The Men's Downhill from Val d'Isere, France
This fashionable resort once again hosts the curtain raiser - la première neige - to the men's downhill season in the World Cup. The all-conquering Swiss team boast the reigning world champion, PETER MUELLER , who snatched the title in Crans
Montana from his compatriot PIRMIN ZURBRIGGEN, the World Cup downhill champion and winner here a year ago. Let's hope too, that Britain's
MARTIN BELL can rediscover the form that promised so much in 1986. David Vine reports from the French Alps together with DAVID GOLDSTROM who'll be watching the women also in Val d'Isere this weekend.
Television presentation A2F FRANCE Producer GRAHAM FRY
Executive producer JIM RESIDE