Ski Mountaineering World Cup: Axelle Gachet-Mollaret, Matteo Eydallin, Marianne Fatton, Oriol Cardona Coll triumph in Flaine

The slopes of Flaine in France hosted the third stage of the Ski Mountaineering World Cup last weekend with the Individual on Friday morning and, just 24 hours later, the Sprint.

The men's Individual proved immensely competitive and after the 1800m+ course with its 4 insidious ascents and descents a mere 9 seconds separated 35-year-old winner Eydallin from third placed Thibault Anselmet. Davide Magnini placed second after having led the pack for large parts of the race. The women’s competition was dominated once again by Axelle Gachet-Mollaret who garnered previous World Cup points after dominating the race from start finish. Sweden’s Tove Alexandersson trailed into second place almost a minute later, while Switzerland’s Marianne Fatton finished third almost 6 minutes later.



Not fazed easily, on Saturday morning Fatton proved why she is considered the Sprint specialist by beating Ana Alonso Rodriduez from Spain and her teammate Marta Garcia Farres, second and third respectively. In the men's race, the 70 meters altitude difference were covered fastest, for his second career win, by Oriol Cardona Coll from Spain ahead of Daniel Zugg and Thibault Anselmet, second and third respectively.

INDIVIDUAL
Senior Women
1. Axelle Gachet-Mollaret (FRA)
2. Tove Alexandersson (SWE)
3. Marianne Fatton (SUI)

U23 Women
1. Giulia Murada (ITA)
2. Giorgia Felicetti (ITA)
3. Marie Pollet-Villard (FRA)

U20 Women
1. Samantha Bertolina (ITA)
2. Lisa Moreschini (ITA)
3. Margot Ravinel (FRA)

Senior Men
1. Matteo Eydallin (ITA)
2. Davide Magnini (ITA)
3. Thibault Anselmet (FRA)

U23 Men
1. Andrea Prandi (ITA)
2. Sebastien Guichardaz (ITA)
3. Arno Lietha (SUI)

U20 Men
1. Paul Verbnjak (AUT)
2. Robin Bussard (SUI)
3. Albert Pérez Anglès (ESP)