Alpine Skiingmen's world cup
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Friday, with the first heat at 10.15, the fifth round of the season between wide doors (repeated on Saturday). De Aliprandini draws a large number 8, first of the blues at the start.
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A double historical, unfortunately also in a negative sense due to the lack of public presence, for the first time in the history of a very classic of the giant which is Adelboden, since it will be really special to see the athletes throw themselves into the abyss of the final wall of the "Chuenisbargli" that wonderful setting over there waiting for them.
The Swiss town is ready to host the fifth and sixth male giant of the World Cup season, almost three weeks after the Gran Risa and, if we think that many protagonists were also on track yesterday in Zagreb, for a real tour de force with the hat-trick in Adelboden which on Sunday will also host the now classic slalom.
Friday begins (the weather does not worry, finally ...) between the wide doors with a challenge, scheduled at 10.15 for the 1st heat (French layout with Munier) and at 13.15 for the second with Norwegian design ( all live on TV on Eurosport and Rai Sport), also crucial in terms of overall cup standings, as there will be a new confrontation between Pinturault, Kilde, Odermatt and Kristoffersen.
The overall leader will open the race, with Alexis looking for what would be his second success on the Chuenisbargli, he who was the only one to win, together with Ligety and the reigning champion Kranjec (who last year he beat Zubcic, on the first podium of his career), in the Hirscher era, beating the Salzburg citizen for 4 cents in the 2017 giant. Zagreb place.
In the first sub-group there is then Kranjec with 4, the Norwegian couple formed by Nestvold-Haugen and Kristoffersen with 5 and 6 and the host Marco Odermatt, red bib in the discipline, with number 7. Luca De Aliprandini, who last year he signed the best time in the first heat and then came out on the best in the second, when the dream of the first podium and the possible first victory in CdM seemed very close, he fished a large number 8 and will go out on track with a lot of anger to cancel what happened on the Gran Risa.
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Giant slalom Male Adelboden (SUI)
PINTURAULT Alexis
ZUBCIC Filip
ODERMATT Marco
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