Cortina and a super-g to scream: Ledecka opens, then challenges with Gut-Behrami (7), Brignone (9), Goggia (13) and Shiffrin (1

Sunday (11.45 the start) the sixth specialty race, also very important for the general, with the cup leader who will start last among the big ones (but watch out for Mowinckel with 19), while Vlhova will rest up to Kronplatz. Nine blue at the start, starting with Curtoni (bib 5) and attention also to Bassino.

Saturday 22 January 2022 6 minutes reading time

A beautiful super-g, for the technical context and for the quality of the protagonists. After Sofia Goggia's downhill show, Sunday will be time for the second fast race on Olympia delle Tofane, to close the weekend in Cortina d''Ampezzo with the return of Mikaela Shiffrin, the one who won the last World Cup super-g on this track, and a stellar confrontation with the Italians and with Lara Gut-Behrami, but not only ... Tomorrow the start at 11.45 (live on TV on Eurosport and Rai 2), based on Franz Gamper, an extremely expert technician who has been driving for some time now Ester Ledecka, the very one who will open the challenge with bib number 1, of compulsory fact for the Czech tithe in the WCSL of discipline. There will be no Ariane Raedler (due to Covid), third in the last race of Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, and Petra Vlhova who returned home to recover energy and ready to fight next Tuesday in the giant of Kronplatz. The Slovak, second overall at 37 points behind Mikaela Shiffrin, must hope that the American does not gain too much ground: the three-time winner of the crystal ball will start with the number 17, watching practically all the potential rivals go down for the podium area. Starting from Ledecka, in fact, passing immediately through Worley (5th in Zauchensee, even if the slope changes a lot here) and Tippler, but also for Alice Robinson starting fourth, just before Elena Curtoni. Mirjam Puchner herself should not be underestimated, and after the disappointment of last Sunday and today's descent (ninth) with a lot of controversy for the wind found on the track, Lara Gut-Behrami will have a mad desire to take back the throne of the super-g. Francesca Marsaglia will have the number 8, then Federica Brignone with the 9 for the dream of the first triumph in Cortina: today's mistake in Rumerlo does not cancel the quality of the Aosta Valley skiing, which can point straight to the seasonal trio in super-g and to the red bib which, for 5 points, is still on Sofia Goggia's shoulders. Between the two we will see Gauche, Corinne Suter and then Flury, and here with 13 the Bergamo woman, followed by Siebenhofer (14) and Marta Bassino (15). The Cuneo-based woman made a mistake today at Scarpadon, but she is confident as indicated by her 4th place in super-g in Zauchensee and she can do very well, like Michelle Gisin (16) and Shiffrin, without forgetting that a certain Ragnhild Mowinckel will start for 19th. .. Race that will then see four other Italians at the start after the first two sub-groups of merit: Nicol Delago will come out of the gate with 23, Roberta Melesi with 36, Karoline Pichler (who did the tests but not the descent) with 41 and finally Nadia Delago with bib 45. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STARTLIST SUPER-G FEMALE - CORTINA D''AMPEZZO Startlist: 1 Ledecka, 2 Worley, 3 Tippler, 4 Robinson, 5 Curtoni, 6 Puchner, 7 Gut-Behrami, 8 Marsaglia, 9 Brignone, 10 Gauche, 11 C. Suter, 12 Flury, 13 Goggia, 14 Siebenhofer, 15 Bassino , 16 Gisin, 17 Shiffrin, 18 Miradoli, 19 Mowinckel, 20 Gagnon, 23 Nicol Delago, 36 Melesi, 41 Pichler, 45 Nadia Delago.

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