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The Swiss revealed himself a year ago on the Stelvio, before getting injured. He has already taken two podiums in three runs, better than captain Feuz. Bulletin for France: on 1 January decisive examinations for the injuries of Allegre and Giraud-Moine.
Thursday 31 December 2020 7 minutes reading time
He is the Swiss that many may not have expected, admired by Beat Feuz and Mauro Caviezel, not to mention the class of Carlo Janka (who, however, has to live with back pain) or the growth of Niels Hintermann.
There is a 26-year-old coming from the Canton of Schwyz, however, who had already shown us something extraordinary right on the Stelvio, a year ago; if you make a result like this, taking the first podium of your career finishing 8 cents from a certain Dominik Paris, in the Bormio descent, it certainly cannot be a coincidence and even more so if the one who beat you by a whisker is the absolute master of that track and in the best shape of his career.
Many had forgotten Urs Kryenbuehl, in approach to this season, considering that just after that fabulous second place in the encore descent on the Stelvio (it was December 28, 2019), the red-cross talent had injured his right foot in the first test of the following race of Wengen, concluding his World Cup.
Now, after three descents of this year, the good Urs finds himself with two podiums (double third place in Val d''Isère, and beware because there he was the only one of the top 3 not favored by the bib, and yesterday in Bormio) , compared to the only one conquered by his captain Beat Feuz, behind him also a point in the specialty ranking, which sees them fourth and fifth at just over 60 points from Kilde.
Woe to underestimate this Kryenbuehl, a complete downhill skier, very solid technically and perhaps inconspicuous, but for this very dangerous with a great ability to always do speed. "The Stelvio is a track you do in the dark, icy and very toasty, simply one of the most difficult on the circuit - the Swiss said yesterday in the post-race - I'm happy to have reached the bottom and to have done a good race, we are all very close and sometimes you are in front, sometimes you are behind.
I didn't think I was third, I knew I was doing better than in practice, but I was far from the best. It would be nice to go to Wengen the same way, a place where I'm never very fast ”.
FRANCE BULLETIN
It was certainly not a lucky weekend for the French colors in terms of injuries on the Stelvio, even if the good placings still came with the double top ten downhill of Matthieu Bailet and Johan Clarey (8th and 9th).
After the fall of Nils Alphand in the first test, with the son of art who did not take part in super-g and descent due to a problem with the internal ligament of the right knee, to be evaluated in the next two weeks, on Wednesday in the race the canalino Sertorelli was fatal to Nils Allegre and Valentin Giraud-Moine.
The first, in great shape after the best results of his career in Gardena, may have suffered a hamstring strain, but only on Friday in Albertville, after the specialist visit, will we know more. Also tomorrow the possible injury to Giraud-Moine, who also fell at the start of the descent on the Stelvio, will be assessed in detail; the first X-ray taken in Bormio excluded fractures, but a more in-depth examination is expected to avoid knee problems. The 28-year-old from Orcières Merlette had returned to scoring important points in the World Cup with 14th place in the Val d''Isère descent, almost 4 years after the Garmisch tragedy, when he risked not even being able to walk anymore with that terrible injury to both knees.
Reborn at a competitive level last season, with the return to the CdM and the triumphs in the European Cup, conquering the fixed place for all the downhill races in the maximum circuit for the 2020/21 season, the hope is that his story should not be interrupted. now, even if only for a short time.
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