Bassino opens the giant of Lienz; bib number 6 for Brignone, preceded by Shiffrin and Worley

Saturday (10.15 the 1st round) the fourth seasonal specialty event. Seven blues at the start, here is the complete startlist.

Friday 27 December 2019 5 minutes reading time

The last two said Italy, with the victories of Marta Bassino in Killington and Federica Brignone in Courchevel. The female giant is ready to give another show, for the fourth appointment of specialties scheduled on Saturday, with 1st heat starting at 10.15 (the second at 13.30, both live on TV on Raisport and Eurosport), on the snows of Lienz. After two years we return to the locality of East Tyrol, just 24 months after that triumph of Brignone on the Schlossberg: the Aosta Valley arrives at this new challenge, the last of 2019 before the slalom on Sunday, with the red bib as the leader of the specialty and also a good margin on direct rivals. Marta Bassino, bib 1 to precede Holdener, back from the first of his giant career in Courchevel, Petra Vlhova and, with the number 4, a Mikaela Shiffrin rested by the missed trip of Val d''IsÃ¨re, but above all eager to cancel the 17th place in Savoy which made her lose the primacy among the wide doors. With 5 a very dangerous Tessa Worley, then after Brignone there will be Rebensburg to close the first group, remembering that in the 2017 edition the German was second, mocked for only 4 cents by the blue. In the second subgroup maximum attention to Mina Fuerst Holtmann (9), after the second square of Courchevel, but also to Meta Hrovat (13) and above all to Alice Robinson, again unlucky in the draw having drawn the 15, but with the potential to return immediately to the front after two complicated races between Killington and the French test ten days ago. Seven blue in the race on the tracks designed by the Canadian technician Gamper for the 1st race and by the French Guillot-Patrique for the second. Sofia Goggia will start with the number 18 and will finally be able to play the first top ten in specialties during this season, Irene Curtoni with 30, while over 50 we will see Roberta Midali, a new chance for Valentina Cillara Rossi and Laura Pirovano, to close with 61 while Lara Della Mea will not be at the starting gate. CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE STARTLIST GIANT FEMALE - LIENZ Startlist 1st round: 1 Bassino, 2 Holdener, 3 Vlhova, 4 Shiffrin, 5 Worley, 6 Brignone, 7 Rebensburg, 8 Haaser, 9 Holtmann, 10 Frasse Sombet, 11 Liensberger, 12 Stjernesund, 13 Hrovat, 14 Brem, 15 Robinson , 18 Goggia, 30 Curtoni I., 53 Midali, 54 Cillara Rossi, 61 Pirovano.

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