European Cup Finals: Men's giant slalom in Grandvalira (AND)
Mar 17, 2022·Alpine Skiing
Joan Verdú is the newly crowned winner of the European Cup (EC) giant slalom overall this season.
The Andorran got celebrated as a local hero from the crowd. Apart from the EC overall victory (484 points), Verdú also managed to finish the race on home soil today in 3rd place. However, Joan Verdú will leave a mark in the history of alpine skiing in the Pyrenees.
Regarding today's race, Verdú said:
The EC giant slalom overall podium was a thriller, completed by Fadri Janutin (324 points) from Switzerland in 2nd and Loevan Parand (253 points) from France in 3rd.
Tomorrow, we’ll race the women’s EC finals super-G at 10:30am, whereas the European cup takes a break on the men’s side until the speed teams arrive.
Check out the official results here and the program of the EC finals here.
