The startlist of the combined Crans-Montana: Brignone and Bassino go for the podium

Sunday (10.30 the super-g, at 13.30 the slalom round) second appointment of specialties and crucial race for the general cup. Federica, red bib, chose the 5. Holdener and Vlhova the great rivals.

Saturday 22 February 2020 4 minutes reading time

In Altenmarkt-Zauchensee they signed one of the many seasonal braces for the female Italsci, with a first and third place on the Austrian snow. Forty-two days later, the second Alpine combined of the season proposes Federica Brignone and Marta Bassino still among the most awaited women for a race, the one that will close the Crans-Montana triptych on Sunday, could also be worth the top of the general classification of the World Cup for the Aosta Valley. Red bib in the discipline, Fede has chosen the number 5 for the super-g that will open the contest tomorrow morning, starting at 10.30 on the track designed by Gamper, technician from Canada; at 13.30 (tracking by Marco Viale, who leads the French) the decisive slalom round, with Petra Vlhova and Wendy Holdener who propose themselves as great rivals of the blue. The Slovakian will start with 13 in the speed heats, the Swiss (second in Zauchensee) with 7, among them we will see Bassino with 9 and also Elena Curtoni with 10. Attention to the Valtellina, fifth surprise in the first alpine combined, third tip of a sextet that will also see Nicol Delago, Laura Pirovano and Nadia Delago at the starting gate. No race for Francesca Marsaglia, as well as for the winner of the two descents in the Canton of Valais, Lara Gut-Behrami (who had announced the farewell to the combined already at the beginning of the season). Only 37 members, now less and less in the women's sector, also considering the exorbitant number of injuries that further reduced the starting field. CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE STARTLIST FEMALE ALPINE COMBINED - CRANS-MONTANA Starlist 1st round: 1 Siebenhofer, 2 Stuhec, 3 Remme, 4 Nufer, 5 Brignone, 6 Roux, 7 Holdener, 8 Gagnon, 9 Bassino, 10 Curtoni E., 11 Miradoli, 12 Ignjatovic, 13 Vlhova, 14 Delago Nicol, 15 Ledecka, 16 Ortlieb, 17 Kopp, 18 Dorsch, 19 Gisin, 20 Gritsch, 24 Delago Nadia, 32 Pirovano.

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