Loïc Meillard largely dominated the first round of the slalom in Hafjell, Norway, this Wednesday morning, relegating all his pursuers to more than 60 hundredths. But the Valaisan was beaten in the second round by the Norwegian Timon Haugan. He finally finished second (+0.44). The Finnish Eduard Hallberg (+1.03) completes the podium.
Eighth in the race, the Norwegian Atle Lie McGrath achieved the worst performance of his winter in slalom (excluding retirements) but won the small globe in the specialty, the first of his career, with 584 points.
Despite his retirement in the Olympic slalom in Bormio while heading towards victory – the images of his distress and his solitary walk towards a small wood near the track went around the world – McGrath was the most consistent between the poles this winter.
In eleven slaloms on the World Cup circuit, he was on the podium six times, including two victories.
Rankings
Final rankings for the men’s Alpine Skiing World Cup. Final general ranking, after 36 out of 36 events:
1. Marco Odermatt (SUI) 1,626 pts
2. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (BRA) 1,058
3. Atle Lie McGrath (NOR) 936
4. Loïc Meillard (SUI) 923
5. Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR) 821
6. Timon Haugan (NOR) 776
7. Franjo Von Allmen (SUI) 770
8. Vincent Kriechmayr (AUT) 731
9. Dominik Paris (ITA) 698
10. Giovanni Franzoni (ITA) 663
11. Marco Schwarz (AUT) 613
12. Raphael Haaser (AUT) 531
13. Clément Noël (FRA) 520
14. Alexis Monney (SUI) 448
15. Stefan Rogentin (SUI) 447
16. Stefan Brennsteiner (AUT) 431
17. Paco Rassat (FRA) 387
18. Alex Vinatzer (ITA) 385
19. Nils Allegre (FRA) 375
20. Ryan Cochran-Siegle (USA) 342
Slalom World Cup final standings:
1. Atle Lie McGrath (NOR) 584 pts
2. Clément Noël (FRA) 520
3. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (BRA) 511
4. Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR) 503
5. Timon Haugan (NOR) 499
6. Loic Meillard (SUI) 392
7. Paco Rassat (FRA) 387
8. Eduard Hallberg (END) 339
9. Tanguy Nef (SUI) 280
10. Manuel Feller (AUT) 247
