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The second giant on Deborah Compagnoni sees the Swiss, at the first with the red bib, driving with 19 cents on Nestvold-Haugen, while Pinturault, Kristoffersen and Kranjec chase. The best blue out of the top ten, but under the second behind the leader. Second run at 13.00.
Monday 7 December 2020 4 minutes reading time
A year after his first and so far only victory in the World Cup, obtained in the super-g of Beaver Creek, Marco Odermatt can dream of unlocking himself even in the giant, he who is now an absolute reference among wide doors.
At the debut with the red bib won thanks to the podiums in Soelden and the giant last Saturday, today in "race 2" in Santa Caterina Valfurva, on a practically perfect Deborah Compagnoni thanks to the crazy work of Galli, Pietrogiovanna and the capable men to fight for over 48 hours against snow and humidity, the Swiss champion took the lead after a first heat that he was able to interpret at best, on the insidious track of the American Garner who immediately misled the winner of the first giant, Filip Zubcic, already 1 ”25 away.
Odermatt therefore leads with 19 cents on Nestvold-Haugen (also never a winner in the giant, but not even in the absolute sense in CdM), after having made the difference in the upper part, but in full race for success there is also the leader of the general, Alexis Pinturault, third at 24 cents.
Tommy Ford made good use of the number 1, confirming himself after the first giant and is still there, fourth with 43 cents to recover, while Henrik Kristoffersen, 6 tenths from Odermatt, will have to invent something to bring home important points. And then again Switzerland with Gino Caviezel and Loic Meillard, but the latter has many regrets for a mistake in the final that forced him to 7th position, 76 cents behind his teammate and on par with Aleksander Aamodt Kilde.
If the partial top ten is completed by Faivre, Kranjec, with the Slovenian who made a lot of mistakes and finds himself 85 cents behind the leader, and Schmid himself at par in tenth place, here is Luca De Aliprandini certainly showed something better compared to Saturday, but still pays 93 cents for a 13th place (behind Favrot and in front of Lucas Braathen) that calls for the comeback attempt, even though this Deborah Compagnoni makes him suffer a lot especially in the final (flat) stretch.
While waiting for the other Azzurri at the start, the appointment with the second heat is set at 13.00.
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Giant slalom Male replaces: 06.12.2020 Santa Caterina (ITA)
ODERMATT Marco
FORD Tommy
ZUBCIC Filip
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