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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 move to Italy for the & nbsp; slalom in Sestriere, fourth round dated 12 December 1994.
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The fourth round of the World Cup 1994-95 & egrave; historic in its own way. At Sestriere fact staged the first night slalom ever, experimental event that riscuoter & agrave; great success in the years ahead. The spotlight looks set to illuminate the test of Alberto Tomba, who after dominating in Tignes & egrave; called the bis and give satisfaction to the thousands of people who came to acclaim him.
The champion for Emilian & ograve; shakes his fans in Pregara, when suffering a blow to the chest in the course of & rsquo; last workout. In the race for & ograve; not affected by this problem, closing the lead the first heat ahead of Thomas Fogd & ouml ;, one that skiing under artificial light & egrave; accustomed as in its G & auml; llivare days very short impose a wide lighting. The Swede & egrave; trailing by only five cents and & egrave; l & rsquo; only theoretically capable of being able to worry Tomb; the rest of the world, led by Olympic champion Thomas Stangassinger, you will play & agrave; the third step of the podium.
In the second test confirms those in excellent condition & egrave; Michael Tritscher, that after the square d & rsquo; honor obtained in Tignes dating back from seventh position until the second consecutive podium. Good race also two young people who in later years will take away different satisfactions: Sébastien Amiez and Mario Reiter finish sixth and seventh, beaten even by Ko & scaron; ir (fourth) and Stangassinger (fifth). The first two of the first round are unapproachable, with Fogd & ouml; which is not satisfied with second place, attacks to win and closes with almost two seconds ahead of Tritscher. For once & egrave; Alberto have to handle the pressure of a big race by a rival. But if Tomb & egrave; Tomb merit & egrave; especially of the head: after having entered slight delay all & rsquo; intermediate outcome very similar to a sentence seen l & rsquo; excellent final of Swedish, the champion blue puts the turbo, recovering on the floor & ndash; land him less congenial & ndash; and going on to win by six hundredths of a margin.
Alberto comes cos & Igrave; the second victory in two slalom, fourth in a row in this discipline when considering the last two successes of the previous season. No progress has been part of & rsquo; another Italian, who placed Kurt Ladst & auml; tter eighteenth and twenty-fourth Pramotton Roger. The general classification, clearly biased towards the slalom, sees the champions of Castel de & rsquo; Britti the lead with 250 points, 101 more & ugrave; Michael Von Gr & uuml; NiGen, that with the & rsquo; eleventh place rises to 149, and 110 in pi & ugrave; of Tritscher and Fogd & ouml ;, paired third with 140. & Aring; modt, only the ninth to Sestriere, & egrave; fifth with 133 points; season & egrave; just begun but the Norwegian seems gi & agrave; ski from accountant, without sticking to avoid errors and consequent loss of points in view of the crystal ball, attitude & ndash; along with a physical condition that did not enable & agrave; to excel in the speed disciplines & ndash; the rest of the season will demonstrate & agrave; be completely wrong.
SLALOM SESTRIERE December 12, 1994 & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. TOMB Alberto (ITA) 1: 53.61 2. FOGD & Öland; Thomas (SWE) +0.06 3. Michael Tritscher (AUT) +1.83 4. KO & Scaron; IR Jure (SLO) +1.94 5. Stangassinger Thomas (AUT) +2.09
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