Clément Noël is on time! Dominating the first round of the Critérium de la Première neige slalom on Sunday morning, the Val d’Isère skier can claim victory at home for his return to the discipline. He has a 12-hundredths lead over the Italian Alex Vinatzer halfway and 17 over the Norwegian Sebastian Foss-Solevaag.
Big disappointment on the other hand for Alexis Pinturault, who will not participate in the second round at 1 p.m., who left at the bottom of the Face de Bellevarde. Relegated to almost three seconds, the Courchevel skier, 2nd on the giant on Saturday, gave away precious points in his duel with the Swiss Marco Odermatt for the general classification of the Alpine Skiing World Cup.
Victor Muffat-Jeandet disqualified
Sixth in the first round, Victor Muffat-Jeandet thought he would take part in the battle for the podium this afternoon, but this will not be the case. The Savoyard was disqualified by the race jury after viewing the images, for having straddled. Clément Noël will therefore be the only Frenchman in the second round, Théo Letitre and Steven Amiez failed to qualify.
– FIS