Seymour and Ritchie Top 25 in Adelboden

The men’s Stifel U.S. Ski team slalom team continues its strong year with two in the points in the Adelboden slalom. Jett Seymour led the way in 17th with Ben Ritchie in 21st. 

The classic men’s tech race in Adelboden switched its disciplines to have slalom on Saturday and giant slalom Sunday due to snowy conditions. The weather on Saturday was still a bit difficult for the racers with a lot of fog and consistent snow. It was clear from the first run that starting earlier held its advantages. 

Both Seymour and Ritchie held a consistent pace throughout their first runs to find the finish line and make it through to the second run. Both in good start positions to ski a clean course. 

On the second run Ritchie ran first and skied a very solid clean run. He was able to sit in the leaderboard chair for a few racers. Seymour ran just a few after Ritchie and also showed a strong slalom run. Both Ritchie and Seymour moved up a sizable amount from first run to land 17th and 21st. 

"Today the conditions were really challenging," said Ritchie. "I struggled with the conditions but fought hard and I’m happy to walk away with some points."

The day's winner was French skier Clement Noel, second place went to Brazil’s Lucas Pinheiro Braathen and third place went to Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen. 

Saturday’s slalom race continues the hot streak for the men’s slalom crew of making the points as the team continues to work on rebuilding the American slalom team. The men will now turn to giant slalom on Sunday. 

RESULTS
men's slalom 

HOW TO WATCH 
Run 1 - 4:30 a.m. ET - men’s giant slalom, Adelboden, SUI - live/on-demand on skiandsnowboard.live
Run 1 - 7:30 a.m. ET - men’s giant slalom, Adelboden, SUI - live/on-demand on skiandsnowboard.live