Shiffrin makes a vacuum in the first of Semmering: over 7 tenths on Vlhova and Worley, then the blues

Halfway through the race of the giant number 1 on the Panorama, the general leader has a very important margin, then it's a total battle with Bassino and Brignone who are still close to the podium.

Tuesday 27 December 2022 4 minutes reading time

Mikaela Shiffrin makes a void, in the first heat of a giant in Semmering, the third of the season and recovery in Soelden, which now sees the American as a very favorite to try to start the triptych in Lower Austria as she did in 2016, when she won all the races on the “Landscape”. The first season in giant, after having brought home successes in slalom and super-g, is a little closer for Edwards' champion, who makes perfect use of bib number 1 (on a wet and salty track for the high temperatures, which held up better than expected but is certainly not the top), to distance Petra Vlhova by more than 7 tenths. The Slovak is second at 72 cents from the great rival, who made the difference enormously in the 15 seconds of the initial pot, conceding something only in the last doors; Tessa Worley, who has always had a wonderful time here, "turns" instead in third place with a + 0"73 compared to Shiffrin, but they are all glued together for the podium fight, if we think that Valerie Grenier, very good with the number 8, closes fourth at + 0"76 and precedes by 11 cents Marta Bassino, who struggles a bit to adapt to this particular turf, but is still 5th with her red bib to defend compared to Sara Hector, who ends up behind her by 9 cents. Seventh at 98 cents from Shiffrin is a Federica Brignone who, like her teammate, really loses a lot in the upper part, then signs the best partial at the back and remains in the race, in turn preceding Lara Gut-Behrami by a couple of cents . Also pay attention to the Ticino rider, since she started with bib number 10 (the disadvantage on the track was already important) and is in any case less than 3 tenths from second place, who will attack in the 2nd heat starting at 13.00. We'll see the other Azzurri chasing qualification from Asja Zenere's number 40 onwards, with Melesi, Platino, the debutant Belfrond and Pirovano following the Vicentina. (updating)

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