Shiffrin, Gut-Behrami and Vlhova, the favorites are already in front. Only the blue is missing after the opening

The World Cup rankings after the inaugural giant of Soelden: the "zero" of Bassino and Brignone (which barely saves the top 7 in the WCSL) can weigh in the specialty ranking. Next appointment in Killington, where Marta and Fede have very sweet memories.

Saturday 23 October 2021 6 minutes reading time

The seasonal opening on Rettenbach gave us a wonderful duel, the one between Mikaela Shiffrin and Lara Gut-Behrami, which already projects us towards a possible confrontation between the American and the Swiss also in an absolute cup key. Yes, because the giant from Soelden immediately proposed the main favorites to the most coveted trophy on the podium, with Petra Vlhova who collected 60 points far from being thrown away, also considering the gap suffered by the two great rivals. Only ... Italy was missing, because certainly the shadowed opening by Bassino, Brignone and Goggia does not help, albeit in a very long season. With the new calendar, the chances to play for it are there for all three blue stars, but it is clear that Mikaela, who has the slalom to really make a difference, and Lara if she will always be this one in giant too, start a step forward. . The "zero" of Marta and Fede weighs more for the goal of the specialty cup, even if there are no less than eight appointments, with a restart set at the end of November in Killington where the memories for Bassino and Brignone are very sweet ("Bax" won in 2019 his first CdM race, the Aosta Valley triumphed 12 months earlier). From a WCSL perspective, important for Brignone herself, who came out today in the 2nd heat, having skipped the first sub-group with Alice Robinson (11th) now at only 16 points, while there Shiffrin overtook Bassino in 1st place. Goggia gained a position, 13th with a good margin to keep the second sub-group without worries. GIANT WOMEN WORLD CUP RANKING (1/9) 1st Mikaela Shiffrin 100 pt, 2nd Lara Gut-Behrami 80, 3rd Petra Vlhova 60, 4th Katharina Liensberger 50, 5th Maria Therese Tviberg 45, 6th Meta Hrovat 40, 7th Valérie Grenier 36, 8th Tessa Worley 32, 9th Nina O''Brien 29, 10th Ramona Siebenhofer 26, 11th Alice Robinson 24, 12th Sara Hector 22, 13th Alex Tilley 20, 14th Andreja Slokar 18, 15th Ricarda Haaser 16, 16th Sofia Goggia 15. WOMEN'S GENERAL WORLD CUP RANKING (1/37) 1st Mikaela Shiffrin 100 pt, 2nd Lara Gut-Behrami 80, 3rd Petra Vlhova 60, 4th Katharina Liensberger 50, 5th Maria Therese Tviberg 45, 6th Meta Hrovat 40, 7th Valérie Grenier 36, 8th Tessa Worley 32, 9th Nina O''Brien 29, 10th Ramona Siebenhofer 26, 11th Alice Robinson 24, 12th Sara Hector 22, 13th Alex Tilley 20, 14th Andreja Slokar 18, 15th Ricarda Haaser 16, 16th Sofia Goggia 15. GIANT FEMALE WCSL 1st Mikaela Shiffrin 550 pt, 2nd Marta Bassino 509, 3rd Lara Gut-Behrami 429, 4th Tessa Worley 416, 5th Petra Vlhova 388, 6th Michelle Gisin 378, 7th Federica Brignone 335, 8th Alice Robinson 319 , 9th Katharina Liensberger 282, 10th Meta Hrovat 251, 11th Ramona Siebenhofer 222, 12th Sara Hector 198, 13th Sofia Goggia 168, 14th Maryna Gasienica-Daniel 157, 15th Nina O''Brien 139, 21st Elena Curtoni 81, 47th Roberta Midali 12, 58th Roberta Melesi 5, 60th Laura Pirovano (inf.) 4.

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