After the farewell to the OESV, Toni Giger has decided: he will be Marcel Hirscher's trusted man at Red Bull

To promote and innovate Van Deer skiing, the eight-time World Cup winner chose the very experienced manager who made the fortunes of the Austrian federation. The ambitions of the brand are becoming more and more important.

Tuesday 3 May 2022 3 minutes reading time

A new era that will begin next October, with the men's giant of Soelden marking the debut in the white circus of Van Deer, the ski brand launched by Marcel Hirscher. As he always did during an inimitable career, the ambitions of the Salzburg ace are always at the highest levels: if the first athletes hired by the Austrian house are young, albeit already with good experience in the World Cup such as the British Charlie Raposo and the Norwegian Timon Haugan (announced just yesterday), now a man of great experience will arrive in Hirscher's stable. It responds to the name of Toni Giger, who in recent weeks concluded his ten-year adventure (33 years to be exact) at OESV, effectively closing an era, with the farewell of other historical managers and technicians of the Austrian federation. which started a revolution. The confirmation was given by the manager himself to the “Salzburger Nachrichten”: “Yes, it was a specific request from Marcel”, revealed Giger on the basis of the news that he wants to join the Red Bull team. The giant of energy drinks, in fact, supports Hirscher in this adventure and has hired Toni Giger as global sports manager to follow, in particular, the promotion of Van Deer in the white circus. On the other hand, the former sports director was the soul of the development, research and innovation sector of the OESV and knows how to move at multiple levels to bring the brand that does so much to the top as soon as possible. already talking about himself for the landing in the World Cup circuit.

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