Kristoffersen complains about Gran Risa: “It was ugly”

The Norwegian prevailed on Sunday in difficult conditions in Alta Badia ahead of the Frenchman Cyprien Sarrazin and the Slovenian Zan Kranjec ( SportNews berichtete )

“Alta Badia the coolest giant slalom” Henrik kristoffersen “Together with Adelboden, this is the biggest classic in giant slalom and the coolest giant slalom. That's why I'm super happy," Kristoffersen summed up after his 20th World Cup success, with which he also took the lead in the overall World Cup away from Vincent Kriechmayr. “It was ugly, that's for sure,” he criticized massively. He didn't mean that Competitor Filip Zubcic almost crashes with a piste worker , which caused quite a stir, but the preparation of the Gran Risa. “It was a real fight” Marco Odermatt For the giant slalomists, the surface was very uneven, with lots of bumps and waves. The run was significantly shortened compared to the planned length; this had already been decided beforehand. “A lot is broken,” Kristoffersen complained loudly. “It’s a bit dangerous with a few goals.” “The slope was unpredictable” Riccardo Tonetti The 5th-placed Swiss Marco Odermatt, who injured his knee, simply said: “It was a real fight.” Riccardo Tonetti from Bolzano also agreed, who took 2th place after a good second run: “The The slope was unpredictable and very difficult to drive. I could have pushed the decision further forward, but that was up to me.” Foreign support for piste workers The conditions were due to the changeable weather in the past few days. At first the temperatures were too high for the time of year, then came rain and, from Saturday, a heavy load of snow. In response, the slope was treated with salt and water.

From early Sunday morning, numerous volunteers, with the support of the organizers from Kitzbühel and Naeba in Japan, worked hard to get the fresh snow out of the slopes. Towards the end of the first section it stopped snowing, which meant there was at least better visibility in the finale.

Another World Cup decision is coming up in Alta Badia on Monday: the parallel giant slalom (final from 18.15:XNUMX p.m.).

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Kristoffersen complains about Gran Risa: “It was ugly”

The Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen won the giant slalom classic in Alta Badia on Sunday. The celebration of his first win of the season quickly gave way to unleashed anger after the race.

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