We restart from Kristoffersen and Foss-Solevaag in the 1st heat of Zagreb: Vinatzer draws 11th

The startlist of the third seasonal slalom, scheduled for Wednesday (with the first heat at 12.15 and traced by Theolier). Noel, who won last year, will have 7 and the track conditions are expected to be very difficult as for the women's race.

Tuesday 5 January 2021 6 minutes reading time

Immediately the first two of the last race in Madonna di Campiglio, namely Henrik Kristoffersen and Sebastian Foss-Solevaag who signed a historic Norwegian double on the Canalone Miramonti last December 22, to open the slalom on Wednesday in Zagreb, with Alex Vinatzer fishing bib n ° 11. In a nutshell, this is the startlist of the 1st heat as regards the third round of the season between the narrow poles, scheduled for tomorrow on the Sljeme hill with Jacques Theolier, the Azzurri coach, to design the first track on which Kristoffersen will go down with number 1 ( and the red bib worn after his third triumph on the night of the 3Tre) starting at 12.15, and Austrian layout for the second scheduled at 15.30. A challenge also among the holes of a "Crveni Spust" which will present itself in similar conditions, if not worse, than last Sunday's women's test: even today rain in Zagreb and a lot of humidity, with temperatures expected to be around 5 ° degrees even in hours of competition. A problem not just for the most anticipated blue, still in the second sub-group with his 8th place in the WCSL, which he reached thanks to the 4th and 3rd place between Alta Badia and Campiglio, in a start of Really splendid World Cup for Vinatzer, who in Zagreb obtained, a year ago, the first podium of his career with the third place finish just under 3 tenths from the winner Clément Noel, his rival also among the juniors (even if Alex is class ''99 and the transalpine a' '97). Noel who will start seventh, not exactly lucky in a draw which, after the two norge, proposes bib number 3 to Marco Schwarz, 4 to Pinturault and 5 and 6 to the two top Swiss, Daniel Yule and Ramon Zenhaeusern. Meillard with the 8 will precede Khoroshilov, Ryding and Vinatzer, called to the task to cancel the blue fast of victories in slalom which has lasted since January 5, 2017, when Manfred Moelgg triumphed in Zagreb. It did not go well even for Feller (in great shape) and Matt, with 14 and 15, while the other six blues scheduled at the starting gate will start further back on only 55 total athletes at the start. Moelgg will have 19, he who loves Zagreb where he signed that pearl and also got on the podium in 2010, second behind Giuliano Razzoli who will return after the positivity at Covid and will start with 31 on his track par excellence, with first podium and first success in CdM within 12 months, between the 2009 and 2010 editions. Of course, everything has changed a bit now for the Olympian, who also arrives at his seasonal debut in a very difficult condition, having only been able to train today in Ravascletto, home of the team meeting that saw the other Azzurri work with four good sessions. Between Marebbano and Reggio Emilia, we will see Maurberger with bib 25 and Gross, eager to cancel the Campiglio forcata, with 28. Finally Liberatore and Sala (with 39 and 40), looking for a qualification that will be very hard on a track that, at that point, will be really badly reduced. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STARTLIST MEN'S SLALOM - ZAGREB Startlist 1st run: 1 Kristoffersen, 2 Foss-Solevaag, 3 Schwarz, 4 Pinturault, 5 Yule, 6 Zenhaeusern, 7 Noel, 8 Meillard, 9 Khoroshilov, 10 Ryding, 11 Vinatzer, 12 Strasser, 13 Muffat-Jeandet, 14 Feller , 15 Matt, 19 Moelgg, 25 Maurberger, 28 Gross, 31 Razzoli, 39 Liberatore, 40 Sala.

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