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In Val Gardena the appointment that will lead to the descent on Saturday has begun, preceded by the super-g on Friday: the American in front, then Monsen, Clarey, Kline and Kilde. Innerhofer and Paris not far from the Norwegian, who remains the favorite. The Austrians are hiding.
Wednesday 15 December 2021 4 minutes reading time
A Saslong on the axis between the United States and Norway, and certainly not a novelty in the Gardena speed races, but also that Felix Monsen whose borders are still unexplored and a very fast Johan Clarey, with many big names who have hidden .
The first test towards the third seasonal descent, scheduled for Saturday in Val Gardena (24 hours before there will be the super-g), sees Ryan Cochran-Siegle confirm the progress already shown in Beaver Creek and the phenomenal winner of the Bormio super-g 2020, which was already second on the Saslong a year ago (but downhill), clearly signs the best time.
Only in the upper part, "RCS" gave something to the opponents, with Johan Clarey in front up to the curve of the lake, before leaving a lot on the Ciaslat and finishing at 9 tenths, third and preceded by just a cent by the Swedish Felix Monsen, now ready even in the race for a top ten (at least).
Beyond the second behind we find Bostjan Kline, 4th at 1 "03, and the most awaited man who remains Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, signatory of the double between super-g and downhill in 2020 and today 5th time at 1" 18. Then they are all close, from Travis Ganong 6th at 1 "42 passing through Ferstl, Hintermann, Feuz (9th at 1" 54) and the first two Azzurri, Christof Innerhofer and Dominik Paris, respectively 10th and 11th at 1 "63 and 1 ”66 with good sensations, if we also consider their history on this track.
Recalling the absence of Odermatt (who will make the super-g, unlike Pinturault who already thinks directly of the giants in Alta Badia), in Austria the best was Max Franz, 17th at 2 ”24 and started with the '' 1, 5 cents ahead of the red bib Matthias Mayer, but the standard bearers of the Wunderteam held back as always, with Vincent Kriechmayr (who certainly has many more chances in super-g than on this descent) over 3 seconds of posting.
The times of the other Azzurri: Mattia Casse very fast until the attack of the Ciaslat (4th time trial), then the Piedmontese conceded until he finished 15th at 2 ”08, but the signals are excellent.
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