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L & rsquo; last giant of the World Cup 1994-95 & egrave; Also l & rsquo; last race with something at stake: the cup of specialty & agrave; & Egrave; in fact contested by six boys. & Egrave; Saturday, March 18, 1995.
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Alberto Tomba, after mathematically won crystal ball absolute and slalom, must guard against the return of Jure Ko & scaron; ir and theoretically still in the race Harald Strand Nilsen, Michael Von Gr & uuml; NiGen, Urs K & auml; lin and Kjetil Andre & Aring; modt to conquer the giant cup, gi & agrave; won three times in his career, l & rsquo; last in the 1991-92 season that saw him triumph even in the Olympics in Albertville.
Despite the natural decline of the form shown in Furano, Tomb not betray the expectations of thousands of people who came to Bormio to celebrate: in the head from the first round, the champion of Castel de & rsquo; Britti exploits the lackluster evidence of his rivals as he can do to manage the advantage, however, going on to win the & rsquo; eleventh race of the season, the Forty-fourth in the World Cup and the fourth cup giant career. Therefore total triumph for him that at least seven years & egrave; the character of the alpine ski world number one, but for one reason or the & rsquo; another had not yet managed to get their hands on the crystal ball absolute.
Behind Tomb celebrates the & rsquo; Austria is a close second G & uuml; Günther Mader, who accumulates cos & Igrave; a heap of points in the standings, third & egrave; Rainer Salzgeber, fifth Richard Kr & ouml; ll. Good fourth place & Aring; modt, that during the season & egrave; revealed only competitive in this specialty & agrave ;, while & egrave; sixth one Jure Ko & scaron; ir demonstrating for the & rsquo; umpteenth time that when c & rsquo; & egrave; something heavy for grabs no & egrave; able to withstand the pressure. With zero Marc Girardelli, only sixteenth, the fight for second place in the overall standings sees Mader present all & rsquo; last slalom with 35 points margin on the Slovenian and on 76 & rsquo; Austro-Luxembourg. L & rsquo; outcome leaves the time it is, but & egrave; however statistically important for the composition of the final podium of the World Cup.
If in the technical disciplines the Italian team had been renamed l & rsquo; another Italian, or even by the most & ugrave; malignant l & rsquo; afterlife precisely because & eacute; behind champion c & rsquo; it was empty, & egrave; particularly significant ninth Kristian Ghedina: l & rsquo; Ampezzo, unlucky protagonist two days before the descent in which he lost by Luc Alphand the cup of specialty & agrave; for ten points, beats specialists such as Von Gr & uuml; NiGen, Strand Nilsen, Reiter and K & auml; lin, not excluding the possibility & agrave; Maybe in the future of the versatility. In truth & agrave; Ghedina will fail & agrave; never replicate in giant the good show in Bormio at the end of what & egrave; however, was the season of his return to the highest levels since the terrible car accident that made him fear the worst, and not only for his skiing career. The specialists of the Italian giant, however, remain to watch: no one has focused on qualifying for the Finals.
Missing cos & Igrave; only one race to close a season that has given all & rsquo; Italy unimaginable results and never pi & ugrave; replicated in the future. For this reason are expected in Valtellina tens of thousands of people who come to acclaim the pi & ugrave; great Italian skier of all times that has turned the sport into the pi & ugrave; Following after football and & ndash; perhaps & ndash; the Formula1.
GIANT BORMIO March 18, 1995 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. & nbsp; TOMB Alberto (ITA) 2: 15:14 2. MADER G & uuml; nther (AUT) +0.40 3. Rainer Salzgeber (AUT) +0.41 4. & Aring; modt Kjetil Andre (NOR) +0.55 5. KR & Öland; LL Richard (AUT) +0.56
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WORLD CUP GIANT MEN 1994-95 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. TOMB Alberto (ITA) 450 2. KO & Scaron; IR Jure (SLO) 355 3. STRAND NILSEN Harald Christian (NOR) 322 4. & Aring; modt Kjetil Andre (NOR) 307 5. VON GR & uuml; Nigen Michael (SUI ) 296
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