While she had a small chance of being crowned this Saturday, during the penultimate round of the season, Chloé Trespeuch will have to wait until Sunday to pocket, barring an accident, the first crystal globe of her career . The Frenchwoman, who was at the top of the general classification of the World Cup upon arriving in Canada, confirmed her status, thanks to her 2nd place in the final, this Saturday, on the beautiful Mont Saint-Anne track.
In the final, the snowboarder from Val Thorens got off to a bad start but got back into the game as the descent progressed, finishing 2nd behind the Englishwoman Charlotte Bankes, again victorious. The poor performance (3rd place in the semi-finals) of her biggest rival in the ranking Michela Moioli (finally 2nd in the small final) did her a huge service. All that remains is for Trespeuch to start his quarter-final on Sunday to win the globe. Suffice to say that the case is 99.99% closed.
Note the beautiful 3rd place of the other Frenchwoman, Lea Casta. Among the men, victory went to Elliot Grondin. The Canadian, who already has the crystal globe in his pocket, beat the Australian Cameron Bolton and the Czech Radek Houser. The Tricolores Aidan Chollet, Julien Tomas and Quentin Sodogas were all eliminated in the quarter-finals.