"Chamonix 1" is also bitter for Italy: Gross 18th is the best, Vinatzer loses the first group

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The first of the two slaloms in France sees Theolier's team still too far from the top. "Sabo": "Hard conditions, but it was like that for everyone". Il Gardena: "I am convinced I can work well in the three weeks before the race in Cortina". Maurberger near the fourth world bib.

Saturday 30 January 2021 4 minutes reading time

Another difficult race, a bit like all those of this month of January so intense for slalom. The night in Schladming had given the national team back the lightning of the eternal Manfred Moelgg, today instead in great difficulty in the first round in Chamonix, but only a couple of top 20 placings are too little for a team like the blue one. Unqualified Tonetti and Razzoli, with Sala not taking advantage of the chance in the 2nd heat and Moelgg and Vinatzer who finished at the bottom of the standings, 28th and 29th respectively. Gross and Maurberger are saved in some way, with the 18th and 19th places in the final, but already thinking in terms of the World Cup, even if tomorrow there will be the last chance before Cortina, the situation is worrying. Barring surprises in the slalom on Sunday, it will be Simon Maurberger himself who will wear the fourth bib in the world slalom on February 21st, making companions to Moelgg, Vinatzer and Gross, but the tip is missing and the involution of the 21-year-old from Gardena is now evident . Alex, among other things, with today's results lost the first group of merit, finding himself 16th in the WCSL: "I had never been last, I don't feel good on skiing and you can't change from one heat to" other - Alex commented to Rai microphones immediately after the race - Cortina? Now I need training on the “easy”, I already knew this before Schladming and I'm happy to have three weeks available, because I'm convinced I can return for the World Cup. Now let's try to do better tomorrow ”. Stefano Gross seems to have found a minimum of continuity, but certainly does not smile too much for placings that do not satisfy him at all: "The conditions were tough, but there is no excuse because it was the same for everyone - the analysis of the 34-year-old from Val di Fassa - In the second heat I started with the right attitude, but I made a big mistake halfway through the track which cost me several positions. We are working for a more important result on Sunday ”.

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