Matthias Mayer returns to the theme: "Too much disparity in the calendar, we sprinters are doomed"

The Carinthian, in full swing for the downhill cup, during the weekend at home in Saalbach-Hinterglemm spoke again of the few fast races compared to techniques (22 to 16). "This year even worse. And Covid has nothing to do with it".

Thursday 4 March 2021 3 minutes reading time

It is a topic that has been debated for some time and Matthias Mayer, certainly one who can speak with good reason considering how much he has collected in speed over many years, wanted to dwell on the subject again on the occasion of the World Cup races in Saalbach- Hinterglemm, theater of the recoveries of the skipped tests between Wengen and Kvitfjell. “Yes, there is too much disparity in the number of technical and fast races. This was already the case in previous years, but this season even more so and it is not due to cancellations or the Covid situation ", the two Olympic champion, who will play the downhill cup with Beat Feuz and Dominik Paris, told the Austrian media. he is second in the super-g one (difficult to recover 101 points from compatriot Kriechmayr in just two races) but in fact he has no chance for the overall. Of the 38 seasonal races, without any race sacrificed so far, 22 are the technical ones (if we consider the parallel of Lech / Zuers as such) and 16 are the fast ones, with 9 descents and 7 super-g against 11 slalom (and here is the exaggeration this year) and 10 giants. "The races should be divided equally - remarked Mayer, who still participated in various giants, despite collecting almost nothing (6 points, ed) compared to the 2019/2020 vintage - otherwise we would have to talk about a World Cup for technical disciplines and one for speed, since for the general it is impossible for us specialists to compete. In fact, I have seen more races on TV than the ones I took part in ... ”.

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