He has flirted more than once with the Kitzbühel podium, and this Saturday on the descent, Maxence Muzaton once again made the French and the 45,000 supporters present at the side of the track tremble. Because the suspense was at its height during the most anticipated race of the winter. With Marco Odermatt (6e ) who missed the opportunity to score a double after his victory in the super-G the day before, it was the Canadian James Crawford who created the surprise ahead of the Swiss Alexis Monney, and Alexander Cameron. A difficult podium to guess.
Indeed, with mild Austrian weather, very good visibility, a stable surface and a relatively affordable track layout… the chances were given to everyone this Saturday since the winner of the day started in twentieth position.
Bib 18, Maxence Muzaton also had the opportunity to get on the box. At the end of the race, Le Plagnard even held the best times of the 2e et 3e areas of the Streif. So the speed and confidence were there this Saturday, but Muzaton achieved nothing other than seventh place.
After collecting two fifth places in Kitzbühel in 2020 and 2024, the Habs hoped for better: “When we look at the course of my race, this is the third time in a row here that I have lost everything on the lower part, so there is will have a hint of disappointment. Afterwards, it remains my best race of the winter. I was told that you should always see the glass half full. I’m going to take the positive and use it for the future. Even if there is an element of regret to say that unfortunately, I see that I played all the way in front until the Hausbergkante. Afterwards, a little trick is missing to find something magnificent. »
-“I experienced the super-G from afar”
Congratulated by all the French staff, and even by Adrien Fresquet (injured since Beaver Creek) present with the Blues since the start of the week in Austria, Muzaton allowed the French team to achieve a top 10. A note positive for the speed group after the injuries to Alexis Pinurault and Florian Loriot during the super-G the day before.
“I experienced the super-G from a long way away. I did it on purpose because you shouldn’t be a spectator. I looked at bib 1, I saw that it was losing the ski at the top, I told myself that this was going to be a complicated race. I knew what happened to my friends and it always hurts my heart to see them go down, explained Muzaton who had decided to skip the event on Friday. It may be selfish, but I tried to detach myself from it to stay on my goal of performing this Saturday. » “An almost successful thing”, for the best Habs of the day.
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