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The impressions of the Italian house on the eve of the first descent of Crans-Montana, which the Cuneo woman will face regularly. Brignone's newfound confidence: "I have a lot of energy and I'm having fun".
Thursday 21 January 2021 6 minutes reading time
Definitely good tests, the two on Mont Lachaux faced by the Italians before the Crans-Montana speed triptych which, from the two descents on Friday and Saturday followed by the super-g on Sunday, certainly sees Gianluca Rulfi's girls among the favorites for the podium in every race.
First of all Sofia Goggia, yesterday first and third today: “I did two good tests, but we know that we can improve a lot, there are areas of the track where I am able to level up - the analysis of the Bergamo rider at phi. org - Even the wind has shuffled the cards a bit. I show up with the leader's bib in the descent but I don't think about it, I think race by race, we are still too far away to make any calculations: we just think about going fast and putting hay in the farmhouse.
This week's challenge is stimulating, because with two descents and a supergiant it will be important, in addition to physical effort, to have the right mental approach. In recent weeks between Val d''Isère and St. Anton I have had a different mental approach between the descent I had won the day before and the super-g the following day. The victory is beautiful but it must be absorbed from the management point of view, here the goal is to have three days at the top ”.
Federica Brignone seemed much more brilliant than the giants of Kranjska Gora, on a track that was magical for her: "I'm here to try to express myself how capable I am, which in this month hasn't turned out so well - confided the Cup holder. of the World - I always demand a lot from myself, I have probably put on a bit of pressure in the last few weeks, a factor that has led me to make more mistakes and to compete no longer to win, but to make no mistakes.
I have always liked the track here, in fact I came here especially in view of the super-g on Sunday, but physically I feel good and I'm working a lot. I have a lot of energy in my body and in the two days of testing I had a lot of fun, so I decided to compete also on Friday and Saturday ”.
Today Marta Bassino is also back on the snow, who had skipped the Wednesday test to recover after the last efforts and confirmed her presence tomorrow in the race, to then decide whether to skip (as likely) the second descent on Saturday. "I took an extra day of rest because I needed to take a breather after the two victories of Kranjska Gora - explained the Cuneo-based press office FISI - We came from a fairly intense period because I left home on January 3 and until last Sunday it was a long sprint, seeing my family for a few hours did me good.
On Friday I will be in the race, then we will see based on the performance if it will be appropriate to compete also on Saturday, before the super-g. The track is very beautiful, there is a central floor where I have to defend myself and today I also found enough wind, it was important to put my foot on the track to understand some steps and finish everything on the video, with the aim of pulling out a good performance ".
Elena Curtoni, third yesterday and today furthest away, can still aim for important results on such a technical track: “It is a track that I know very well, there are blind passages to take safely, where you need to know which direction to take. The rest is all to attack, face in thrust. So far things are going well, I get consistently placements, but I feel I have even more important results that I could already reach in St. Anton, where unfortunately I made mistakes. I'm sure they will arrive soon ".
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