Today it's Franzoni's turn: the Brescia's masterpiece in Zinal, he is an encore blue in the super-g of Zinal

Men's European Cup: the day after the victory of Matteo Franzoso, back in the top ten, it is another very young man to take the success (the first of his career in the continental circuit), burning Sarrazin for 5 cents. Canceled the second female giant in Mayrhofen.

Tuesday 30 November 2021 3 minutes reading time

Another blue painting on the snow of Zinal, for a two-day opening of the 50th edition of the European Cup, simply a dream for the Italian talents of the future. On Monday it was Matteo Franzoso who, decidedly surprisingly, conquered the first super-g on the Swiss snow, today it's up to Giovanni Franzoni to put his first success on the continental circuit on the board (after two podiums), and certainly the 20-year-old from Brescia, despite the shoulder injury in July that slowed down his preparation was definitely expected in this opening in "his" specialty, the one that saw him graduate junior world champion a few months ago in Bansko. 5 cents were enough to burn an expert athlete like Cyprien Sarrazin, second in front of compatriot Florian Loriot, yesterday at the foot of the podium and today third at 15 cents from Franzoni, who in race-1 had paid for a performance also conditioned by the visibility factor, closing 28 °. Today everything was perfect and for the boy we have already seen in the World Cup and will be permanently protagonist in the giants of the maximum circuit, it is really a perfect start, also thinking in terms of the general classification of the European Cup, who will be able to try to play by managing at best the calendar on both fronts. Austria has to be satisfied with the positions from fourth to eighth with Krenn, Feurstein (6th, the same age and great rival of Franzoni also at the World Championships jr), Ploier and Koeck, with only the Swiss Josua Mettler, fifth, to fit in. And in the top ten here is Matteo Franzoso, who confirms himself with the ninth place just 56 cents from his teammate. (updating)

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