It is the squirrel tactic with which Toni Tremmel works in ever higher spheres. The Rottacher is constantly increasing its stock of World Cup counters.
This also applies to the weekend in Chamonix, where he was the only driver of the German Ski Association to score in slalom. In the end, he ended up in 16th place. But the demands of the 25-year-old have increased.
Tremmel was dissatisfied with his second run, and expressed it as follows: A primal scream, shaking his head and a massive rush of snow in the snow showed that Tremmel had expected more from himself. As the 29th driver, he had just qualified for the second run in the first round, but found an almost untouched course here. This is an advantage not to be scoffed at if the piste has not yet been extended.
However, an indoor ski mistake shortly after the first split and another drop-off in the steep finish slope took time. How much did it turn out when Clement Noel was declared the winner. The Frenchman was only nine hundredths faster than the Rottacher.
"Many drivers had problems," Tremmel subsequently explained in the television interview. "That's why I see the second round a little more positively."
With regard to his record of the past races, however, he is reconciled: "Four World Cup races and here, recently qualified three times for the second run - I'm actually quite satisfied". Which the Tegernsee is absolutely right. The FIS list, which was only published three days before the race, brought the sports soldier from Tegernsee only three ranks, although he had improved from 15.74 to 13.55 points. At first glance, Chamonix also had to cut the top 30 riders on a battered course in order to get more World Cup points. 15 of them were now in Chamonix.
And the season is not over yet. The slalom elite will meet in Japan on Sunday, February 23. Jürgen Graller, head coach of the DSV, shouldn't be thinking of not having his currently most stable technology specialists.