Kristoffersen to dispel the Zagreb tab: Sunday the third men's slalom, the complete startlist

The Norwegian, starting with No. 3, to defend the red bib and start a key month well. Breastplate No. 1 for Zenhaeusern, then immediately Pinturault. Seven blues: Moelgg with 9, Gross with 12.

Saturday 4 January 2020 6 minutes reading time

Kristoffersen to defend the red bib of the leader of the specialty and, who knows, immediately recover the top of the overall World Cup standings at the beginning of "his" month, with six slalom scheduled within 24 days. Alexis Pinturault to confirm after Val d''IsÃ¨re and give continuity to his dream called crystal ball, ClÃ©ment Noel to cancel the last slalom and prove that he can be the strongest of all the narrow poles, not to mention the return by Manuel Feller, by the desire of Schwarz and Matt to return to the podium as Stefano Gross dreams of repeating himself after the feat in Savoy and of reviving the glories of the past here in Zagreb as regards Manfred Moelgg and Giuliano Razzoli. There are many themes in view of the third men's slalom of the season, scheduled for Sunday on the Sljeme hill (1st race set at 14.15, tracked by the Swiss Vuignier, the second at 17.40 by the hand of the French Munier), in the temple that was Marcel Hirscher, five times winner in Zagreb and consecutively in the last two editions. Twelve months ago, the Austrian ace folded Alexis Pinturault and Manuel Feller, who will start in the first respectively second and seventh, with the Tyrolean returning after the herniated disc problems that stopped him in early December. Ramon Zenhaeusern will be the first to exit the gate, while Kristoffersen has drawn the number 3 and will try to dispel the taboo of Sljeme, on which he has never won. Maximum attention to Michael Matt (n Â° 4), mocked here in 2018 by Hirscher after a first stellar run, and at 5 of ClÃ©ment Noel, out in Val d''IsÃ¨re and with the desire to start again from when good showed above all in the opening of Levi. Yule will precede Feller, then in the second subgroup here are the first two blues: Manfred Moelgg, the last Italian slalom winner (and in general in the men's technical disciplines) right here in Zagreb in 2017, he caught an excellent 9, while Stefano Gross reduced from the fabulous 3rd place of Val d''IsÃ¨re it will start for 12th. Ten years after the first of his two victories in the World Cup, we will see Giuliano Razzoli with 18, then Alex Vinatzer with 26 to bring home heavy points already dreaming of Campiglio. Finally Maurberger, who must redeem a start of the season all uphill, with the number 34, followed by Tommaso Sala (38) who also wants heavy points in the World Cup, and by Riccardo Tonetti with the 51. There will be no Christian Hirschbuehl (who allowed Muffat-Jeandet to return to 15), injured just this morning in finishing in Lienz: muscle problem in the right thigh and lump sum with recovery times still to be assessed, while Linus Strasser has dramatically accelerated which, after the scaphoid fracture of his right hand and a few days of training in Pozza di Fassa, he decided to show up in Zagreb (he had started very well with Levi's 8th place) and we will see him with number 31. CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE STARTLIST MALE SLALOM - ZAGREB Startlist 1st round: 1 Zenhaeusern, 2 Pinturault, 3 Kristoffersen, 4 Matt, 5 Noel, 6 Yule, 7 Feller, 8 Schwarz, 9 Moelgg, 10 Muffat-Jeandet, 11 Foss-Solevaag, 12 Gross, 13 Meillard, 14 Myhrer , 15 Ryding, 18 Razzoli, 26 Vinatzer, 34 Maurberger, 38 Sala, 51 Tonetti.

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