Max Franz surprises everyone and wins the Val Gardena Downhill

When it seemed made for the return to the victory of Aksel Lund Svindal, Max Franz surprises everyone going to triumph in the Val Gardena Downhill.

Saturday 17 December 2016 5 minutes reading time

In recent days in Austria and not only he spoke of the Wunderteam crisis, which Hirscher apart could not obtain results in line with its own coat of arms. We think Max Franz to revive the fortunes of a team that certainly is not the end of 90 years, but that remains the reference power of Alpine skiing. Party with bib number 26, when it had taken the usual photo for the three momentarily on the podium, Franz limits damage in the smoothness, sweep the corners of the Prati Ciaslat and keep 4 cents tiny that allow him to win the first career win in the World Cup after three podiums. It must postpone the return to success Aksel Lund Svindal. Today Norway is definitely appeared the strongest, but a serious mistake to Lake Curve prevents him from triumphing. however, for him to get on the podium number 69 in the World Cup, the second consecutive Descent after the one obtained on the Oreiller-Killy of Val d'Isere. The podium is completed by the one who can be called the King of the Saslong, Steven Nyman. In fact, the American career earned three victories in the World Cup, all three in this rally. Today Nyman does come "only" third, however, winning the podium number 11 in his career. Fourth place for Adrien ThÃ©aux growing, while confirming at ease even on the Saslong Erik Guay, the best of all on the Prati Ciaslat, ending the fifth, and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, sixth. In the top ten also Travis Ganong seventh, eighth Guillermo Fayed, Romed Baumann ninth, and Kjetil Jansrud, tenth and largest disappointed to day. Amara performance of Italian descent in the home. The best is in fact the least expected, Christof Innerhofer, eleventh on a track still not quite suited to its characteristics; disappoint overly instead Peter Fill and Dominik Paris, ending the twentieth and twenty-first respectively. Even further back Mattia Casse, twenty-third. We will update you on the final placings of the other blues that have yet to come down. In the overall standings of the World Cup Marcel Hirscher remains firmly in the lead with 440 points, Jansrud him gnawing only 26 going up to 326, while the third is Alexis Pinturault with 284. Fill remains the best of the Italians in eleventh place with 145 points. DOWN MEN VAL GARDENA - FINAL STANDINGS 1. FRANZ Max (AUT) 1: 56.60 2. Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) +0.04 3. NYMAN Steven (USA) +0.41 4. Adrien Theaux (FRA) +0.44 5. GUAY Erik ( CAN) +0.56 Click here for the complete ranking Tomorrow the tour de force dolomitic proceed with the Alta Badia Giant; first heat set at 9:30, the second at 12:30.

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