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Tomorrow in Bansko (at 8.00 Italian the 1st heat) the closing of the world championship for the boys. The Bergamo rider at the start with bib n ° 3, but the competition is very high. The former blue giant on the two-time medal: "He also has the descent in the blood".
Thursday 4 March 2021 5 minutes reading time
The slalom will complete the triptych of men's competitions (next week it will be the girls' turn) of a very particular junior world championship in Bansko, but full of satisfactions for the blue colors, with gold and silver conquered by Giovanni Franzoni between super-g and giant.
The driver from Brescia will also try to do it between the narrow poles, although he will not start among the main favorites of a race that will start on Friday at 8.00 am in Italy with the first heat, while the second is scheduled for 10.30; the first of the four Azzurri at the starting gate will be Matteo Bendotti, 12th today in the giant and tomorrow with bib number 3 for the race he is aiming for most, as will Tommaso Saccardi from Parma who will start with 10 instead.
For Franzoni bib 19, followed with 28 by Della Vite, fresh from today's disappointment for the exit in giant. The slalom competition will be really of a high level, with the American Benjamin Ritchie, recently winner of the European Cup and 13th at the Senior World Championships in Cortina, who starts with all the favors of the prediction and the bib number 2. The Norwegian Gunleiksrud will open, out in giant when he was traveling strong, although the most anticipated man in the Scandinavian home is Alexander Steen Olsen (number 6).
Attention then to the French Bianchini (n ° 4), to the Swiss Luetolf (5) and how to forget Lukas Feurstein (n ° 9), silver and gold between super-g and giant.
BLARDONE SU FRANZONI
Through the press office that takes care of the communication of Giovanni Franzoni, the words that Max Blardone spent for the 2001 bi medal in Bansko are important. The former Piedmontese gigantist has been collaborating for years in the blue staff linked to the youth project led by Max Carca and has followed the crucial years of the growth of the super-g jr world champion. "Since I met Giovanni within the Talent Team, I immediately identified him as a driver of the group - explains Max - He is meticulous, stubborn in wanting to achieve the results he aims at all costs, both on the snow. in training and competitions, as well as in athletics summer retreats.
We are talking about a psychologically balanced athlete, gets along with everyone and is very polite. Its strength is the strength of the group, including the staff. He shines now because he managed to achieve more in terms of results, this year he put that extra gear and the call to the World Championships in Cortina was more than deserved, it is no coincidence that he made an excellent figure. With the two medals at the Junior World Championships he proved his worth, but be careful because he has descent like the super-g in his blood ”.
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