Three Frenchmen in the top four, two on the podium… What a tricolor fireworks display in Bansko (Slovenia)!
On a cloud, the giant world champion Mathieu Faivre has signed a third success in his last four races, after his second place on Saturday.
The Niçois beat the Swiss Marco Odermatt by 75 hundredths, and Alexis Pinturault by 81 hundredths.
Thibault Favrot took an astonishing 4th place (+ 1''08), his best career result.
THE VICTORY FOR MATHIEU FAIVRE IN BANSKO !!
🇫🇷 What a round of the Frenchman who wins and obtains the second World Cup victory of his career!
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- Eurosport France (@Eurosport_FR) February 28, 2021
Five years after his last World Cup success, Mathieu Faivre has outclassed the competition.
Already in the lead at the end of the first round, bib number 3 ensured in second.
“I'm very happy with my day,” he says.
It's the first time I've won a race by closing the gate, I'm going to rest a bit now!
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