Hirscher - King of Adelboden

Simply incredible. It’s hard to describe how dominant Marcel Hirscher is in the tech disciplines at the moment. For the first time, the six-time winner of the Overall World Cup earned four slalom races in a row. Another record for the man who has now claimed 52 World Cup wins, 25 in giant slalom and 24 in slalom. This slalom win is added to the six he already had under his belt this season, and increases his lead in all the three disciplines that he is participating in (giant slalom, slalom, overall).

Behind him, Michael Matt proved that he’s in an excellent shape, with three second places in three races this year. After some struggles in early season, the Austrian started the year with a second place in the City Event in Oslo, in the slalom in Zagreb and in today in Adelboden. These solid results bring him back to the third place of the discipline ranking.

Henrik Kristoffersen is skiing very well at the moment and is very constant. However, it’s been 8 podium placements but not a single win yet this season. Focusing more on the giant slalom, where he was able to make an important step forward, the Norwegian slalom globe winner from 2016 struggles to reach the very top in his favourite discipline this season. But the results are there, and Kristoffersen is happy with the second places he is sitting in on the World Cup standings.

The slalom day concludes the events in Adelboden. The organising committee can be proud of everything that was achieved during the challenging preparation period and look back on a very successful race week-end. The men’s Tour stays in the Berner Oberland and will move to Wengen, where the first downhill training is scheduled on Tuesday. An alpine combined, a downhill and a slalom will be held on the Lauberhorn next week-end.