Chasing 4th straight win, Pinturault leads GS after 1st run (The Associated Press)

Alexis Pinturault of France led a World Cup giant slalom after the first run in his bid for a fourth straight win in the discipline on Friday. Pinturault led Philipp Schoerghofer of Austria by 0.34 seconds, with the rest of the field more than a half second off the pace. Overall World Cup leader Marcel Hirscher of Austria was seventh and had 0.82 to make up in the second run.