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The Val Gardena is ahead of the halfway point, for the first time in his career. Yule follows, almost 3 tenths of a second, then they are all glued and Moelgg is just outside the top ten. At 13.00 the decisive heat.
Monday 21 December 2020 3 minutes reading time
After the disappointment in the race of the year for the gigantists, it is Alex Vinatzer who rekindles the men's national team by giving himself a dream heat in the first slalom of the season in Alta Badia.
Halfway through the race on the Gran Risa he is in charge, the 21-year-old from Val Gardena who had already reached the podium for the first time in Zagreb last year; However, it will be Alex's first to start last in the second run, scheduled at 13.00, after being the only one able to really make a bit of a difference on a fairly simple track, albeit with a bad track by the technician of the Norwegians.
Vinatzer, who must be remembered underwent an appendectomy just a month ago, was able to finish with 27 cents of margin on Daniel Yule and 36 on Michael Matt, very fast in the final completely flat section. Sensational, however, the exit of the great favorite, Clément Noel, who immediately makes a mistake on the first steep and then slips into the connecting stretch with the plain, finishing at over 5 seconds and obviously not qualified.
The race remains very open, given that the gaps are minimal with Foss-Solevaag at 37 cents and the second Norwegian in the standings, Henrik Kristoffersen, fifth at 4 tenths and a couple of cents ahead of Alexis Pinturault, winner yesterday in giant and called to lead at home heavy points in general.
Then here is a Muffat-Jeandet found and, just over half a second behind Vinatzer, in eighth position, Ramon Zenhaeusern who, considering his characteristics, was unable to interpret this slope in the best possible way.
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