The Americans dominate in the first descent of Orcieres Merlette, for Franzoni great 9th place

European Cup: first career success for Erik Arvidsson, who beats Roulin and compatriot Morse. The Brescia player in the top ten is the best blue and solid in 3rd place in the general.

Tuesday 26 January 2021 3 minutes reading time

With the unfavorable weather for Wednesday, the organization of Orcieres Merlette opted for the advance of the first of the two European Cup descents scheduled in the French location, which will host a long appointment of the continental circuit with the second fast race Thursday, followed by combined alpine and super-g. And it was the American jet men who dominated in the first event scheduled, anticipated this morning by the only race held: Erik Arvidsson, great talent class '96 already seen in the World Cup and often stopped by injuries, so much so that he caught so far only one placement in points in 2017. Well, today Arvidsson has beaten everyone, starting with Gilles Roulin, second at 23 cents, with compatriot Sam Morse third at 3 tenths. At the foot of the podium Sam Alphand, then Stefan Rogentin and in sixth place Maximilian Lahnsteiner, leader of the general classification. In ninth position, however, there is a great Giovanni Franzoni who levels up even downhill, hits the first top ten and is increasingly solid in third place in the general classification, with the combined and the super-g expected on the snow transalpine that can launch it. The other blues: Paini is 20th, with points also Molteni (23rd) and Zazzi (24th), Cason just out of thirty, with Simoni further away as well as the young Filippi, Abbruzzese, Ranzi and Rizzi, while he did not finish Dalmasso.

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