Luca De Aliprandini the only blue light on the Gran Risa: "That's okay, we'll try again on Monday"

The blue leader, fifth and with the best result in the giant in Alta Badia: "The podium is not an obsession, the only pity is the mistake before the junction". Della Vite out with regrets: "With such a track it was a wonderful opportunity".

Sunday 19 December 2021 4 minutes reading time

Only one blue in points on the Gran Risa, but what a blue one since Luca De Aliprandini is now among the best gigantists in the world and his consistency of performance will have to be rewarded, after the silver world champion in Cortina, also from the highly anticipated first podium in the World Cup. The fifth place today in the first Badiota round between the wide doors, waiting for the encore on Monday (where the Trentino will be back in the top 7 of the first sub-group despite the overtaking of Kristoffersen, in fact Kranjec comes out), has an important value and is the best result of the captain of the Italgigante on the queen track. "I struggled more in the second, like so many since the track began to get a bit marked - his analysis in the post - I'm sorry for the small mistake at the end of the wall, because it prevented me from gaining momentum to the finish line where I am usually very strong on fittings. Tomorrow we will already have another chance. In general I am satisfied, after the first heat in which we were very close to the top positions I had a thought, but it is another good test after Val d''Isère, another top five. As long as I ski well, the podium will not be an obsession for me. I start every race to win, to play it, but I think it's a more statistical thing: the important thing is to have good races and have fun ”. No other Italian scored points today, with Borsotti and Tonetti wasting in the first and Filippo Della Vite, good at qualifying with number 50 in 21st position, derailed instead in the second when the most seemed done for the second race from the top 30 in the his very young career in the World Cup. "Too bad, because it was a wonderful opportunity to go down with a track like this, in perfect conditions - the 20-year-old from Bergamo tells Physi.org - I tried, maybe in the first part I didn't give my best, then unfortunately the error arrived . A great sign anyway, a test that was needed because after a somewhat like this start to the season, I am very happy with the performance ”.

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