As in the giant slalom on the previous day, Alice Robinson leads to Sestriere after the first round. Yesterday, the New Zealander played her lead of 0.19 seconds. Your cushion for the second run is even thinner this time.
At the second giant slalom in Piedmont, the weather was not quite as beautiful as the day before. The sky was clouded, the view of diffuse. Many drivers had their problems with it.
But Alice Robinson could not be influenced by the poor view and drove at the best time. “Today it is very different than yesterday: yesterday we had great snow and great weather. Today it was dark. I still accelerated and risked something. It will be an exciting second round”said the Vice World Champion in the Sportschau interview.
At the top it is tight
Her lead over Lara Gut-Behrami is minimal: only 0.06 seconds separate the two. The Swiss had made up for something. The day before, she left after a driving mistake and lost important points to the winner Federica Brignone in the fight for the overall World Cup. The Italian is in fourth place.
Britt Richardson surprisingly drove to third place. So far, the Canadian has never been on the podium in her career. The 23-year-old is only 0.07 seconds behind Robinson.
Dürr again after the break
Lena Dürr missed the giant slalom the previous day due to illness. Now she was back at the start. But the Bavarian was noted that she was weakened. She could not call up the good performance from the World Cup giant slalom when she surprised with ninth place. With 1.78 seconds behind, she missed a top ranking, but is there in the second run.