Alpine skiing / World Cup. [EN DIRECT] Giant of Val d’Isère: Marco Odermatt takes the lead after the first round, Alexis Pinturault in the game! – The Dauphiné Libéré

10:45 am: Following on from his performance in Solden (Austria), Marco Odermatt dominated the first round of the Val d’Isère giant on Saturday. With a time of 1’07 “14, the Swiss beat Alexis Pinturault (+0” 32) and the Croatian Filip Zubcic (+0 “33). Mathieu Faivre is in ambush in fourth place less than a second ( +0 “85), just like the Italian Luca De Aliprandini (5th at 0” 95).

Victor Muffat-Jeandet is in the top 10 (9th at 1 “26), while Thibaud Favrot is in fourteenth place (+1” 72). Note the abandonment of Cyprien Sarrazin, who hit a door, and the non-qualification of Clément Noel. The second round will start at 1 p.m.

10:34 am: it’s official, Clément Noel will not be in the second round. He will now concentrate on the slalom tomorrow.

10:26 am: top 30 for Christmas! The slalom rider finished 28th, 3.55 from the lead. It might be fair to be in the second run …

10:20 am: FALL FOR SARRAZIN! At the limit on the top of the course, the Haut-Alpin took a gate in the middle of the course. More fear than harm for him. The last tricolor will be Clément Noel in a few minutes.

10:10 am: top 10 for Muffat-Jeandet! The Val d’Isère skier had a good ski and finished ninth at 1.26 from Odermatt. He will be placed for the second run.

10:04 am: the track deteriorates more and more. It becomes complicated for the athletes, even if no abandonment is to be deplored.

9:56 am: after fifteen skiers, the classification seems to be frozen in front. The next French will be Victor Muffat-Jeandet, bib 23.

9.48am: 7th place for Favrot! Very good on the first part, he then lost time on the leaders and found himself at 1.72. After the first 10, the track began to evolve a lot.

9.46am: the three skiers who have just passed are further ahead. Switzerland’s Loic Meillard is over a second and a half behind Odermatt, Nestvold-Haugen at three seconds and Braathen at over a second and a half as well. The third Frenchman Thibaud Favrot set off.

9:40 am: Filip Zubcic takes place! The Croatian finished third after a decent round. He will be in the game for the win.

9:38 am: ODERMATT RESPONDS PRESENT! The Swiss took the best time at Pinturault for 32 hundredths.

9:36 am: BIG ROUND OF PINTURAULT !!! The holder of the big crystal globe had a very clean race to take the lead with half a second ahead of Faivre! Odermatt is gone!

9:34 am: the Slovenian Zan Kranjec remains behind at 0 “30 from Faivre. It is the turn of the world number one Alexis Pinturault!

9:32 am: FAIVRE TAKES THE BEST TIME !!! On the high and late restraint, he then unrolled his ski down to take first place in 1’07 “99.

9:31 am: The Italian sets the reference time at 1’08 “09. Now it’s time for world champion Mathieu Faivre!

9:30 am: AND IT’S GONE !!!! By Aliprandini took the start!

9:25 am: 5 minutes from the start, you will be reminded that it is the Italian Luca de Aliprandini who will open the gate, just in front of Mathieu Faivre, while Alexis Pinturault will start with bib number 4. World Cup leader Marco Odermatt will start in fifth position.

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9:19 am: Words of Tricolores

World number 1 Alexis Pinturault: “La Face is a track that I like a lot, difficult, demanding, steep, it’s a bit of a fight, in giant as in slalom. It corresponds to technical skiers, who have a big heart. “

Victor Muffat-Jeandet: “As a giant, it’s complicated, I couldn’t work that much with three giant sessions and two in parallel. It is relatively little but hey I was able to check the settings at the hardware level. I feel pretty good. “

Thibaud Favrot: “In Sölden, I did not live up to my expectations and my level of the previous year. La Face de Bellevarde is a committed, legendary track and above all it is in France. It boosts. The beauty of our sport is being able to share it with the public and spectators at the edge of the track. “

Cyprien Sarrazin: “On the slope, it’s always a bit technically difficult for me, I don’t have to worry about sending myself off but it’s at the technical level. The Face, it remains impressive! “

9:17 am: he is the second men’s giant of the season, after the opening of the World Cup in Sölden on October 24. In Austria, Marco Odermatt had won 7 hundredths ahead of the Austrian Roland Leitinger, now injured and season ended, and 10 hundredths the Slovenian Zan Kranjec. Alexis Pinturault, best French, finished 5th.

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9:12 am: following cancellations due to the weather in recent years, there has not been a giant in Val d’Isère since December 2018. It was Marcel Hirscher who won on the Face de Bellevarde, for his 5th victory over the downstream giant, ahead of Henrik Kristoffersen and Matts Olsson. Alexis Pinturault had won the two previous editions, in 2016 and 2017. Mathieu Faivre had won the 2nd giant organized in Val d’Isère, but at La Daille this time, in 2016.

9:10 am: 20 minutes from the start, the sky is still gray on the Face de Bellevarde, with very light flakes.

9:05 am: the precipitation stopped earlier than expected on Friday evening, well before midnight. Val d’Isère managed to clear the abundant snow on the track to mark the first round of the giant. The program is maintained, with a first round at 9:30 am.

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9:03 am: the reconnaissance of the track started at 7:50 am, until 8:35 am for the first 30 of the start list. The following can do their recce from 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. “It’s going to hit anyway, there are a lot of small ripples, with the ice mixed with the fresh snow, it will vibrate a lot, you will have to be very warlike, very determined”, details Victor Muffat-Jeandet after the recognition of the route of the first round.

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