Hirscher positioned to match Tomba with 4th GS win in Badia
LA VILLA, Italy — Marcel Hirscher is positioned to match Alberto Tomba with a record fourth giant slalom win in Alta Badia.
The overall World Cup leader from Austria held a 0.21-second lead over Mathieu Faivre of France and was 0.81 ahead of Florian Eisath of Italy after the first run Sunday.
Alexis Pinturault, the Frenchman who won the GS on home snow in Val d’Isere last weekend, stood seventh, 1.12 behind.