Schmidhofer and Shiffrin open the first test of the Lake Louise descent: Sofia Goggia with the number 17

The complete startlist of the first timed test, scheduled tonight (Italian 8.30pm) towards the races on Friday and Saturday.

Tuesday 3 December 2019 5 minutes reading time

After weeks of waiting and a few days later compared to the men jet protagonists in Canada last weekend, also the women of the speed enter the scene for the first races as specialists, scheduled from Friday to Sunday on the "Men''s Olympic "Of Lake Louise, for two descents (which will take place at 8.30 pm Italian time) and a super-g (Sunday at 7.00 pm). This evening, starting at 8.30 pm, the first of the three scheduled trials will start: the startlist immediately proposes a start with a bang, given that the winner of the last World Cup downhill, Nicole Schmidhofer, has chosen bib number 1 and will start just before Mikaela Shiffrin, winner here last year in super-g (and the previous year of her first descent into the Cup). The Austrian army will then propose Siebenhofer with the 3, Tippler (6), Puchner (10), Venier (11), but also attention to the return to high levels in the speed of Lara Gut-Behrami (who will shoot with the 4), to a wild Michelle Gisin (5), to then arrive at the blue at the starting gate. You are in total, with Nicol Delago in pursuit of his second podium in the World Cup, on a track that is very suitable for his characteristics: the Gardena will start in this first race with bib number 9, then there will be Federica Brignone with 14 (will decide after the tests whether to run also the descents, or only the super-g) and the highly anticipated Sofia Goggia with the 17, after Weirather (12) and Stuhec (15), to precede one of the other great favorites for the competitions on Friday and Saturday, Corinne Suter will open her season with the number 19. Elena Curtoni will return to the circuit with the 26, then Francesca Marsaglia with the 29 and Nadia Delago with the 34. Attention also to the return in the Cup of a great talent as Jacqueline Wiles (n Â° 21) and all'olimpionica Ester Ledecka, at the start with the 23. There are 52 athletes registered for the first trial, NEVEITALIA will update you LIVE from 20.30 (TV coverage is not provided). CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE STARTLIST FEMALE DESCENT - LAKE LOUISE Startlist 1st test: 1 Schmidhofer, 2 Shiffrin, 3 Siebenhofer, 4 Gut-Behrami, 5 Gisin, 6 Tippler, 7 Rebensburg, 8 Flury, 9 Delago Nicol, 10 Puchner, 11 Venier, 12 Weirather, 13 Weidle, 14 Brignone, 15 Stuhec, 16 Miradoli, 17 Goggia, 18 McKennis, 19 Suter C., 20 Haehlen, 26 Curtoni E., 29 Marsaglia, 34 Delago Nadia.

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