The ski circus stops in Flachau.
The slalom men ride in Austria on Saturday and Sunday.
We are in the live ticker.
First Wengen, then Kitzbühel, now
Flachau
: after the great slalom chaos, the World Cup is now rising in Salzburger Land.
DSV athlete
Linus Straßer
narrowly missed the podium in the first race on Saturday after a strong race to catch up.
We are also accompanying the second race on Sunday (10.30 a.m.) in the
live ticker
.
>>> UPDATE <<<
Update from January 17th, 10:02 am:
Today we will drive again in Flachau.
Linus Straßer is currently at the top of the world - will he make another podium today?
We are in the live ticker.
Final result of the first slalom in Flachau:
1. Manuel Feller (AUT) |
|
2. Clement Noel (FRA) |
+0.43 |
3. Marco Schwarz (AUT) |
+0.70 |
4. Sebastian Foss-Solevaag (NOR) |
+0.81 |
5. Linus Straßer (GER) |
+1.20 |
Update from January 16, 1:27 p.m.:
The Austrian
Manuel Feller
wins the
slalom
in
Flachau
.
DSV ace
Linus Straßer
lands on a good
fifth
place after his victory in Zagreb and second place in Adelboden
.
Anton Tremmel
as 22nd and
Julian Rachfuss
as 26th round off the good German result.
Clement Noel:
The Frenchman doesn't quite make it and crosses the finish line in second.
Sebastian Foss-Solevaag:
How bitter!
The Norwegian, whose coach created the demanding course here in Flachau, displaces Straßer from third place.
Now only Clement Noel can snatch victory from Manuel Feller.
Manuel Feller:
What a hussar ride by Feller!
The Austrian goes to the limit and takes the lead 0.70 seconds ahead of Black.
Straßer falls back to third place - is it still enough for the podium?
Two drivers are still up at the start house.
Kristoffer Jakobsen:
The Swede pulls in and is out.
Straßer is already in the top 5.
Marco Schwarz:
Crazy!
The Austrian puts forward and sits down half a second in front of Straßer.
It's a shame, but the German is at least safe in sixth place.
Linus Straßer: Yesaaaaaaaa! Linus Straßer takes the lead and has a cushion of 0.38 seconds. Germany's top driver sets an insane pace, then he messes up at the first transition, but in the end it's enough. Strong performance from Munich!
Fabio Gstrein:
The Austrians cannot push Ryding out of first place.
The Briton has already made up six positions.
There are only eight drivers left at the top of the Starthäusl.
Next comes Sandro Simonet, followed by DSV hope Linus Straßer.
Dave Ryding:
There was more to it!
The Brit takes the direct lead, 0.06 seconds ahead of Luca Aerni.
Half-time
: The first 15 drivers are down.
Now it's getting serious, DSV ace Linus Straßer is about to come.
So far, the performance of Anton Tremmel, who has worked his way up to ninth place, is encouraging.
Luca Aerni:
The Swiss man just barely cracked Pinturault's fastest time and took the lead.
Alexis Pinturault:
The Frenchman shows a reaction and is burning a great time on the slopes that could still sweep him far ahead.
Henrik Kristoffersen:
The Norwegian does not make a mistake again and even only crosses the finish line in third.
What a disappointment for the slalom ace.
Kristoffersen remains completely at a loss in the target area.
Anton Tremmel:
The second German blundered slightly at the transition, but made it to the finish line with a strong final sprint and took second place.
Albert Popov:
The Bulgar goes one better and pulverizes Haugan's time.
Timon Haugan:
The Norwegian puts in a great run when it starts to snow heavily and takes a clear lead.
The German Rauchfuss has at least made up a place and displaces Erik Read.
Julian Rauchfuss:
The 26-year-old German opens the second round of the 30 best drivers.
Rauchfuss was able to qualify for a second run in the slalom for the first time.
After a solid performance, he can definitely look forward to World Cup points.
Update from January 16, 12.30 p.m.: Linus Straßer
has
big plans
for the second run.
“The pace is a little faster.
The slope rumbles a bit, otherwise
full throttle
.
It would be nice if we could move forward a little.
Let's see what works, ”said the DSV star.
Update from January 16, 12.25 p.m.:
The second run is
about to
start in Flachau.
After the first round,
Linus Straßer has a
promising position in the race in seventh place.
In addition to the German ski ace,
Anton Tremmel
as 26th and
Julian Rauchfuss
as 30th made it into the second round.
For Sebastian Holzmann as 31st it was just not enough.
Update from January 16, 10:20 a.m .:
The top runners are down.
Clement Noel leads after the first run.
Linus Straßer is waiting in seventh place and could still move up to the front.
The second round should start at around 12.30 p.m.
Fabio Gstrein:
A great run by Gstrein.
The Austrian starts furiously, but cannot quite keep the pace in the middle section.
In the end, he took eighth place, directly behind Strasser.
Kristoffer Jakobsen:
The Swede has got a big lip and has probably been hit by a pole.
But it was worth it - fourth place.
Update from January 16, 9.55 a.m.:
The following drivers no longer manage to remain under a second behind.
DSV ace
Linus Straßer
is on a good
sixth place
after the first run
and is only 0.87 seconds behind Noel within striking distance.
“It was a bit different to drive than expected.
There is a very smooth layer on top, I noticed that immediately.
Then I became a little too cautious, but the starting position is right, ”said Straßer at the finish.
Alexander Khoroshilov:
Uhuhuh, that's bitter!
The Russian was on the best time and threaded shortly before the finish.
Pity!
Alexis Pinturault:
The second top favorite stumbles.
The Pinturault World Cup lead is 1.68 seconds behind his French compatriot Noel.
Manuel Feller:
The Austrian drives an aggressive line from the start and comes in third.
Straßer is now sixth.
Henrik Kristoffersen:
That is a huge surprise!
The dominator of the last few years Kristoffersen is almost two seconds behind.
Clement Noel:
We have a new leader.
Frenchman Noel, one of the favorites, takes the lead.
Marco Schwarz:
The first Austrian is at the finish.
Marco Schwarz crosses the finish line third.
Linus Straßer is only fourth, but the DSV star usually improves in the second round.
Sebastian Foss Solevaag:
The Norwegian showed a strong performance and is clearly in the lead.
Linus Strasser: Linus Strasser
is coming as the third driver.
The man from Munich shows a stable performance and is only 6 hundredths behind the Swiss Ramon Zenhäusern.
Daniel Yule:
The first driver will start, but the Swiss Daniel Yule was eliminated after the first goals.
The conditions are not easy.
The slope is slippery and visibility is restricted by heavy snowfall.
Update from January 16, 9:20
a.m
.:
In ten minutes the
slalom riders will
be
dancing
around the poles.
After the cancellation of Wengen and Kitzbühel, the technology specialists are now allowed to go to
Flachau
.
Germany’s great hope since Felix Neureuther's retirement was
Linus Straßer
.
The 28-year-old from Munich recently made people sit up and take notice with his victory in Zagreb.
Slalom in the live ticker: DSV hope Linus Straßer starts in Flachau
First message
: Flachau - that ends well, all well.
Ultimately, we've also got a venue for the
World Cup
of
Wengen
found.
The slalom experts are now driving in
Flachau
- after
Kitzbühel was
actually
chosen as Wengen replacement.
Because of the upcoming
Hahnenkamm race
, this plan was rejected again.
The corona risk is too great to gather so many athletes in one place in such a short time.
Finally, priority will be given to the legendary Hahnenkamm race, which will be held in Kitzbühel from January 22nd to 24th.
So the slalom specialists cannot be found in
Wengen
or
Kitzbühel
, but in
Flachau
.
A bit bitter for the German Linus Straßer.
Because: He lives in Kirchberg right next to Kitzbühel and therefore close to Ganslern, the legendary slope on which he once learned to ski and which feels like "home".
Slalom in the live ticker: will Linus Straßer make it to the podium again in Flachau?
Regardless of the circumstances:
the move is not inconvenient for
Straßer
.
"Artificial", says the ski lion of the TSV 1860 Munich in an interview with the
SID
, the Kitzbühel had the Gansler in the past few years, had additionally manipulated the many treacherous waves that constantly break the rhythm of the drivers.
“Great race.
But it's not fun to drive there, ”explains
Straßer
.
“Five goals, wave, break.
Five goals, wave, break. ”And so on.
Nothing bothers slalom drivers more than being brought out of the rhythm stored in the subconscious - in this way
Flachau is
more of a blessing.
There are few pitfalls there.
The Austrian
Manuel Feller
speaks somewhat disparagingly of a "fairytale meadow".
But precisely for this reason, stressed
Feller
and
Straßer
,
Flachau is
“not an easy slope to be fast”.
The world's elite are too close together.
Linus Straßer: German slalom specialist finally made it to the top of the world
And
Straßer
, the winner of Zagreb and second from Adelboden, has finally arrived there.
Six years after a fifth place in Schladming, since he was considered the winner of tomorrow.
How did he do it?
By leaving Linus from back then.
The apprenticeship years were tough.
Straßer
drove Felix Neureuther and Fritz Dopfer around the ears in practice, but in the race, he is happy to admit, "I got in my way".
That means: “You get into a racing situation and you know you have to do it even better than in practice.
But you also know: It doesn't work, it can only get worse. "
In order to still be better,
Straßer
believed
that he had to change something in the race - and nothing worked anymore.
Those days are over now.
There was something “liberating” about the success of Zagreb, says
Straßer
.
And he wants the “cool feeling” of victory “back”.
Maybe on the “Hermann Maier World Cup slope” in
Flachau
?
akl / sid