At Lake Louise we try again: at 8.15 pm for the downhill opening, the big names choose lower bibs

After yesterday's cancellation, jet men on the runway with a weather forecast that should help. Compared to 24 hours before, Kriechmayr chooses 1, Feuz 5, Mayer 7, Paris 9. The complete startlist, seven blues at the starting gate.

Saturday 27 November 2021 4 minutes reading time

We try again in Lake Louise, the day after the cancellation of the number 1 descent of the men's World Cup. Too much snow on the track and negative forecasts also for yesterday afternoon had advised Markus Waldner and his men to send everyone back to the hotel, but today there is confidence to be able to stage the speed opening on the Men''s Olympic Downhill, waiting to see if the recovery from race-1 will already take place at Beaver Creek next week. Appointment tonight, at 20.15 Italian (12.15 local time), with live TV on Eurosport 2 and Rai Sport, for a descent that presents many unknowns also because the conditions, in fact, will have changed compared to the tests on Tuesday and Wednesday (already not we had taken to the track on Thursday for the third training). Vincent Kriechmayr will open the contest, with the big names who were able to choose first, who opted for lower bibs than on Friday, with the doubt that the coat cannot hold up perfectly. The world champion will then have the n ° 1, Johan Clarey the 3 (among them Marco Odermatt, who fished out the 2 with the draw of the even numbers), Beat Feuz the 5, then Cochran-Siegle returning before Matthias Mayer with the 7 and here is Dominik Paris, who compared to the 15 of race-1 has turned on the 9. Drawn on the 12th for Christof Innerhofer, between the Germans Sander and Baumann (very dangerous), then Bailet with the 14th and another of the big favorites on this track, Max Franz, with the 15th to precede Jansrud, Striedinger, Cater and the highly anticipated Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who went from 1 to 19, practically forced to be the last to choose from the world top 10. Seven blues in the race, with Matteo Marsaglia who drew a good 21, obviously fixed the other numbers with Lele Buzzi at the start for 34th, Mattia Casse with 36, Ricky Tonetti with 42 and “Gugu” Bosca with bib 49. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STARTLIST MEN'S DESCENT - LAKE LOUISE Startlist: 1 Kriechmayr, 2 Odermatt, 3 Clarey, 4 Hemetsberger, 5 Feuz, 6 Cochran-Siegle, 7 Mayer, 8 Bennett, 9 Paris, 10 Ganong, 11 Sander, 12 Innerhofer, 13 Baumann, 14 Bailet, 15 Franz, 16 Jansrud, 17 Striedinger, 18 Cater, 19 Kilde, 20 Goldberg, 21 Marsaglia, 34 Buzzi, 36 Casse, 42 Tonetti, 49 Bosca.

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