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The Austrian extends his lead in the Slalom World Cup with his fourth win of the season. Loïc Meillard is the 9th best Swiss.
The podium
- 1. Manuel Feller (AUT) 1:42.08 minutes
- 2. Clément Noël (FRA) +0.28 seconds
- 3. Linus Strasser (GER) +0.38
Manuel Feller seems to be heading inexorably towards winning the small crystal ball in the slalom. In Palisades Tahoe, the Austrian triumphed for the fourth time in the 8th race of the winter. Feller made the difference in the second round. With a strong drive, he raced all the way from third place to the front.
Linus Strasser, who had led at half time, fell back to third place. With three slaloms still to go, he is already over 200 points behind Feller in the discipline rankings. Clément Noël was able to make up some ground in second place.
The Swiss in the 2nd run
- 9. Loïc Meillard +1.09
- 17. Luca Aerni +1.79
- 20. Tanguy Nef +1.95
- 21. Ramon Zenhäuser +2.08
- OUT Daniel Yule
Daniel Yule started the second run in eighth place, with a considerable gap of 1.55 seconds on the leader Strasser. The Valaisian took a lot of risk in making the decision. However, Yule paid dearly for this: he was thrown off the “Red Dog” slope and recorded a zero. It was his second loss of the current season after Madonna di Campiglio.
Loïc Meillard was the best Swiss. He also suffered a small setback after his second place in Chamonix. He had shown great difficulty in the first run, but was able to improve and worked his way up from 17th place to 9th place.
Things went in the other direction for Ramon Zenhäuser and Luca Aerni, who were ranked 12th after the first run. Zenhäuser, visibly weakened by a cold, had to settle for 21st place, immediately behind Aerni. Marc Rochat once again brought no luck to Palisades Tahoe. Like a year ago, he was eliminated in the first race.
The others who failed prematurely
Rochat wasn’t the only potential top 10 driver missing in the second round. Last year’s winner Alexander Steen Olsen didn’t make the cut, nor did AJ Ginnis. The Greek, who was disqualified at the same venue last year due to a controversial threader, was eliminated. Sebastian Foss-Solevaag, 2021 world champion, and Giuliano Razzoli, 2010 Olympic champion, were also unable to intervene in the decision due to major errors.
The gesture
The Swiss Ski athletes competed in the race wearing mourning ribbons. They remembered Kevin Holdener, Wendy Holdener’s recently deceased brother.
This is how it continues
The technicians travel on to Aspen. The state of Colorado has a giant slalom on Friday and Saturday and a slalom on Sunday.