Neureuther moves ahead of Hirscher
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FELIX Neureuther won a World Cup slalom yesterday to retake the discipline standings lead from Marcel Hirscher of Austria, who skied out of the event for the first time in three seasons.
Germany’s Neureuther rose from fifth after the first run to beat Stefano Gross of Italy by 0.20 seconds in steadily falling snow in Wengen, Switzerland.
Olympic bronze medalist Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway was third, trailing 0.44 behind Neureuther’s combined time of 1 minute, 46.93 seconds.
In the finish area, Neureuther was greeted by Kristoffersen kneeling to bow in a show of respect before the two racers hugged.
Hirscher, who leads the overall standings, went out in the morning run and last failed to reach a slalom finish line in March 2012 in Schladming, Austria.
Neureuther earned 100 race points for his 11th career World Cup win and leads Hirscher by 44 in the slalom standings.
Neureuther has had top-3 finishes in five of six slaloms this season in another duel with Hirscher, who clinched the crystal globe trophy on the final day of last season.
The 30-year-old German’s only blip this season was failing to finish last Sunday at nearby Adelboden when Gross got his first career win.
Hirscher’s consistent run of slalom results ended when he straddled a gate.
“I would rather be fast and go out than be in the fifth or sixth position with a big gap between the leader and yourself,” said Hirscher. “It sucks that I struggled but it was definitely not easy.”
First-run leader Mattias Hargin of Sweden finished sixth.
The race was switched from its usual Sunday slot, allowing the classic Lauberhorn downhill to be pushed back a day when better weather is forecast.
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