World Cup 1994-95: Giant Slalom Tignes

A vent''anni exact distance, again present the transcript of each race that port & ograve; Alberto Tomba won his first and only crystal ball. Let's start with the giant slalom in Tignes, first round, dated December 3, 1994.

Wednesday 3 December 2014 7 minutes reading time

The World Cup starts from 1994-95 French glacier of Tignes. The lack of snow has indeed delayed the expected way the previous week in America, and has also changed the resort & agrave; designated to host the first European race, which was originally Sestriere. The season has, theoretically, in the world of the Sierra Nevada & rsquo; main event, while the & rsquo; & egrave man to beat; Kjetil Andre & Aring; modt, holding the crystal ball and presented himself with seven pounds lighter in order to return protagonist in slalom, the discipline in which he won & rsquo; world gold in Morioka in 1993. The first race of the season & egrave; often a & rsquo; unknown, several athletes are lagging condition and there are surprises. And the giant Tignes confirms this hypothesis: in fact after the first run the command c & rsquo; & egrave; Achim Vogt, almost twenty-four of Liechtenstein ever podium in career and started with bib number 19. Behind him a Michael Von Gr & uuml; NiGen not & egrave; still formidable gigantista able to dominate in subsequent seasons, third Urs K & auml; lin, fourth & Aring; modt. Male Blues: Alberto Tomba seems to continue its crisis in this discipline, which does not see him triumph from 20 March 1992, when it imposed in Crans Montana. La Bomba & egrave; even twenty, about two seconds from Vogt. In all, five (plus Tomb, Massimo Zucchelli, Matteo Belfrond, Ivan Bormolini and Josef Polig) Italians to qualify for the second run, none of which are in the top-15, half disaster Whereas Regulation of & rsquo; era predicted precisely l & rsquo; inversion of the first fifteen. In the second test the ranking does not seem to undergo specific shocks: l & rsquo; only one who has to bite the hands & egrave; Lasse Kjus, sixth after the first run, but outside on the wall when the final was in full fight even to win. & Aring; modt confirmed his candidacy for the role of favorite for the crystal ball, passing overhead, surpassing K & auml; lin and ensuring the podium; Von Gr & uuml; NiGen beats putting pressure Vogt however that, while not being used to handle such a situation, does not tremble, going to conquer that which will & agrave; his only career win in front of the Swiss and Norwegian. Photos of the rite and the celebrations begin, but the race is not & egrave; over: Harald Strand Nilsen, young Norwegian gi & agrave; bronze in the combined in Lillehammer but never starred in giant, demonstrates that the track & egrave; in excellent condition recovering up to & rsquo; eleventh. Good sign for Tomba, who partir & agrave; after a few minutes, but the one that combines the champion of Castel de '' Britt is beyond pi & ugrave; wildest expectations: skiing as in the times d & rsquo; gold, Alberto is the best time in the heats massacring competition (81 cents to Trimmed & Aring; modt!) & nbsp; and finishing in fourth place. A sensational comeback if possible even more & ugrave; sensational than that port & ograve; from the twelfth to the & rsquo; silver in the slalom of the Olympics in Lillehammer, and for two reasons: the first & egrave; that & egrave; was obtained in a discipline, the giant, who had not seen him for some time the protagonist, the second & egrave; that & egrave; was carried down to the twenty-first. Cos & Igrave; after the first race Tomb limits damage against & Aring; modt, winning fifty points but also the awareness of not being a skier finished in giant slalom. None however still considers Alberto a possible candidate to conquer the crystal ball. GIANT TIGNES December 3, 1994 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. Achim VOGT (LIE) 2: 30.76 2. VON GR & uuml; Nigen Michael (SUI) +0.16 3. & Aring; modt Kjetil Andre (NOR) +0.30 4. TOMB Alberto (ITA) +0.75 5. K & auml; LIN Urs (SUI) +0.82 Click here for the complete ranking & Nbsp;

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