Kvitfjell men's downhill on Saturday: Jansrud to open, Kilde the favorite and Pinturault ... he tries

The startlist of what, with the cancellation of the finals, will become the last specialty act (with Feuz winning the cup). The Frenchman will be in the race, seven years after the last time downhill. Five blues involved.

Friday 6 March 2020 4 minutes reading time

It will be a decisive race in the race for the general World Cup, even more so with the cancellation of the finals of Cortina which, once ratified by the FIS, will make the descent of Kvitfjell scheduled for Saturday (via at 11.00 am) the last of the specialties for this season. Beat Feuz will therefore arithmetically win his third consecutive crystal ball, but all attention is on the fight between Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, author of the best time in both tests, and Alexis Pinturault: the Frenchman, leader with 26 points on the Norwegian, will be in the race 7 years after his last descent in the World Cup, held in Kitzbuehel in January 2013 (Dominik Paris won ...) with a 33rd place finish, after the 16th in the finals of Schladming 2012. Alexis, bib number 32 in tomorrow's race and very positive in practice, he will look for good points to repel Kilde's assault, which is the clear favorite for success after what was shown between Thursday and Friday. AAK will start third, two numbers after Kjetil Jansrud who will open the race and will aim at least on the podium, in his first time after announcing the birth (in the next few weeks) of the first-born. Dressen will have bib number 5, Kriechmayr on 7, Feuz on 9, Mayer on 13 and Mauro Caviezel, always looking for the first career triumph after collecting ten podiums, with the number 15. The Blues will be only five in the race (Prast and Bosca will play the super-g): Buzzi will be the first at the start with the bib number 25, Marsaglia will have the 28, Casse the 29, Cazzaniga the 42 and Schieder the 52. CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE STARTLIST MALE DESCENT - KVITFJELL Startlist: 1 Jansrud, 2 Kryenbuehl, 3 Kilde, 4 Bailet, 5 Dressen, 6 Ganong, 7 Kriechmayr, 8 Cochran-Siegle, 9 Feuz, 10 Franz, 11 Clarey, 12 Danklmaier, 13 Mayer, 14 Striedinger, 15 Caviezel M. , 16 Bennett, 17 Janka, 18 Ferstl, 19 Muzaton, 20 Nyman, 25 Buzzi, 28 Marsaglia, 29 Crates, 42 Cazzaniga, 52 Schieder.

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