Garmisch slalom, after the first Nef surprise on Kristoffersen and Meillard. Away the blues

Swiss unleashed, with Yule fourth, while Noel is above the second, Sala at 1 "32 and Razzoli and Vinatzer over 1" 50. Out of the first two of the specialty ranking, Braathen and Foss-Solevaag.

Saturday 26 February 2022 4 minutes reading time

The very tough "Gudiberg", even more so with high temperatures and a surface to be managed perfectly, proposes the first of the two Garmisch slaloms with the concrete possibility that the seventh different winner will arrive today in as many specialty races in the Cup. of the world. After the first heat, in fact, Tanguy Nef surprises everyone by signing the best time with the bib number 25 (with a better light, but the track certainly in worse conditions than the first ones), with 7 cents on Henrik Kristoffersen who made the most of the n ° 1 especially on the starting wall, and Loic Meillard (+ 0 ”08). Unleashed Swiss, as Daniel Yule is fourth at just under half a second. Out of the first two of the specialty ranking, namely the Norwegians Braathen and Foss-Solevaag, the challenge seems open to the first six, even if in the 2nd heat (starting at 12.30) there will be surprises also considering the state of the snow and the temperatures quite high. Manuel Feller can also play for the red bib, he is 5th at 49 cents with a frightening final stretch that allowed him to reduce the gap by half a second compared to the upper part, while the host Linus Strasser "turns "Sixth (+ 0" 57). The gaps then increase with Pinturault seventh at 89 hundredths, Strolz 8th at 1 "02, Schwarz at 1" 07 and, only 11th at 1 "18 (ahead of him a very good McGrath with n ° 24) without particular errors, but in total defense on the steep, the Olympic champion Clément Noel. The plate of Italslalom is crying for now: out of the top 15 Giuliano Razzoli, 1 "59 away, and Alex Vinatzer (1" 69 gap), in serious difficulty in the more technical part of the Gudiberg and called to change gear in the second for play for something important, while Tommaso Sala's was a good round, especially on the steep, with the Brianza player currently 13th at 1 ”32 and better than the Azzurri. (updating)

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