – not only did he not add a third success in Wengen to his CV but he also finished very far from the one hundred percent Norwegian podium of the day, with the success of Atle Lie McGrath ahead of his compatriots Timon Haugan and Kristoffersen, who this time had to settle for third place.
-Noël: “I didn’t have much energy, I don’t know why”
Only 11th already in the first round, the fault notably of a little hesitant support at the top of the course, Noël, one of the six French people to have won at Wengen, did not manage to rectify the situation afterwards on the second route. As on the first course earlier in the day, the French winner at Levi, Gurgl and Adelboden did not show the same fluidity as usual on his skis, just as he did not have us accustomed to so many errors, albeit very slight ones. Questioned on the microphone ofEurosport then, the person himself had difficulty explaining the reasons for this day without.
The Rassat surprise
“I wasn’t making progress, I didn’t have much energy, I felt tired. But that’s not an excuse, because I could have done better than that. But I didn’t have the level today today (Sunday) to get everything in front I don’t know why Before the second round, I changed equipment and I tried to extend more, get a little more in front and send. a little more. When I got downstairs, I I told myself that it was correct, but I guess it wasn’t. I don’t have anything more to say, except that I had difficulty adapting to the snow and that. I had difficulty creating speed on this somewhat dead snow.” Paco Rassat, the first Frenchman of the day, fared better. The Savoyard signs his best result in the World Cup by finishing in the Top 10 (9th). Two rows ahead of Christmas. Few people would have bet it.
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