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The first race of the World Cup Alpine Skiing Men of 1995 is staged in Kranjska Gora: Podgorica is held on the fourth giant slalom of the season, at d & rsquo; gold for Alberto Tomba, back to success in this specialty & agrave; in Alta Badia, to increase his lead in the World Cup before the great classic Kitzb & uuml; hel and Wengen.
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The superstar of Castel de & rsquo; Britt does not betray the expectations: back in the first subgroup and raffled with the bib number 2, get the best time gi & agrave; in the first round, with the only Christian Mayer limiting the gap in the second, to be precise 70 cents; the rest of the world & egrave; staccatissimo, with surprising Rainer Salzgeber third, usually Urs K & auml; lin quarter, the idols local Jure Ko & scaron; ir and Mitja Kunc fifth and sixth respectively, and the more and more & ugrave; bravo Harald Strand Nilsen seventh. The news pi & ugrave; important concerns for & ograve; l & rsquo; output Kjetil Andre & Aring; modt, which for the first time this season does not take points in giant slalom, a discipline that was giving him the most satisfaction, losing much contact in the overall standings.
In the second test the home crowd & egrave; warmed by the great comeback from the home favorite Mitja Kunc, who is a close command ex aequo with Strand Nilsen scale and location of position to obtain what & egrave; his second career podium after the one obtained in Crans Montana exactly one year before; best result ever for the Norwegian, that the previous season had come third in the combined Kitzb & uuml; hel, specialty & agrave; in which he had won the Olympic bronze in Lillehammer. Enthusiasm for Ko & scaron; ir, that does not beat the & rsquo; unusual pair of leaders but recovers positions Salzgeber and K & auml; lin, securing a placement ever achieved in the World Cup giant. The fight for victory ends a two-door from the finish of the descent of Mayer, when l & rsquo; Austrian finishes off allowing Tomb to descend throughout tranquility & agrave; seen l & rsquo; ample advantage of Kunc and Strand Nilsen.
La Bomba proves a real computer, although a shiver runs down the back of the Italian fans to see that his lead to the finish & egrave; reduced to two measly cents. Actually & agrave; fear & egrave; unfounded, as the reference time & egrave; & Ndash; mistakenly & ndash; to Mayer, who missed the & rsquo; last door; on the couple actually commanding the advantage & egrave; of 94 cents. For Tomb is the fourth consecutive victory and the thirty-ninth of his career. Too bad that the excessive power of Alberto hide the plight of & rsquo; another Italian, who square s & Igrave; four of the top thirty, but all in reserve positions: Gerhard K & ouml; nigsrainer & egrave; sixteenth, eighteenth Ivan Bormolini, Matteo Belfrond twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth Bergamelli Norman.
With 100 points scored, Tomba rises to 650, pi & ugrave; 300 margin on the returning Michael Von Gr & uuml; NiGen, twelfth and obviously embarrassed because of the dislocated shoulder remedied Lech three weeks earlier. In third place salt Ko & scaron; ir, that without an opponent bulky as Tomb is candiderebbe the role of favorite for the crystal ball given the great condition is shown in that giant slalom. & Aring; modt remains at 302 points, while G & uuml; Günther Mader, thirteenth, & egrave; 254. Missing the slalom in Garmisch, then entrer & agrave; I live in the season for sprinters, but the tranquility & agrave; and a physical condition had probably never allow Tomb look with confidence to the continuation of a season that could finally end with the conquest of the World Cup.
GIANT KRANJSKA GORA January 6, 1995 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. TOMB Alberto (ITA) 2: 12:01 2. STRAND NILSEN Harald Christian (NOR) +0.94 2. KUNC Mitja (SLO) +0.94 4. KO & Scaron; IR Jure (SLO) +1.03 5. Rainer Salzgeber (AUT) +1.24
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