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Saturday and Sunday the two French giants, with the Aosta Valley winner a year ago. His words on the eve, but Bassino (first time with the red bib) and Goggia also aim high, with many doubts about the conditions of the track. Eight Italians competing with Elena Curtoni's return to the wide doors.
Friday 11 December 2020 6 minutes reading time
A double crucial appointment, to contain Petra Vlhova's escape in the standings and see if Mikaela Shiffrin will immediately be a direct rival in this discipline too.
The female giants of Courchevel clearly see the blue squadron starting with great ambitions, just think that the double win in Soelden with Marta Bassino and Federica Brignone, but also the sixth place of Sofia Goggia who, just for the races on Saturday and Sunday ( 9.30-12.30 the times of the heats) will return to the first starting group.
And just the bib, as Brignone herself confessed on the eve, will be decidedly important: "The track is prepared in two different ways, obviously yesterday they must have crossed it in the upper part and remained in dots - explains the Aosta Valley, who won here for the first time in 2019, burning 4 cents Mina Fuerst Holtmann - The bottom is hard, but in the central and final part it is really soft and we could have two different conditions. I trust in their night preparation, since it should snow in the night, we will adapt to any conditions anyway.
The starting bib will be important, of course putting away a few tenths can always be useful for the second heat, but it is not even said that if this soft snow remains the first numbers can go so well. It is a beautiful track because it varies, all to be pushed, it makes the difference from the end of the wall to the final part. And it is a slope that can fool you for changes in slope, the important thing is to keep pushing, without being influenced by the bumps ”.
Eight Italians at the start: in addition to the three points of the elite group, there will be Elena Curtoni, Roberta Melesi, Laura Pirovano, Valentina Cillara Rossi and Luisa Bertani. "I frankly did not think I would find snow of this kind, but conditions will be the same for all the competitors and we will try to adapt to any situation - confides Marta Bassino to Physi.org, she who will wear the red bib for the first time in her career tomorrow. leader of the discipline - He is the second giant of the season, the one in Soelden last October went very well, but I just think about preparing myself mentally to give the best of myself on the track and always get the best ".
Sofia Goggia also has some doubts about the conditions of the Stade Emile-Allais: “The skiing on the slopes left me for a moment perplexed, there are two very different types of snow. I trust in the smoothers, I am calm and serene after having taken care of some details in training in Santa Caterina: I will leave between 8 and 15 and I hope to seize the opportunity, using a good number ".
Then here is Elena Curtoni, who tomorrow will return to compete in giant leagues almost two years after her last appearance in Maribor: "The goal of returning to the giant was already there last year, to enter the finals if I had reached 500 points, but unfortunately the opportunity did not arise because the races were interrupted due to Covid. Given the late start of the season, I decided to return to this discipline, I didn't do many days of specific training, but it is also a way to get back to wearing the bib and breathe the atmosphere of the competition ". Before diving back into speed with next week's races in Val d''Isère.
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