Val Gardena (Italy) (AFP)
In the absence of Alexis Pinturault, the super-G of Val Gardena did Friday the business of the Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, winner of his first race of the season, and of the Swiss Marco Odermatt, who dislodges the French from the head of the General classification.
Kilde, holder of the Big Globe title after his surprise coronation last season, took advantage of the mild weather to dominate the Italian track and sign the eleventh success of a Norwegian since 2009 (between super-G and downhill).
As a reminder that, beyond his consistency, the 28-year-old Norwegian skier is first and foremost a specialist in speed, with a third personal victory in super-G (for two in downhill). , 81 m, 95 kg) edged Switzerland's Mauro Caviezel by 12 hundredths, who confirmed his good start to the season in the Dolomites with this second podium in super-G, in less than a week after his victory at the weekend last in Val d'Isère.
Nice performance especially since he is racing this weekend in Italy with a broken index.
The Norwegian Kjetil Jansrud takes third place (21 hundredths) on a track he particularly likes, signing in passing his seventh podium in super-G on the track of Val Gardena since 2011!
The Swiss Marco Odermatt, thanks to 29 points associated with his ninth place (almost a second from the winner), for his part takes the lead in the general classification of the World Cup (290 pts) ahead of the French Alexis Pinturault (276 ), who had overlooked this super-G.
Proof that the fight for the big globe will be fierce, with a Kilde, returned to third place in the provisional classification with this victory (235 pts) and determined to defend his property.
Italy's Dominik Paris, meanwhile, is still looking for benchmarks after his serious knee injury last year.
Having started with the number 1, he had to settle for twelfth place at home.
On the French side, Nils Allègre (6th) and Johan Clarey (7th) climbed into the Top 10 while Adrien Theaux finished 13th.
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