The plate of the blue slalom is crying, only Moelgg and Gross pick up something. Vinatzer, what's going on?

The two days of Flachau delivered today's 13th place for the captain and 16th and 19th for Gross, in addition to Razzoli's 21st. The fourth serial release of the Val Gardena is worrying. Manni: "There is still some time to reach the World Cup in condition".

Sunday 17 January 2021 5 minutes reading time

We were dreaming of a different season, a bit like it had happened in the first part of the previous one, when Stefano Gross and Alex Vinatzer had given away two third places in the series. The Italy of the men's slalom, which started at full speed with the two great placings (4th and 3rd) of the Val Gardena between the opening races on the Gran Risa and the 3Tre of Madonna di Campiglio, comes out with broken bones from two tests of the weekend in Flachau. Basically, Theolier's team returns home with the 13th place of an admirable Manfred Moelgg, yesterday released in the 2nd heat and today the author of a decidedly solid performance, two points finishes by Gross (16th and 19th), that are needed for the Fassa to climb at least a little in the WCSL, and today's 21st of Giuliano Razzoli, who may have regrets more than anything else for the slalom on Saturday. If they have collected zero Maurberger (true pity today's release), Sala, Liberatore and Tonetti, the fifth dry man on both days is the one who worries the most, considering the expectations. We are obviously talking about Alex Vinatzer, on his fourth consecutive exit after Zagreb, Adelboden and Flachau 1; in the first heat we saw an athlete in total defense, in the second the attitude changed but, with the usual risks at 1000%, another exit arrived which means 13th place in the WCSL and second under risk group in view of the World Cup, if the trend between Schladming and the double from Chamonix does not change (Nef, 16th, is 35 points behind). In addition, there was also Hans Vaccari's injury to season a black weekend. “Compared to Saturday I changed the set up because I felt like I was on eggs - explained Vinatzer to Physi.org - In the first heat I was quite cautious, I understood from the middle onwards that it was easier than I thought. I skied too clean, too cautious, in the second I tried to change gear to make up ground, arriving thirtieth would not have helped me. It went badly, let's look ahead ”. Yes, but something will have to be changed to find each other, little but sure. Stefano Gross, as mentioned, collected a decent booty thinking above all about the points to improve the bibs (even if in Flachau the track held up really great both on Saturday and Sunday): "Another small step, but I'm not yet at the level that I wanted - his post-race analysis - It is not an easy period, but we continue to work and we will take away some satisfactions ”. Manfred Moelgg, in fact, was the best today, also caressing the first top ten of the season: “Two decent heats, I still lack something to really go as I would like. Now we have some time to get to the World Cup in shape ”.

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