Alpine Skiingmen's world cup
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In Kranjska Gora the first of two races between the wide doors that should lead Marco Odermatt (who will start with number 7) to conquer the crystal sphere of discipline. The Trentino, with bib number 2, leads the patrol of eight blues. It starts at 9.30.
Friday 11 March 2022 5 minutes reading time
The challenge to an always tough "Podkoren", but which will risk proposing a very complicated snow condition, given the high temperatures, for the two giants of Kranjska Gora scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, sixth and seventh round of the World Cup between wide doors.
Of the previous six, if we also consider the Olympic competition, five were conquered by Marco Odermatt (2nd in the first giant in Badia ...), who also dominated 12 months ago in Slovenia; impressive is the seasonal supremacy of the Swiss phenomenon launched towards the conquest of the absolute crystal ball, but which already tomorrow could close the accounts for his first specialty cup.
“Odi” in fact has 219 points of advantage, with three races to go, against Manuel Feller, while Henrik Kristoffersen is at -227. The Norwegian will inaugurate the giant on Saturday (1st heat at 9.30, the 2nd will start at 12.30) with bib number 1 on the track designed by Helmut Krug, Swiss technician who will see Odermatt go down with 7. With 2, after HK94 , an excellent draw (also considering the conditions that should exist) for Luca De Aliprandini, who immediately wants to erase the bitter Olympic memory looking for the second podium of the season and the podium in the specialty ranking, far from far away.
Followed by the Trentino in the startlist of the 1st heat the French Faivre and Pinturault, then Zubcic and the host Zan Kranjec, enriched by silver in Beijing, with Odermatt closing the first sub-group and preceding dangerous men like Feller, Brennsteiner and Radamus.
Eight blues at the gate: with Giovanni Borsotti on 24 to look for the CdM final pass, with 29 Ricky Tonetti, then Simon Maurberger (38), who can also do it for Courchevel-Méribel, Alex Hofer with 42 , Hannes Zingerle (44) and the two class 2001 veterans from the medals at the World Championships jr. Giovanni Franzoni, twice gold in Canada, with the number 47 for another World Cup points finish after Adelboden, and Filippo Della Vite, silver between the wide doors at the beginning of the week in Panorama, who will start for the fiftieth .
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MALE GIANT - KRANJSKA GORA
Startlist 1st run: 1 Kristoffersen, 2 De Aliprandini, 3 Faivre, 4 Pinturault, 5 Zubcic, 6 Kranjec, 7 Odermatt, 8 Feller, 9 Brennsteiner, 10 Radamus, 11 G. Caviezel, 12 Schmid, 13 Favrot, 14 Murisier, 15 Meillard, 24 Borsotti, 29 Tonetti, 38 Maurberger, 42 Hofer, 44 Zingerle, 47 Franzoni, 50 Della Vite.
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KRISTOFFERSEN Henrik
PINHEIRO BRAATHEN Lucas
ODERMATT Marco
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