British sensational tour in Kitzbühel - Gross in second place

Is Dave Ryding celebrating his first World Cup victory on the legendary Ganslernhang in Kitzbühel? The Brit at least laid the foundation for this in the first run of the slalom classic: Ryding found the best line on an extremely icy slope and, somewhat surprisingly, left the entire competition behind. The 30-year-old, who has so far achieved sixth place as his best World Cup result, is leading the “Azzurro” Stefano Gross at the halfway point of the race. For his part, the Fassaner made the best use of starting number “1” and is 29 hundredths behind the leader. Third is Felix Neureuther – the German veteran lost 74 hundredths of a second to Ryding.

The selective slope in North Tyrol claimed some prominent victims in the first round: the most notable was the failure of Henrik Kristoffersen, who was eliminated in a slalom for the first time since Zagreb 2015. Kristoffersen's long-term rival Marcel Hirscher was only able to make limited use of the Norwegian's faux pas in the first run - the Austrian is ninth, more than a second behind.

Mölgg and Thaler don't finish - Tonetti doesn't make it into the top 30 South Tyrol's slalom aces experienced a day to forget. While Manfred Mölgg was eliminated after two strong intermediate times in the middle section, Patrick Thaler moved in after just a few seconds of driving. Riccardo Tonetti, on the other hand, lost over three and a half seconds to Dave Ryding and thus missed qualifying for the second round.

The second round of the slalom classic on the Ganslernhang begins at 13.30:XNUMX p.m.

Men's World Cup Slalom in Kitzbühel (AUT) - Standings after the first round: 1. Dave Ryding (GBR) 53.42 seconds 2. Stefano Gross (ITA) +0.29 3. Felix Neureuther (GER) +0.74 4. Alexander Khoroshilov (RUS) +0.76 5. Leif Kristian Haugen (NOR) +0.81 6. Marco Schwarz (AUT) +0.84 7. Daniel Yule (SUI) +0.92 7. Julien Lizeroux (FRA) +0.92 9. Marcel Hirscher (AUT) +1.02 10. Ramon Zenhäuser (SUI) +1.53

18. Giuliano Razzoli (ITA) +2.06 26. Tommaso Sala (ITA) +2.60

among other things, not qualified for the second round: 38. Riccardo Tonetti (ITA/Bozen) +3.52 39. Federico Liberatore (ITA) +3.57

et al. eliminated: Manfred Mölgg (ITA/St. Vigil) Patrick Thaler (ITA/Sarntal) Tommaso Sala (ITA)

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British sensational tour in Kitzbühel - Gross in second place

Dave Ryding in first place, Henrik Kristoffersen not at the finish for the first time in over two years - the first round of the Kitzbühel Slalom was certainly not short of surprises.

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