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On the eve of a key season, the 34-year-old slalom rider from Fassa is preparing the fundamental inaugural cup races between Badia and Campiglio, finding himself at risk of the top 30 in the world. "Here in Pozza, exceptional conditions".
Thursday 10 December 2020 4 minutes reading time
Stefano Gross has a great desire to go back up there, to fight with the greats of the slalom after the many physical problems that have affected him in recent seasons.
Of course, the last one had started very well, with the podium (the 12th personal in the World Cup) in Val d''Isère which came as a decided surprise, given that "Sabo" was practically returning after the spring knee operation previous one. It all seemed downhill, here instead many good heats have never been fully realized, as on the occasion of the last slalom held last February 8 in Chamonix, when the exit from the scene in the second heat cost a result at the top and brought it ever closer to the edge of the world top 30.
Also for the situation in the slalom WCSL, which sees him in 28th position, the first World Cup race will be fundamental for the 34-year-old specialist from Fassa, scheduled for Monday 21 December in Alta Badia, followed 24 hours later by the slalom in Campiglio. one of his favorite tracks. "His" track, however, is certainly the Aloch di Pozza di Fassa, which will host Theolier's blues until the eve of the seasonal opening, also passing through the two European Cup races scheduled for 17-18 December on the splendid slope symbol of the slalom in Val di Fassa.
Asked by the press office of the Ski Stadium Aloch, led by Virna Pierobon, Gross talked about the first two days of training carried out by the blue team of the World Cup. “I want to thank all the people who have set up a track in these conditions, it is very difficult in this period to find such a good one. We are in a situation (referring to the "bubble" in force also in Pozza) in which to be very careful also because we are approaching our races, but so far the problem has been contained as far as we are concerned.
How am i doing? Very well physically, important for me since in recent seasons things weren't always in place from this point of view. I'm training at my best and let's get ready for the first appointments ”.
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