The day’s victory went to the South Tyrolean Dominik Paris, who prevailed 0.55 seconds ahead of the Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and 0.81 ahead of the ex-aequo third parties Beat Feuz and Niels Hintermann. The best Austrian was Vincent Kriechmayr in sixth (+1.20).
With starting number 13, Olympic bronze medalist Mayer had no chance of an absolute top time as the light conditions deteriorated. Hintermann delivered a strong performance in similarly dark conditions with number 19. From start number 27 it got lighter again, which made Mayer fall even further behind.
In the Discipline World Cup, Kilde is now 23 points ahead of Feuz, who won four shots last time, in the last race in Meribel. Mayer is already 84 behind, Paris 88 (status after 43 runners).
“Unfortunately, there was a noticeable difference today, at the beginning the sun was still out. We didn’t hit the right number dialing, the clouds weren’t announced. The small bumps are inside everywhere, you can’t see them with the poor visibility, it everything is grey,” said Mayer. He no longer hopes for the ball. “It’s ticked off, it’s no longer possible. Kilde and Feuz will do it, I can’t imagine that the two will fail in the final.”
Feuz didn’t have a “flawless ride”, it was not that easy physically anymore. “But not so tragic. I’ll try everything, in the final I’ll give everything again,” said the Swiss. Paris only saw a theoretical chance for the ball.
Kriechmayr was happy about a better race than the day before, he tried to get the maximum out of his commitment and willingness. “In any case, the skiing was better.” Daniel Hemetsberger was “a bit more satisfied than yesterday” with twelfth place (+1.55) when he finished 22nd, but then he was surprised by the large deficit. The race was also marked by the farewell to Kjetil Jansrud, the Olympic and world champion from Norway ended his career.
Source: Nachrichten
