Alpine Skiingmen's world cup
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The prospects of the national team, with Moelgg, Gross, Razzoli and Vinatzer who will have to improve their starting numbers, starting well with the opening.
Wednesday 13 November 2019 4 minutes reading time
Levi's slalom is getting closer and closer, and the blue specialists who begin the seasonal World Cup adventure on November 24th are called to cancel a negative record that has lasted for two whole seasons.
Both in the 2017/18 vintage and last year, in fact, the male Italy lacks the podium in the two technical disciplines: except for Luca De Aliprandini, not by chance the best in the opening giant in Soelden with a good 8th place, the best cards come from the slalom, where in Finland the team returned to being led by Jacques Theolier, the man who led Razzoli to the Olympic title, as well as Moelgg and Gross at very high levels, will line up four men among the top 30 on the starting list.
With the retreats of Hirscher and Neureuther, in the specialty WCSL Manfred Moelgg rises in 11th position, in the second group of merit as well as Stefano Gross, 15th, while Giuliano Razzoli is just outside (16th). Then we find Alex Vinatzer, from 29 ° to 27 °, and with so many perspectives of being able to climb the slope early and have decidedly better pectorals.
A little over a month ago we talked with Stefano Gross, who had confided to our Michela Carè how the goal was to return, as soon as possible, to the top 7 in the world: that's where you can make the difference to play it there in front in the big classics of January, this year a good 6 in just over three weeks with the skidding forward of the 3Tre of Madonna di Campiglio. The 33-year-old Fassano is regularly training in a group for a few weeks, after having resumed in September following the operation of last March 23, necessary to "adjust" the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee, injured in training just a year ago in Madesimo, and that has influenced it in an important way throughout the last season.
Gross gritted his teeth, but wants to fight for a podium that he has missed since March 5, 2017, when in Kranjska Gora he touched the second victory of his World Cup career, mocked by Michi Matt after dominating the first heat ; right from that day, the Italy of technical disciplines no longer arrives in the top 3 of a slalom and giant race. The time has come to change course.
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