Azzola: "We need a major achievement." Tomorrow the blue Bormio

SANTA CATERINA VALFURVA (Sondrio) - ... From Bormio Bormio. The White Circus is in fact in Valtellina last men's race of 2013, the downhill won by Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal. Why always on the track "Stelvio" will share, after the cancellation of the parallel of Monaco (January 1) and the two slalom in Zagreb (4:06 January), for the first labors of 2014. Here are the feelings of Azzola Michela and Sabrina Fanchini, still not certain of his presence in the race on Sunday, 5.

Friday 3 January 2014 4 minutes reading time

Sunday, January 5, 2014 will be the turn of the women, with the rapid test between the gates in the morning, then the men at night'' s Epiphany, as provided in the rest of Croatia on the hill Sljeme, where you will be back in a year. The Italian contingent of women, thanks to the results obtained among the thirty in Courchevel, in the penultimate slalom by Federica Brignone and Sarah Pardeller, fortunately increased by two units, bringing the pectoral available for six to eight races in Bormio and Flachau . It is said that all are used, because at this moment the situation of this discipline with Italian women'' is a bit difficult (but if Chiara Costazza back to its levels can drag the whole movement), in each case may be in the race, with Costazza, Pardeller, Azzola, Brignone and Moelgg, safe, even Sabrina Fanchini, the Valtellina and Helen Irene Curtoni, with chance as well to the other Bergamo, Martha Benzoni (in place of one of the last mentioned athletes, of course), will depend on the last training sessions that will be held today and tomorrow in St. Catherine, where the Italians are from January 2. Irene Curtoni, finally almost in place with the back, but is recovering from the flu, just not to miss anything .... Tomorrow we will have the ultimate team. "Unfortunately, my season has not started in the best way and I'm doing a'' bit of effort, but both in race and in training I feel that certain passages are really good - says the 22-year old Albino, Michela Azzola - . I just have to insist, then I'm sure that something decent will come! I want to redeem myself after the release of'' Lienz in the second round, where I was not going so bad, so I'll try to do my best as always. The Stelvio in slalom? It starts it final stretch of downhill, where we competed with the Absolute end of December, only 15 ports above. C'' is an initial wall and then flattens until the arrival''. It is not a difficult track. " Sabrina Fanchini said he was "very pleased with the Lienz giant, finally a race has gone well (16th with bib 40, ed.) I was going through a really dark period. I feel that I'm still missing something to get to ski like I do. Sunday I'll try, if I'm in the race. "

Gianmario Bonzi

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