Slalom exhibition in Crans-Montana, in the night on Mont Lachaux there will be Vinatzer, Razzoli and Noel

Wednesday evening the fourth edition of a particular and highly coveted event. Meanwhile, the Olympic champion tells the Resto del Carlino: "I want to get back on the podium, six years after I broke my crusader at the peak of my career".

Tuesday 11 January 2022 5 minutes reading time

Not only Adelboden and Wengen, with seven days for the slalomists to recover and prepare for next Sunday's challenge in the fourth round of specialties at the World Cup level. On Wednesday 12 January, under the spotlight on a beautiful track like Mont Lachaux, the slalom exhibition in Crans-Montana returns to its fourth edition and sees Matteo Joris, head coach of the Swiss team between the narrow posts, in the sports direction of an event with a rich prize pool and a truly unique formula, conceived by the Valle d'Aosta technician himself. The qualifying heats will begin at 18.30, then the final phase with 22 athletes at the gate and the first 7 competitors eliminated based on the worst times, always on the dry run, from 19.10. From 15 it will then go down to 10 and finally to the 5 finalists, who will play for the success again on a single heat. Some of the best specialists in the world will be present in front of the public who may be present (with free access and the 3G rule in terms of vaccination), since the presence of the winner of the first two editions, Clément Noel, by Luca is officially confirmed. Aerni (who triumphed at the end of December 2020) and two other Swiss reference points such as Daniel Yule and Ramon Zenhaeusern, but also the two Azzurri who are doing better in this first part of the season. We are talking about Alex Vinatzer and Giuliano Razzoli, and we will also see the red bib of Kristoffer Jakobsen while, due to the injury suffered on Sunday in the first heat of Adelboden, the other co-leader of the CdM of discipline, Sebastian Foss- Solevaag. After the great 9th place on Chuenisbargli, which followed the same placement in Val d''Isère and 7th in Campiglio, the 2010 Vancouver Olympic champion feels he has found the level to play for it also with a view to the podium, on which he does not come up from the Wengen race (even if he competed exceptionally on the final of the Lauberhorn track due to lack of snow) in January 2016. "In reality I have always been there, with 16 years of the World Cup lived with injuries, various problems and bad luck - said Il Razzo in the interview granted to “Il Resto del Carlino” - I have always skied for myself and to give joy to the fans who have always followed me, not to respond to critics. I've always had the talent, otherwise I wouldn't be here again, and I hope to be able to continue in this way. Despite the difficulties, the love for this sport has always made me overcome everything, but I still compete because I am aware of my abilities and to push me is the desire to return to the podium. I haven't been able to do it since I broke the crusader (in Kitzbuehel, just the week after that 2nd place in Wengen ...), I was at the peak of my career and it still burns me. Now I have to improve the bibs further, then here we are ".

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