Clément Noël won the Kitzbühel slalom on Sunday in Austria, his fourth victory of the season in the World Cup, the 14th of his career, which makes him the most titled French in this specialty.
Fourth after the first round, the title Olympic champion made a second solid round, winning in front of the Italian Alex Vinatzer for 9/100th, and the Brazilian Lucas Braathen Pinheiro, at 19/100th. Second in the first round, his compatriot Steven Amiez, on the other hand, committed a fault in the second, losing all hope of podium.
In delicate conditions, with rain and a « Ganslern » Salted for the second round, Clément Noël took advantage of the empty passage of many leaders to win for the second time in Kitzbühel, six years later.
Timon Haugan, at the head at the end of the first round, and Steven Amiez, still looking for a first podium in the World Cup, are for their part is trapped on the top of the track.
Accustomed to lifts, the Swedish Kristofer Jakobsen, 16th at the end of the first round, finished at the foot of the podium (at 21/100th). Behind, at home, the Austrians were satisfied with a sixth place with Marco Schwarz.
Clément Noël, already winner this season in Levi, Gurgl and Adelboden, takes the lead to take the lead in the ranking of the World Cup of the specialty.
Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen, first before the Kitzbühel test, rushed during the first round, while the Swiss Loïc Meillard (2nd) went to the fault during the second round.
Besides Clément Noël and Steven Amiez-which finally finished 27th-, Victor Muffat-Jeandet took 19th place, just behind Hugo Desgrippes 18th, which signs the best performance of his career.
Paco Rassat, who had succeeded in Wengen’s first Top 10 in slalom last week, finished 15th.
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