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Last timed test towards the descents on Friday and Saturday on Mont Lachaux: the Norwegian is very fast, but the Bergamo rider is very solid and Brignone is there too. Bassino returns without forcing, Pirovano rises to a level.
Thursday 21 January 2021 6 minutes reading time
Sofia Goggia is confirmed on Mont Lachaux and, if already the tests between Val d''Isère and St. Anton had indicated that in the days of competition the Olympic champion could have easily fought for the victory (and what successes have arrived ...), in Crans-Montana the feeling is the same.
Of course, it will be necessary to materialize on Friday and Saturday (and then there will be the super-g on Sunday), without exaggerating while maintaining the "Sofia spirit", but Goggia can only be the great favorite for the two descents in the Canton of Valais, after what has also been seen in the second and last test. It's true, this time the best time is signed by Kajsa Vickhoff Lie, an authentic "crazy horse" often very fast in training, but the Bergamo rider seems very solid closing at 41 cents from the Norwegian, third just over a tenth from Breezy Johnson, who learn the lesson of the first test and go back there. The US is now an absolute guarantee in this discipline.
The one who could have been much closer to the first three, instead of paying more than 2 seconds of detachment, is a fast Ester Ledecka in every part, but who made a serious mistake in the upper part (starting with number 1), where she left over a second and a half.
The Czech champion will be a great rival in the race, but be careful because there is also a Federica Brignone in the area that has given her the greatest number of career triumphs (four, all combined): the Aosta Valley, fourth yesterday, today is ninth at 1 ”23, preceded by Flury and Gagnon (4th and 5th respectively at 62 and 65 cents, but conditions have improved with high numbers), Lara Gut-Behrami and Tamara Tippler, paired in 6th place at 76 cents from Lie, and Puchner eighth at 1 ”14 (with Austria still in trouble and without Nina Ortlieb).
Above the second and a half behind is Nadia Delago, who confirms a certain feeling with Mont Lachaux and can already dream of the best result of her career on Friday, then Suter, Weidle and a Laura Pirovano (13 ^ at 1 "58) who level up after a first study test. The thirty can do very well, like Elena Curtoni (third yesterday), who does not push too much and closes at 2 ”04. At home in Italy there are Marsaglia, today in the top 25 area at 2 ”17, and Marta Bassino who, after missing the test on Wednesday, risks nothing and signs a time of 3” 86 higher than Lie.
From a general cup perspective, be careful because there is a Petra Vlhova on the ball (she did well here also in the downhill last February): the Slovakian is wrong so high, but her sectors are excellent and she can also aim for the top ten (today closed at 2 "18), Michelle Gisin seems to have much less chance, even today far away (+ 4" 26, even if she did a little better in the heart of the track).
On Friday the first descent, with the weather not promising very well, is scheduled at 10.00.
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