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At 2.15 pm the 7th stage of the World Cup opens, the one most awaited by Italian fans and the last appointment before the Olympic Games. Second men's individual of the season, there will be five blues at the start.
Thursday 20 January 2022 4 minutes reading time
Laegreid prevailed in front of Tarjei Boe and the French Desthieux in the seasonal opening in Oestersund, but today will be another matter. Many things have changed since November 27, the forces on the field and the state of form are different but the favorite could always be Sturla.
The Norwegian is in fact a specialist of the format, where he is reigning world champion and already boasts three affirmations, obtained in a couple of seasons, in which out of four races disputed he collected a second place as the worst result, moreover just last year in Anterselva .
On the occasion, Loginov won, having risen by blows in the German stages, while Fillon Maillet was third. The Frenchman, leader of the general, is undoubtedly the man of the moment, but his rich showcase lacks success in the Individual (instead there are 3 podiums). Will he be able to close the circle and triumph in this context too?
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Compared to Ruhpolding Norway "A" is back in the race. Said of Laegreid, we will also see Johannes Boe, who did not carry out the pre-Olympic retreat with his teammates but returned to Norway in Sjusjoen, to find the right motivations and the optimal form together with his family. On the other hand, in Anterselva there are no big Swedes and in particular Samuelsson, who is currently second overall, more and more a conversation between the French Fillon Maillet and Jacquelin, with the first clearly favored over the second.
Five blues will be at the start, the same ones seen in Ruhpolding last week: Thomas Bormolini (4), Lukas Hofer (34), Tommaso Giacomel (48), Dominik Windisch (83) and Didier Bionaz (103). The dream is to return to the podium in a format that in recent years has given team Italy little satisfaction, the goal is to enter the Mass on Saturday (currently he would be in Bormolini 21st, while Hofer is 27th but could be admitted thanks to the absences of two athletes who precede him) and put points in the farm for the Olympic one.
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