Still fanny this season in slalom, Clement Noel will have a good chance to open his account in Chamonix on Sunday. The Frenchman was indeed the fastest during the first round held on the Verte des Hoches. Bib no. Starting 2nd, the man, currently 4th in the World Cup rankings for the specialty, set a time of 47.09, well clear of Austrian leader Manuel Feller, with 212 points.
“It went well, I had a good feeling, the snow was great to ski and I had a good bib.Noel commented. I accelerated slowly, I was smart on the slightly more curved part. But the second round will be a bit more difficult with softer snow. »
Yet the gaps are tight and the second round, from 12:30 pm, promises to be intense. No less than ten skiers stand in a second and the big customers are very close to the Frenchman. Notably, Norway’s Timon Hogan, third in the World Cup, 2nd in the 23 hundred and Feller, third in the 40 hundred. German Linus Strasser, winner of the last two slaloms, missed out by a delay of 1″24 and appeared to be out of the race for victory. Steven Ames managed to do better, finishing 1″14 from his compatriot.
