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The three days originally scheduled in Beaver Creek but moved to Val d'Isere because of a lack of snow in North America will end with a Giant Slalom.
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Val d'Isere, the town of about 1,600 inhabitants, is one of the historical sites of the Alpine Ski World Cup Men. Located in Haute Savoie in fact hosted its first race, one Giant Slalom, in 1968. Since then 91 total trials of the World Cup as well as the World Cup in 2009 and Downhill, Super G, Giant and Combined of the Albertville Olympic Games in 1992 (the slalom is raced in Les Menuires).
The three days that replaces the Beaver Creek program will end on Sunday with the Giant on the classic Oreiller-Killy, the track which hosted all the trials of the World Cup of this specialty until 2008, when the Critérium de la Première Neige has been moved on the Face de Bellevarde piste which had already hosted the Giant at the 1992 Games, and on which were played also the World Cup in 2009.
There are 26 editions of the overall giant Val d'Isere and are two star players who lead the ranking of plurivittoriosi with 4 hits, Michael Von Grünigen and Marcel Hirscher. However, the Swiss won his triumphs on the Oreiller-Killy, while Austrian has won four of the last five editions played on the Face de Bellevarde. The list of those who have established themselves more than once also are Ingemar Stenmark, Gustav Thöni, Piero Gros and Bode Miller at 2.
The ranking of the podium instead sees a trio in the lead with 5: Von Grünigen to four hits matched a third place, Stenmark has two wins and three second places while Gros came first two times, once second and twice third. Among active athletes, Bode Miller is the only one that boasts podiums (4 in total) in a giant slalom which took place on the Oreiller-Killy.
Italy boasts five overall victories in the Giant of Val d'Isere. As mentioned above, four of them were won by Gustav Thöni (1969 and 1975) and Piero Gros (in 1972 and 1974); curiously for both the first win of this slope it is even arrived debut in the World Cup. The fifth, probably the most prestigious, is instead that which earned Alberto Tomba Olympic gold in Albertville in 1992. At the podium level, in addition to 5 Gros, have collected 3 Thöni (two wins and a third place in 1970) and Massimiliano Blardone, second in 2008 and 2009 and third in 2010. Finally, at 2, there Helmut Schmalz, who finished third in 1972 and second in 1973.
The Giant of Val d'Isere will be staged Sunday, December 4th. The first race will start at 10 am, the second at 13.
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