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After finishing 2nd on Sunday, the man from Nidwalden wins the 2nd giant slalom in Alta Badia. Justin Murisier (6th) also shows a strong race.
The podium
- 1. Marco Odermatt (SUI) 2: 26.07 minutes
- 2. Luca De Aliprandini (ITA) +1.01 seconds
- 3. Alexander Schmid (GER) +1.09 seconds
Marco Odermatt has tamed the Gran Risa – and how. One day after finishing 2nd, the man from Nidwalden celebrated the superior victory in the 2nd giant slalom in Alta Badia – the third in the fourth race of the season in this discipline. As the leader after the 1st run, Odermatt kept his nerve in the afternoon. Even the numerous strokes on the marked slopes could not slow down the currently best giant slalom driver. In the final statement, he distanced Luca De Aliprandini (ITA), who was second, by a whopping second.
Behind it it was much closer and closer: Alexander Schmid drove to 3rd place, only 2 hundredths behind the previous day’s winner Henrik Kristoffersen landed on the ungrateful 4th place. For Schmid it was the first giant slalom podium in his career. On Sunday, the German with 42nd place clearly missed the decision.
Only De Aliprandini had been able to keep up with Odermatt in the first run. The Italian only lost 18 hundredths of the time the Swiss had. The other competition was at least 86 hundredths behind compared to Odermatt’s faultless drive. While absolute top technicians like Alexis Pinturault (FRA / 18.) Literally tormented their way down the pimple-hard slope, the 24-year-old Swiss man pulled his filigree turns like a star violinist over his Stradivarius.
“I hope it goes on like this”, beamed winner Odermatt at the finish. “It worked much better today than it did yesterday. I knew there was still one percent somewhere that I could improve by. ” Now it is time to recharge the batteries. “It’s unbelievable how he’s currently driving,” De Aliprandini paid tribute to Odermatt’s performance. Does the big deficit give him pause for thought? “It doesn’t matter, the main thing is on the podium,” grinned the Italian.
The other Swiss
- 6. Justin Murisier +1.52
- 21. Loïc Meillard +2.99
- 26. Daniele Sette +3.39
- OUT Gino Caviezel, Thomas Tumler
Justin Murisier avoided a failure in extremis in the decision and rewarded himself with the next top 10 result. After the 1st, Loïc Meillard also ran into a tough buck in the 2nd run. It dropped from 11th to 21st place. For the two Gino Caviezel and Thomas Tumler from Grisons, the first round was over after failures. Daniele Sette also qualified for the decision in the 4th “giant”.
So it goes on
On Wednesday there is a night slalom in Madonna di Campiglio. After a short Christmas break, the speed cracks will continue on December 28th in Bormio. There are first a descent and then two Super-G on the program.