so the favourite had been alexis pinturault, of france.ing pack into that second run. a lot of people kind of discount at him, a second and a half too far back, but the course was set by the french coach which played to his advantage, and we saw an absolutely great run from him, really smooth, but again i don't think he felt he had done enough. but as we saw the downhill skiers come down, none of them could get her down, right, none of them could get the risk right, because it is all or nothing, and from paris he went from being first to being nights. so the difference is huge, and an american speed racer has called for the race to be changed, because he feels it favours slalom skiers more, and that is what we saw today. captainjoe root hit an unbeaten century in england's second innings against the west indies, to leave the tourists in a commanding position at the end of day three of the third and final test in st lucia. playing for pride, having already lost the series, root made 111 off 189 balls as england reached 325—4. there was also