Brignone at all, but rest: between Courmayeur and La Thuile he prepares the assault on two objectives

Yesterday in the shadow of Mont Blanc, today on the "3 Franco Berthod": the Aosta Valley champion prepares Lenzerheide, where her first super-g cup will be played on Saturday and the chance to get close to Shiffrin and Vlhova, the only Italian in the fight for the podium in the general after the resignation of Goggia until the finals.

Wednesday 2 March 2022 4 minutes reading time

"I will spend three days at home, where I have practically not returned since January". Federica Brignone has been speaking after Crans-Montana, but ... up to a certain point. And we say it in a good way, because the Aosta Valley just doesn't want to stay still and away from skiing, especially when the motivations are still a thousand and the physical condition is optimal. While the rest of the Italian national team has prepared for the next weekend in Lenzerheide in Livigno, here is that Fede is immediately back on the snows of her Valle d'Aosta, after having visited the snowboarder and dear friend Raffaella Brutto, neo mother of little Estelle: yesterday in Courmayeur, today in La Thuile on that “3 Franco Berthod” where, two years ago, she nearly won in super-g, preceded by just one cent by Nina Ortlieb. If we think about it, that penny cost Brignone the specialty World Cup, which went to Corinne Suter with the cancellation of the grand finale between Are and Cortina (Federica consoled herself with the general, of course, in addition to the crystal ball in giant). The super-g cup is the first goal of the La Salle champion in this season finale: it will be enough to finish in front of Elena Curtoni, 103 points away two races from the end, to celebrate the trophy even before Courchevel-Méribel, given that Goggia (third in the ranking) will not be on Saturday and Sunday in the canton of Grisons. The absence of the Bergamo player, who will return only for the descent (and perhaps super-g) to the finals in France, places in fact only Brignone as the third wheel for Mikaela Shiffrin and Petra Vlhova in general terms, with the blue currently fourth 204 points behind the leading duo. Eight races at the end and target 3rd place as a minimum, at this point, but the willingness to try if in Lenzerheide, a weekend on the paper favorable to Faith, there should be an important gain against the US and the Slovak, which they will be competing in both events.

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