Only three Azzurri for the world combined with Pinturault as favorite: Tonetti will start with the n ° 3

On Monday, immediately after the women (super-g heats at 11.15, the slalom at 15.20) the third men's race of these world championships. In addition to the Bolzano player, the best hope in Italy, there will be Innerhofer and the rookie Franzoni.

Sunday 14 February 2021 6 minutes reading time

It will be one of the big favorites, Loic Meillard, to inaugurate the men's alpine combined which on Monday in Cortina will follow the women's one scheduled not even a couple of hours earlier. As known from Friday, after the relocation to the calendar of what will be the third world appointment for men after super-g and descent on Vertigo, the speed test, or the morning super-g set at 11.15, will be held on Olympia delle Tofane as for women and starting from the same altitude (2160 meters). All this obviously to facilitate the organization of a double appointment which is anything but easy to manage; just think that the slalom run was set at 15.20, in the final stretch from Rumerlo to the finish. Further favorite slalomists? It depends, since Olympia delle Tofane itself will be a novelty for everyone and could also do ... damage. Alexis Pinturault is the main favorite and has chosen number 5 for the super-g, obviously trusting to remain in the top positions (on the Vertigine he had found himself wonderfully with the 3rd place in super-g, and would certainly have preferred to compete there. ..) to then attack in slalom, but pay attention first of all to Marco Schwarz (n ° 14) who was bronze in Are on the day of the first transalpine world title, he has already won in the CdM in this discipline, which we remember is never been faced in the season, and is in great confidence. Who was fourth in the Swedish World Championship is Riccardo Tonetti, who dreams of the first podium on this occasion, after having touched it several times in the discipline where he has always done better. There will be only three blues in the race: Dominik Paris will in fact not be there, having practically never worked on slalom in his recovery path, while Christof Innerhofer will try, in super-g with bib 16, and there will be the debut absolute of Giovanni Franzoni, with n ° 29 in the first of his three world races as the 19 year old from Brescia will also face individual and giant parallels. Challenge France-Austria then? In addition to Pinturault and Schwarz, pay attention to Muffat-Jeandet and to Mayer and Kriechmayr themselves, with the Carinthian still dry (and won in the cup at Wengen in 2020) and his teammate instead exalted by the double gold between super-g and descent. More than anything else, however, we will have to watch out for a great Swiss team that will propose, in addition to Meillard, with the n ° 6 Gino Caviezel, with the 12 the reborn Aerni, not surprisingly the combined world champion in 2017 (remember that penny on Marcel Hirscher?), And another excellent specialist like Justin Murisier. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STARTLIST MEN'S ALPINE COMBINED - CORTINA 2021 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Startlist 1st run: 1 Meillard, 2 Goldberg, 3 Tonetti, 4 Roenngren, 5 Pinturault, 6 G. Caviezel, 7 Mayer, 8 Pfiffner, 9 Muffat-Jeandet, 10 Bennett, 11 Jansrud, 12 Aerni, 13 Kriechmayr, 14 Schwarz , 15 Murisier, 16 Innerhofer, 17 Allegre, 18 Hrobat, 19 Cater, 20 Zabystran, 29 Franzoni.

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