Alexis Pinturault is no longer certain of winning the general classification of the Alpine Skiing World Cup in 2021. -

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Frenchmen Clément Noël and Victor Muffat-Jeandet scored twice in the alpine ski slalom of Kranjska Gora (Slovenia) which turned into a fiasco for World Cup leader Alexis Pinturault on Sunday.

The Courchevel skier got on in the second round and did not score any points, a very bad operation in the general classification where he was only 31 points ahead of the Swiss Marco Odermatt before the last four races.

277 points ahead at the end of January, 31 today

Fourth in the first round, Pinturault made a mistake at the top of the second track, made very difficult by the incessant snowfall and the passage of the previous competitors.

Lacking results since the Worlds in Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) in February, he saw his lead in the general classification melt away at full speed.

His Swiss rival Marco Odermatt, who does not compete in the slaloms, is on the contrary in great shape and had brilliantly won the giant disputed in Slovenia on Saturday, Pinturault finishing fourth.

Magnificent Clément Noël !!!

🇫🇷 The Frenchman wins ahead of his compatriot Victor Muffat-Jeandet on this #KranjskaGora slalom!

🔥 #ChaletClub



👉Great disillusionment for Alexis Pinturault who straddled and who does not score any points today!

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- Eurosport France (@Eurosport_FR) March 14, 2021

The big crystal globe, the supreme award that neither of the two skiers has ever won, will be played next week in Lenzerheide (Switzerland) during the finals (a downhill, a super-G, a giant, a slalom).

In front, the Blues signed an impressive double with the eighth victory of Clément Noël's career ahead of Victor Muffat-Jeandet, who climbed on his first podium in the slalom.

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