Paco Rassat (FRA/Head) won an incredibly tight Adelboden Slalom on Sunday as his impressive rise continued with a third World Cup podium of the season.
Rassat had only one top-10 result in 34 Slalom World Cup starts coming into this campaign, but he won the Gurgl Slalom in November and came third in Madonna di Campiglio last time out. And now with his victory in a time of 1:51.22 on Sunday on the same slope where he made his World Cup debut in 2022, he becomes the first male skier to win more than one Slalom World Cup race this season and announce himself as a strong contender for Olympic Games gold at Milano Cortina 2026.
“I can’t believe I have won here in Adelboden. Yesterday I saw Leo (Anguenot) on the podium here on the GS. The atmosphere is just incredible, thank you very much everybody for your support,” the Head skier said.
“It’s my first points here in Adelboden; four races here with DNFs.
“It was my first World Cup start here in Adelboden four years ago, and today to be in front of this amazing crowd is just amazing. I’m so, so happy.”
