VIDEO. Discover this Swiss skier, author of a feat never before seen in the history of alpine skiing, this Sunday in Chamonix

Daniel Yule ou lé récit d'une course hallucinante MAXPPP – SEBASTIEN NOGIER

Le Français Clément Noël n'en revient toujours pas. Slalom de légende cet après-midi à Chamonix. 

Swiss skier Daniel Yule wrote the history of his sport on Sunday by achieving a comeback never seen before in the World Cup: 30th at the end of the first round and last qualified for the second, he won Sunday the Chamonix slalom.

At the end of this crazy race and in almost spring-like conditions, the French Olympic champion Clément Noël, who was in the lead after the first round, finally took third place in front of his home crowd. Daniel Yule went through all the emotions in Chamonix.

Starting with bib 5, he initially completely missed his first run, finishing almost two seconds behind Noël who had achieved the best time. He then let out a cry of rage, thinking that he would not even qualify for the second round.

It’s completely crazy, I was on the verge of going back to the hotel

But the hundredths of a second worked in his favor and he finally qualified narrowly, taking 30th place just five hundredths behind the first non-qualified skier. "C& #39;is completely crazy, I was on the verge of going back to the hotel, he then said.

"I have to say that I was very lucky to pass in the 30 and after that I had to give everything." As the last qualifier, he started first for the second heat and that's where he was able to make the difference by benefiting from the good conditions of the slope which then quickly deteriorated for the other skiers due to the very mild temperatures.

Daniel Yule fait sensation sur la deuxième manche du slalom de Chamonix : premier à s'élancer, le Suisse voit tous ses adversaires finir bien derrière lui ! #lequipeSKI pic.twitter.com/maUVyLFjD4

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Yule saw 29 skiers parade…

Installed on the "hot seat" reserved for the provisional winner, Yule then had to wait for the 29 other skiers who had left after him to pass and was finally able to exult when he saw that Clément Noël, the last to start, had not caught up with him. "It's just amazing, it's been a long wait but I did it! I never thought I could win, exulted the 30-year-old Swiss, who claimed his seventh World Cup victory in slalom and his winter premiere.

Never in the history of the World Cup has such a comeback been carried out to take victory. Behind, the Swiss Loic Meillard (+16 hundredths) and Clément Noël (+18 hundredths) complete the podium.

Third podium for Christmas

The French Olympic champion, already third in the last slalom in Schladming in mid-January, climbs onto the podium for the third time this winter but has still not managed to unlock the victory counter.

Unlike Yule, he had a superb first round to take the lead of the race. But in the second round, he suffered from poorer track conditions and was unable to maintain his lead.

Another Frenchman qualified in the second round, the young Steven Amiez took 9th place, his 2nd top 10 in the World Cup.

In the specialty ranking, the Austrian Manuel Feller (4th Sunday) remains in the lead with 490 points, ahead of the German Linus Strasser (326) and Daniel Yule (285) . The Chamonix slalom was the only race on the weekend's program since the two descents planned for Friday and Saturday were canceled due to the strong mild weather, making it impossible to hold a descent in good conditions.< /p>

Women, who were scheduled to ski in Garmisch, Germany, were also deprived of competition for the same reasons. The men's Alpine Skiing World Cup continues Saturday in Bansko, Bulgaria, where a giant and a slalom are on the program.