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The Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen came closest to the Swiss on Saturday, 0.15 seconds behind. Third at halftime is the American River Radamus (+0.78), the best Austrian Raphael Haaser (+1.30) is sixth after 35 people started. Manuel Feller (+1.79) and Stefan Brennsteiner (+2.47) did not cope as well with the dry snow and the terrain.
After the race in California, Odermatt could have mathematically fixed the big crystal ball for winning the overall World Cup. If the 26-year-old is more than 1,000 points ahead of his first pursuer (currently Cyprien Sarrazin), everything is clear. The second round starts at 10 p.m. CET (live ORF 1). After the giant slalom in Palisades Tahoe, there are ten more races this season.
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Odermatt has won the last nine giant slaloms in the World Cup. Only the Swede Ingemar Stenmark (14 giant slaloms/1978-1979) and the Austrian Annemarie Moser-Pröll (11 downhill races/1972-1974) had longer winning streaks than ten races in a row.
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