No, he never doubted. To all those who spoke to him in recent days about a blank 2023-2024 season, he pointed out his four podiums and his fifth place in the small globe slalom rankings. So yes, it was missing that little something to climb to the top of the box. Sometimes a technical detail. At other times, just a little flick of fate like last damn February 4th. That day, the slopes of Chamonix worked wonderfully for him until this improbable historic comeback from the Swiss Daniel Yule, despite being 30th at the start of the second round.
This Sunday, Clément Noël didn’t need all that for the resumption of the slalom World Cup in Levi (Finland). Thanks to his pure talent, the one that allowed him to win Olympic gold in 2022, he disgusted the competition from the start. Before finishing the job with complete control in the second round, relegating the world champion to Norwegian title Henrik Kristoffersen by eight tenths.
