Descent of Val d''Isere, Friday December 16, 1994

A & nbsp; vent''anni exact distance, we propose the guide to & nbsp; all races & nbsp; & nbsp that led; Alberto Tomba won his first and only crystal ball. We continue with the first & nbsp; downhill in Val d''Isere & nbsp; which took place December 16, 1994.

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Friday & Igrave; December 16 finally make their season debut the racers. On Orellier-Killy of Val d & rsquo; Isere staged a descent that retrieves one annulled in Vail at the end of November and that d & agrave; way to a tour de force that sees the multipurpose attend a & rsquo; impressive series of six races in seven days and three resort & agrave; different. Something grueling but necessary to recover the various tests skipped because of a winter that is slow in coming. Front of his audience Luc Alphand seems to meet the first victory of his career. French beat all the favorites, from G & uuml; nther Mader Patrick Ortlieb, Xavier Gigandet the Azzurri, who in Werner Perathoner, seventh at the end, the better. Alphand for & ograve; Late in the festivities, as he had a premonition. In fact, test a young Austrian named Josef Strobl has set the fastest time despite being all & rsquo; onset and starting with a number unthinkable. The training results leave the time they find, however, on a track like the Orellier-Killy you have to wait l & rsquo; last competitor, as often & egrave; Also l & rsquo; output of the sun that warms the track to change the tables. Strobl, vent & rsquo; years, partly with the bib 61. The intermediates suggest that the test results were not liars: skiing very well to compression, the transition pi & ugrave; technician of a track extremely easy, l & rsquo; Austrian insult Alphand, winning the first career victory at & rsquo; absolute debut in the World Cup. & Egrave; born a star? In many think, but in the future Strobl, & ldquo; hindered & rdquo; Also from & rsquo; bulky explosion of Hermann Maier, will come & agrave; remembered only for being one of the many Austrian skiers able to do well in the maximum circuit, nothing more & ugrave ;. For Alphand and France & egrave; a disappointment, but the champion Brian & ccedil; you take on & agrave; revenge very soon. The podium & egrave; completed by G & uuml; GÃ¼nther Mader, who gained 60 valuable points for the overall standings, which sees more and Alberto Tomba at the lead with 250 points against the 150 of Ortlieb, fourth in Val d & rsquo; Isere, 149 Von Gr & uuml; NiGen and 140 of Alphand, Fogd & ouml; and Tritscher. Positively & Aring; modt, that on a track but not really suited to its end even fifty-fourth, remaining high and dry. Emerges on this occasion a knee injury remedied by the Norwegian in a FIS race early season that limiter & agrave; performance in the speed disciplines for the rest of & rsquo; year, although & egrave; still premature to deprive him of the role of number one favorite for the conquest of the crystal ball. DESCENT VAL D & rsquo; ISERE December 16, 1994 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. Josef Strobl (AUT) 1: 57.30 2. ALPHAND Luc (FRA) +0.11 3. MADER G & uuml; nther (AUT) +0.27 4. ORTLIEB Patrick (AUT) +0.31 5. GIGANDET Xavier (SUI) +0.34 & hellip; 7. PERATHONER Werner (ITA) +0.67 Click here for the complete ranking

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