KITZBÜHEL,
Austria — Italy's Alex Vinatzer set himself up nicely for a shot at a
podium finish in the men's World Cup slalom in Kitzbuehel by clocking the
fastest first leg on Saturday.
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In
heavy snowfall, the 22-year-old Italian timed 50.59 seconds down the Ganslern
course, finishing 0.08sec ahead of fancied French racer Clement Noel.
Norway's
reigning world champion
Sebastian Foss-Solevaag was in third, just a hundredth
of a second off Noel.
Italy
had three more racers in the top 10 in Giuliano Razzoli, Tommaso Sala and Stefano
Gross. Britain's Dave Ryding was in sixth behind Razzoli and Switzerland's Marc
Rochat and just ahead of France's Alexis Pinturault.
Norway's
Lucas Braathen, a shock winner in Wengen last week after finishing just 29th
fastest on the first leg, was in eighth spot, at 0.98sec.
The
first Austrian was Michael Matt in 11th (+1.14), while Norway's two-time
Olympic medalist Henrik Kristoffersen left himself with a lot to do after
finishing 1.68sec off Vinatzer's pace.
The
second leg, in which the top 30 racers from the first leg compete in reverse
order, is scheduled to start at 12:45 pm GMT.
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