Alpine Skiingmen's world cup
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In Soelden it is time for the men's opening of the World Cup: the first round at 10.00, it will be the vice world champion to open it. Odermatt will close the first sub-group, Braathen's return with 14 before Kristoffersen. Eight blues at the start.
Saturday 23 October 2021 6 minutes reading time
A Rettenbach wet by ... Luca De Aliprandini.
It will be the world silver of Cortina and the blue lighthouse to inaugurate the men's World Cup, in the giant that will complete the weekend in Soelden on Sunday: the Trentino has caught the bib n ° 1 and will have to interpret it and make the most of it, being the his second time after the finale of last season in Kranjska Gora (in that case it didn't go well), to try to conquer the first podium in the maximum circuit.
Start at 10.00 (live TV on Eurosport 1 and Rai Sport), on Brunner's German layout, while the second, with departure scheduled at 13.30, will be designed by the Swiss Krug technician. The weather? No problem, even tomorrow clear skies and a track that should hold up very well, as in the women's race.
Immediately after De Aliprandini, here is the main favorite and already twice emperor on the Rettenbach (2016 and 2019): we are talking about Alexis Pinturault, who arrives in Soelden with the giant cup and the general one for the first time in his game bag, with the number 2 before Loic Meillard who will have the 3 as a dowry. Then Kranjec with the 4 to restart after a difficult season and a frightening trio, from Zubcic (5) to the world champion Faivre (6) up to Marco Odermatt, who will close the first sub-group and is very hungry (second among the '' more in the 2020 opening).
In the absence of Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, in the second sub-group away with Nestvold-Haugen, then Schwarz, Murisier, Brennsteiner with the 11 (the Austrian is one of the stray mines), Favrot, Gino Caviezel (the only career podium here in 2020, third) and the two most anticipated Norwegians. Lucas Braathen, who beat everyone on Rettenbach a year ago, before seriously injuring himself on Adelboden's Chuenisbargli, will be out of the gate fourteenth, just before Henrik Kristoffersen who never made it to the podium in Soelden.
The other seven blues in the race? Borsotti with bib 23, Tonetti with 24, then a bit of a wait before Simon Maurberger returns to the giant (where he has not competed since the end of January 2020, pre-injury in Chamonix) with number 42, Hannes Zingerle with 45 and the gang of young people, led by Filippo Della Vite (50), Giovanni Franzoni (59) and Alex Vinatzer, at his first challenge between the wide doors in CdM, taking the penultimate shot. With 70, the Val Gardena will need the company to get the pass for the 2nd heat.
Other numbers to keep an eye on? Immediately after 15, in series here are Feller, Schmid and Luitz, with 22 there will be the return of another phenomenal norge, Atle Lie McGrath, then around 30 with Ryan Cochran-Siegle (30), Matthias Mayer (31) and Clément Noel (32).
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MALE GIANT - SOELDEN
Startlist 1st run: 1 De Aliprandini, 2 Pinturault, 3 Meillard, 4 Kranjec, 5 Zubcic, 6 Faivre, 7 Odermatt, 8 Nestvold-Haugen, 9 Schwarz, 10 Murisier, 11 Brennsteiner, 12 Favrot, 13 G. Caviezel, 14 Braathen, 15 Kristoffersen, 23 Borsotti, 24 Tonetti, 42 Maurberger, 45 Zingerle, 50 Della Vite, 59 Franzoni, 70 Vinatzer.
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