Caviezel from the start to free the Alpine combined in St. Moritz. Number 4 for Janka, 9 Pinturault, 10 Fill, 11 Hirscher

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Sunday 12 February 2017 6 minutes reading time

The first segment of the competition which takes into account the amount of time between the downhill and one run of slalom will open tomorrow morning at 9.30 am with the 'out of the starting gate Swiss Mauro Caviezel the first of the 59 athletes enrolled in the trial rainbow. Bib number 2 for the American downhill racer Bryce Bennett that will precede Romed Baumann (3) and Carlo Janka (4) two in this race format respectively have two three victories in the World Cup without counting the other podiums. Number 5 for Maxence Muzaton that anticipate the coming of the slalom skier Luca Aerni (6) and the specialist Justin Murisier technical disciplines (7) and Santa Caterina in the first of only two combined alpine season of surprises everyone came fourth. Number 8 for Matthias Mayer who will try to make a difference in the downhill slalom in which he decidedly underdog side than the other slalom skiers starting with the competitor who will follow him at the start, namely Alexis Pinturault (9). The French and career has never yet won a World Championship gold will be at the starting gate with the underdogs since the last 11 Combine Alpine far played in the World Cup he finished 8 times in the first two positions conquering Beauty of 6 wins. Pinturault will have a descent from its not too demanding that blends perfectly with its technical characteristics, the proof is the 'excellent fourth place in the super-G world champion, and a slalom race that will be plotted on a not too steep slope that will help him contain the 'eventual comeback dell''ormai historic rival Marcel Hirscher. Quest''ultimo will start with bib number 11, right after the 'Blue Peter Fill (10) from which after today's disappointment would not wait certainly a medal but one hopes in a' test pride and giving the morale for the rest of the season. Returning to Hirscher, the 'Austrian tomorrow will race with the desire to confirm the field the world title conquered by surprise two years ago in Vail-Beaver Creek in a race remained the annals for his remarkable comeback in the slalom. If Colorado the champion of Salzburg had joined the combined more to test the slalom track to point to success, quest''anno instead be at the start with the clear objective to bring home at least one medal in the greater New cured its preparation in the speed disciplines. Another expected protagonist will be French Victor Muffat-Jeandet which will start with the number 13, right after the Slovakian Adam Zampa. Transalpine will be followed dall''austriaco Kriechmayr Vincent (14) and the Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (15) that despite not starting with the underdogs will be another athlete to be followed carefully. Bib 16 for Adrien Theaux, 17 for Jansrud, 18 and 19 for Kosi Dominik Paris for which it is the same argument made earlier by teammate Fill. The Italian team will also field two other athletes will start with 23 Mattia Casse, while with the 29 will be the turn of Richard Tonetti.