Alta Badia (Italy) (AFP)
Frenchman Alexis Pinturault, candidate for the big crystal globe this season, was the fastest in the first round of the Alta Badia giant slalom on Sunday.
Pinturault is ahead of the Croatian Filip Zubcic by 26 hundredths and the Swiss Marco Odermatt by 40 hundredths after the first "run" on the Italian track.
Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, at the top of the World Cup general classification after his two victories in the speed events (super-G and downhill) on Friday and Saturday in Val Gardena, finished thirteenth in the first round, a little more than a second from Pinturault.
His compatriot Henrik Kristoffersen, holder of the title of the little giant globe, did little better with the twelfth time, 81 hundredths behind the leader.
It was another Norwegian, the young Atle Lie McGrath, who started with the bib 29, who created one of the beautiful sensations of this first round, very close to stealing the best time at Pinturault to finally finish fourth, at 46 hundredths. .
On the French side, Mathieu Faivre, who had a podium at Alta Badia in 2016, won the eighth fastest time (62 hundredths behind Pinturault).
Thibaut Favrot left the track.
The second round starts from 1:30 p.m.
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