Miradoli in front of the very toasty "Eclipse", Shiffrin is there and Brignone as well. Goggia 10 ^ and ... smiling

CdM finals in Courchevel-Méribel: the first test sees the Frenchwoman, already winner of the super-g of Lenzerheide, signing the best time. Fifth faith ("I start to be competitive even downhill"), Sofia 3 tenths from rival Suter. "I really like this new track, but I have to trust my left leg."

Monday 14 March 2022 5 minutes reading time

A very tough “Eclipse”, as predicted, to open the World Cup finals on the new Courchevel track which will host, between Wednesday and Thursday, the four fast races of the last season of the season. In two days the women's descent that will decide who between Sofia Goggia and Corinne Suter will celebrate, with the first of the two scheduled trainings (tomorrow the encore at 11.30) which saw Romane Miradoli in front of everyone. On such a technical track, the transalpine has once again exalted itself, even if many rivals will be able to file a lot since today's is the first ever approach: 2nd time trial for Lara Gut-Behrami (at 37 cents), but with a goal jump, then there is Mikaela Shiffrin great third at 4 tenths and with the feeling that such a context could be much more favorable to her than Petra Vlhova, who today closed the test at 2 ”53. Then Ester Ledecka 4th and Federica Brignone 5th, 59 cents from Miradoli, while Corinne Suter finished sixth at + 0 ”89 and Sofia Goggia 10th at 1” 20. If Bassino defended well (16 ^ at 1 ”71), a little further behind we find Elena Curtoni and Nadia Delago, who paid almost 3 seconds, definitely far away. "I returned home from Crans-Montana and took a few days off because I realize that the season was very heavy with the injury in Cortina, I put into play all the strength I had to recover in view of the Olympics and so it was - the words of Goggia to Physi.org - I have to collect the energy left to reach the final goal of the Downhill World Cup. I really liked the new track, in the first timed test I still lacked confidence in the left corners on the injured leg for a moment, we will have to do a nice video analysis to fully trust ”. Federica Brignone is quite satisfied: “In the upper part I struggled a bit because it was like being in front of a motorway and it's pure sliding. Then the curves begin and you enter a forest where you continue to turn to the finish, with curves all at speed. I immediately found the right timing, even if I took some margin because it was the first time for all of us on this track. On Tuesday I will think about filing the lines, I leave to be competitive even downhill, there are no very dry corners, you have to let go of the skis ". Elena Curtoni: “In practice I am never so competitive, I think there is room to push the corners well and be fast. You turn a lot but there are no corners to pull, the snow is not that hard, but you can make a difference by pushing the curves ”. Nadia Delago: "The track is interesting, smoother on the top, it turns a bit more below, I hit a hole in the middle and ended up very outside, losing a lot of speed".

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