Paris takes the n ° 3 for the first challenge on the Zwoelferkogel: Friday descent to Saalbach-Hinterglemm

Unknown weather on the first of the three races in Austria (tomorrow the start at 11.20): Domme immediately after Kriechmayr and Bailet, will start before the rivals for the specialty cup, that is Mayer and Feuz. The complete startlist: Innerhofer 15, Marsaglia 24, Buzzi 32.

Thursday 4 March 2021 5 minutes reading time

He was very fast in practice, always up front and with excellent sensations, but tomorrow's race will most likely have different problems due to the weather. Dominik Paris will have to be a chameleon, in order to go hunting for a success, in the first of the two descents scheduled in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, which can keep the speeches open for the specialty World Cup: third at 118 points from Beat Feuz and -70 by Matthias Mayer, the carabiniere from Val d''Ultimo will play almost everything tomorrow in the match on the Zwoelferkogel set at 11.20 (live on Eurosport and Rai Sport). Weather unknown, we said: snow is expected with the risk of it becoming rain considering the temperatures above freezing, but there are no more spaces for recovery and we will have to do everything possible to bring the race home, considering that for the second descent and the super-g, on the other hand, the situation should definitely improve. Today afternoon the choice of bibs for the big names: Paris opted for number 3 and will start after the world champion Kriechmayr, who found himself having to choose between the option of 9 (or higher bibs) and the '1 and chose for the latter. Watch out for Bailet with the 2, then with the 5 Matthias Mayer who scored a great brace here in 2015 and has extraordinary stimuli, after a World Cup that went badly and with Feuz in the sights for the dream of the "cup". The Swiss leader will start with the n ° 7, before two other very dangerous men on a track that is anything but impossible, namely Max Franz and Johan Clarey. In practice, balance reigned and the same Sander, vice world champion in office, can do well with the '11. Christof Innerhofer, second blue at the start, will start for 15th before Marco Odermatt (16), called to shorten on Pinturault in the general, before the "direct clash" on Sunday in super-g. Matteo Marsaglia caught the 24th, Lele Buzzi finally with the 32nd to look for points that can give him still hope in terms of qualification for the descent of the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STARTLIST MEN'S DESCENT - SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM Startlist: 1 Kriechmayr, 2 Bailet, 3 Paris, 4 Cater, 5 Mayer, 6 Striedinger, 7 Feuz, 8 Franz, 9 Clarey, 10 Goldberg, 11 Sander, 12 Bennett, 13 Janka, 14 Ganong, 15 Innerhofer, 16 Odermatt, 17 Baumann, 18 Allegre, 19 Jansrud, 20 Muzaton, 24 Marsaglia, 32 Buzzi.

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