After his fifth place this Thursday, Nils Alphand confirmed in Val Gardena by narrowly missing the podium during the downhill race this Saturday. Happy with his performance, he admits he still has to work.
Nils Alphand is starting to make a name for himself.
Fifth on the occasion of the “sprint” descent scheduled for this Thursday in Val Gardena, the son of Luc Alphand managed to confirm on the entire Saslong. While Franjo von Allmen won, the Habs took fourth place, missing the podium by two hundredths of a second. Despite this, he only draws positives from it. “ I set my intentions, there was still a lot of pressure at the starthe admitted in comments collected by the specialized site SkiChrono. It’s been a long week, but confirm a second time in December, it’s really nice. »
Admitting to wanting to “attack, push, but stay intelligent” on the demanding Italian track, Nils Alphand feared being “a little bit upside down” when he wanted to “do too much”. Thus, the skier from Serre-Chevalier did everything to be “concentrated to try to do the things (he knows) how to do, and it worked well today (Saturday)”. Despite everything, he assures that there is “still a long way” to go after “a difficult season with a lot of injuries”, he who suffered a heavy fall in Crans Montana last February. He sees in this performance the promise of a bright tomorrow. “We have a group that is rebuilding itself with guys who are a little older like Adrien Théaux for sure but who are still there,” concluded Nils Alphand. We want to all pull ourselves up and do our best.. »
Luc Alphand: “He continues and it’s very important”
A fourth place which also made a certain Luc Alphand proud. Questioned by the daily
The Teamthe winner of the big Crystal Globe in 1997 affirmed that “we have known for two years that he can go fast”. Going along with his son, he concedes that the latter “commits a lot, but must learn to calm down, sometimes”. “
But his two results in Val Gardena are great, he continues and it’s very importanthe concluded. All with Johan Clarey’s skis, which date from 2018.” A trend that Nils Alphand will be able to confirm next weekend during the Super-G in Livigno but especially in Wengen then in Kitzbühel in mid-January.
