Alexis Pinturault won the combined in Kitzbühel for the 3rd time in a row – Eurosport.fr

         A historic moment in the night of Kitzbühel. Three French took the first three places in the handset from the Austrian resort on Friday. 13th morning after the Super-G, Alexis Pinturault has emerged for the third time in a row and beat his two countrymen Victor Muffat-Jeandet (+0 “89) and Thomas Mermillod Blondin (+0″ 92) to After the round of slalom. Grandiose.
       

         The night will be magical for the Tricolor camp on the side of Austria. It is a slice of history that was written on the bumpy slope of the Ganslern the slalom course. Just that. Three French on the podium, it had not happened for 45 years and 10 months and World Cup slalom won by Patrick Russel before Jean-Noel Augert and Henri Brechu. It was in Voss, Norway, close to the winter 1970.
       

         This Friday, Pinturault himself has launched his own. In ignition delay from a beautiful opening in Sölden (5th), the skier from Courchevel had shown the best recent races. Fourth slalom in Adelboden, “Pintu” took the 6th place of the one in Wengen last Sunday. This time, he hit the mark. And not just anywhere. In the Mecca of skiing, the French hung a 10th win to his record. The third in a row in combination with “Kitz”.
       

The slalom Pinturault – Eurosport

         His 13th place in the Super-G 1 “22 Aksel Lund Svindal had hinted of beautiful things. It just remained to validate them. And hope to see less competition. A time ahead, after passing Muffat -Jeandet, Marcel Hirscher quickly disillusioned. The reason? The Austrian straddled a stake but continued its effort. In the end, after a run overexcited, he pretends not to know if he had sinned. We never know … on a misunderstanding, it would have been OK. But the FIS, which has been slow to formalize the result, finally and logically disqualified the Austrian.
       

         Pushed to 107 points in the race for the big globe after the Super-G, Hirscher has missed a great recovery in general. Especially qu’Aksel Lund Svindal could rally arrive slalom too. But the Norwegian will be able to resume on Saturday at the descent on the Streif. A track on which Adrien Théaux plans to overshadow his racing exit after 10 seconds of effort Friday morning.
       

The disqualification Hirscher – Eurosport