Slalom on the complete Ganslernhang the KitzbÃ¼hel weekend

It will be the traditional Slalom which takes place on Ganslernhang to conclude the Hahnenkamm trophy of 2017, which for the first time will not be matched with a Combined.

Saturday 21 January 2017 7 minutes reading time

KitzbÃ¼hel, the capital of Tyrol, is Mecca of alpine skiing. Documents show that in the Austrian resort disputed skiing competitions since 1894, but it is only since 1931 that has expanded internationally with dell'Hannenkamm trophy, composed of Downhill, Slalom and Combined. However, after three editions of a Supercombinata that had nothing to do with the legendary classical Combined, this year the FIS decided to delete multiple testings of KitzbÃ¼hel from the World Cup calendar, therefore the Slalom will be an end in itself . With certain exceptions already occurred in the past, the KitzbÃ¼hel Slalom takes place on Ganslernhang, running track on the left of the Streif, with which only shares the Hahnenkamm. The first difficulties come after a few doors, in the stretch known Goasweg, where the track goes down right before you take the nosedive of Steilhang, wall of 70% followed by a wavy line said HÃ¶henweg. The central part of the track begins with the Doppelwelle, a double-humped in counter that introduces the second steeper wall (48% slope) and the Querfahrt, the most characteristic section of Ganslernhang. This is a road on which you can not train with the audience so close that Thomas Sykora, winner in 1996, said: "The spectators were so close to the race course that I was momentarily blinded by a flash of a camera!" . The Stadl Kurve (the stadium curve) is the decisive turn 90 degrees to the left: in fact follows the model grant, the final shelf on which it is crucial to get the speed you need to cross the finish line with major ambitions. In all, 74 editions of the Slalom run so far KitzbÃ¼hel 50 are valid for the World Cup and the most successful man on Ganslernhang is the greatest slalom skier of all time, Ingemar Stenmark, capable of triumphing in 5 occasions between 1976 and 1983. They follow a height of 3 Jean-Noel Augert, Jean-Claude Killy, Marc Girardelli and Andreas Molterer, whose hits date back to the 50s, when the World Cup did not yet exist. At the podium level always commands Stenmark with 8, followed at 6 by Alberto Tomba, 2 wins (January 19, 1992 and January 15, 1995), three seconds and 1 third place, and Mario Matt, whose only victory on January 23 2000 has gone down in history as his first career, obtained even 21 years down the bib number 47. Besides Tomb are two other Italians capable of commanding in the KitzbÃ¼hel Slalom. The very first one was Piero Gros January 19, 1975, the latest Cristian Deville, that here he won his only race of the World Cup January 22, 2012. Are 20 total blue podiums on Ganslernhang. Gustav ThÃ¶ni, who boasts 3 hits in Combined, never managed to triumph among the narrow poles, but it boasts 3 seconds and 1 third place. A place of honor for Oswald TÃ¶tsch dating back to 1985, Giuliano Razzoli and Patrick Thaler were twice a third head, while Franco Bieler, Paolo De Chiesa, Giorgio Rocca and Manfred MÃ¶lgg one. Finally, examples are the other two placings in the top three of Piero Gros, one of which, the second place of the January 16, 1977, saw him in the only precede Bieler KitzbÃ¼hel slalom with two Italians on the podium. The 75th edition of the Kitzbuehel slalom, 51st valid for the World Cup, will be staged on Sunday, January 22; The first race will start at 10:30 am, the second at 13:30.

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