Hiking through the morning mist
Race leader Chrigel Maurer (SUI1) has been hiking through the mist-filled valley this morning. He has now left the road and started to head uphill towards a southeast-facing hillside. In the morning athletes aim to get into position high on southeast-facing slopes so they can take advantage of the first early thermals. As the sun heats these slopes first, the first thermals of the day are generated here.