The 7 Azzurri for the first descent at Lake Louise: Tonetti is here, Molteni's debut in the cup postponed

Ghidoni chose the men for Friday's speed opening, excluding the comasco and Zazzi. At home in France we will see Alexis Pinturault at the start, looking for the first points also downhill (it will be his fifth time).

Thursday 25 November 2021 4 minutes reading time

Choices made, at least for the first of the two planned descents in Lake Louise (hoping that the weather will help on Saturday, since there is some concern). With only 7 bibs available, Alberto Ghidoni had to exclude two athletes for this first round of the World Cup, compared to those who took part in the two tests on Tuesday and Wednesday. With Dominik Paris, Christof Innerhofer, Mattia Casse, Emanuele Buzzi, Matteo Marsaglia and Guglielmo Bosca, Riccardo Tonetti will be at the starting gate, making his third appearance in the discipline after Val d''Isère (49th place) and Garmisch (44th) last season. Out then Pietro Zazzi, already seen three times in the 2020/21 vintage, and Nicolò Molteni, with the dream of the debut in CdM only postponed for the 23-year-old from Como, who had done discreetly in the first test also preceding Tonetti, but yesterday concluded behind the same player from Bolzano. The choices of the French house are also official and there is news to underline, given that the person concerned had explained that he would decide only after the tests whether to try: Alexis Pinturault, over a year and a half after Kvitfjell's attempt, when he concluded in 37th place looking for points in the final fight for the "coppone" with Kilde, he will return to compete downhill. It will be the fifth time ever, in the maximum circuit, for the holder of the crystal ball: never scoring in the queen discipline, the 30-year-old from Courchevel will go in search of a placement to scrape together something from those fast specialties that will be much "heavier" in this year's calendar. In practice, Pinturault improved significantly yesterday, reducing the gap from leader Kilde from almost 5 to just over 3 seconds: only after Friday's race, will he decide whether to take part in the second downhill or save himself in view of this week's real goal. -end Canadian, the super-g on Sunday.

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