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The Olympic champion, first and third in the two tests, will start after Ledecka and Suter in the race scheduled for Friday starting at 10.00. Eight blue at the start: Bassino draws on 10, from 17 to 19 Curtoni, Pirovano and Brignone.
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Fingers crossed for the weather conditions that could partly affect the first race of the Crans-Montana triptych, the fourth downhill of the women's World Cup season will start on Friday on Mont Lachaux.
The start at 10.00 (with live TV on Eurosport and Rai Sport), with Tamara Tippler to open appointment number 1 in the Canton of Valais and Michelle Gisin, definitely in difficulty in the two races held yesterday and today, who drew the bib. n ° 2. In practice, the blues found themselves very well, but it is not a big surprise considering the feeling with this track and the form conditions of Rulfi's girls: starting with Sofia Goggia, of course, who chose number 9 and will aim straight for the seasonal trio in the discipline of which he is leader.
The Bergamo rider will start after Ester Ledecka (with 5), who messed up in practice but was still fast in several sectors, and a Corinne Suter always on the podium in every speed race (apart from the St. Anton descent, which ended at 6 Place) and that tomorrow will start in seventh place. The first of the eight blue ones at the starting gate will however be Francesca Marsaglia (number 6), then after Goggia and before the technical break we will see Marta Bassino (10), who has decided to start this first descent in the meantime, to then evaluate in based on the result whether to do an encore on Saturday.
Petra Vlhova, World Cup leader, will start with 12, before the one who won the last two descents on Mont Lachaux in February 2020, namely Lara Gut-Behrami; it will be an open race also with bibs from 15 to 19, given that in the series there will be Johnson, today second in qualifying and always on the lowest step of the podium in the three seasonal descents so far disputed, Kajsa Vickhoff Lie best time today and then a triptych of blue, with Elena Curtoni (17), Laura Pirovano (18) and all the desire of Federica Brignone (19), fast in practice and convinced of being able to obtain weight placements even downhill, in addition of course to "her" super -g on Sunday.
And also pay attention to Nadia Delago, really good in practice and with bib 22, while Roberta Melesi will go hunting for at least a few points and will be the 50th of the 51 athletes at the start.
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FEMALE DESCENT - CRANS-MONTANA
Startlist: 1 Tippler, 2 Gisin, 3 Weidle, 4 Haehlen, 5 Ledecka, 6 Marsaglia, 7 C. Suter, 8 Siebenhofer, 9 Goggia, 10 Bassino, 11 Stuhec, 12 Vlhova, 13 Gut-Behrami, 14 Mowinckel, 15 Johnson , 16 Lie, 17 E. Curtoni, 18 Pirovano, 19 Brignone, 20 Venier, 22 Nadia Delago, 50 Melesi.
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