first World Cup win for Frenchman Paco Rassat, in the Gurgl slalom

The 27-year-old skier caused a surprise on Saturday in Austria when Clément Noël passed.

After the second place in Levi, it is expected that Clément Noël, and another French player who shines in the slalom Gurgl, Saturday November 22, in Austria. Paco Rassat achieved his first World Cup success at the age of 27, thanks to a superb second run.

Starting with bib no. On the 21st, skier Bauges achieved the 14th best time on the first run, before outperforming everyone on the second run, taking advantage of the day’s good conditions and the failure of certain big names. The man who has never been on a World Cup podium beats Armand Marchant of Belgium by seven hundred and Atle Lie McGrath of Norway by nine hundred.

“Crazy, I don’t know what to say. I’m happy, this is a dream come true”he whispered, deeply moved, into the International Ski Federation microphone. At 27, almost four years after his World Cup debut in January 2022, he temporarily leads the overall standings (after just three events out of 38).

He who achieved his first Top 10 last winter had shown Levi last week, for the first slalom of the season, that he was in good shape in Lapland. Rassat finished 6th, his best result in a World Cup. A good sign three months before the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina.

Behind him, Victor Muffat-Jeandet also signed a big result by taking 7th place with 73 percent while Olympic champion Clément Noël finished in 12th with 99 percent and Steven Amiez in 15th (+1’09”).