Luke Winters wants to surprise again: after that crazy race on the "Face", let's wait for him in Bormio

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The American '97 class surprised everyone in Val d''IsÃ¨re, before finishing 19th (and getting his first points in the World Cup). Let's get to know him better ...

Wednesday 18 December 2019 3 minutes reading time

He has all the intent to amaze again, and it is a pity that he could not express himself at his level in today's Obereggen slalom, in the European Cup, as he competed on a track already destroyed with race number 40, before they came all sent home for the cancellation of the same. Luke Winters is a very special character and his potential was only partially seen, even though everyone noticed it clearly last Sunday, with that sensational 2nd time in the first run of the World Cup slalom in Val d ' 'IsÃ¨re, 6 tenths behind the leader Pinturault, again with the number 40 on a "Face" that saw him get excited. It is true, in the 2nd round the young American has made a mistake of everything and more, but also in the decisive descent he showed flashes of very high quality, to then place himself 19th and take his first points in the World Cup. The boy who grew up in Oregon, born in 1997, in Savoy has in fact only competed in his eighth race in the maximum circuit, with an important qualitative leap at the start of this season, given that in Levi he was already traveling to the top five in the first race, for then blatantly wrong at 5 doors from the conclusion when the most was done. And be careful, because the good Winters is not only a slalom (he is national champion in charge, for what he can count), but also in speed he knows how to do and, at the junior world championships in Davos 2018, those dominated by Marco Odermatt to be clear ('97 like him), he took home the bronze medal in super-g. Thinking of the first combined of the season, scheduled on December 29th in Bormio with super-g and slalom on the Stelvio, it seems that the American talent has all the intention to try, to then throw itself towards 2020 with six slalom in the month of January in which to give show ... and maybe start to realize.

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