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Men's European Cup: in Austria maple leaves dominate with three athletes in the first four places, the Swiss beaten by just one cent. "Gugu" best blue, then Zazzi, Molteni and Franzoni who wins some points for the general.
Tuesday 25 January 2022 3 minutes reading time
A truly high-level descent, with some of the protagonists of last weekend in Kitzbuehel, for the speed stage in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, a classic of the European Cup.
The first descent on the Zwoelferkogel speaks Canadian, with James Crawford taking his first victory in the continental circuit, he who had never yet reached the podium and yet has been at a very high level in the World Cup for some time. A cent to the North American class of 1997 is enough to burn Yannick Chabloz, who can console himself with the Olympic call-up received yesterday by the Swiss federation, while Jeffrey Read is third at 6 cents from his teammate and Canada even places three in the first four places, with Cameron Alexander down from the podium 2 tenths from the winner.
Then there are Krenn and Kryenbuehl, with the ruler of the two descents a couple of weeks ago in Tarvisio, the Swiss Lars Roesti, who finished eighth. The Azzurri fielded an important formation, just think that the two best were Guglielmo Bosca, 12th just 51 cents from Crawford, and Pietro Zazzi 19, both in the points in the two Kitzbuehel runs.
Nicolò Molteni, on the podium in the last race in Tarvisio, is today 20th just ahead of Giovanni Franzoni (22nd), who conquers some useful points in terms of the general classification of the European Cup, the real goal of the young Brescian. Just out of the top 30 Lele Buzzi, who finishes 31st starting from a race on the continental circuit to find confidence and condition after yet another injury, then there are Federico Simoni 36th and Matteo Franzoso 47th, with Ranzi, Cason, Alliod , Talacci, Scussel and Abbruzzese further away.
Wednesday an encore in Saalbach, then Thursday the closing with the super-g.
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