Perfect Zingerle and Hofer, only Roenngren precedes them in the 1st round of the giant from Zinal

Men's European Cup: the two Azzurri in the podium area, the Swede is in front with 3 tenths of a margin then they are all glued, including Franzoni and Della Vite who will play everything in the 2nd heat, starting from 13.00. And what a great performance of Vinatzer, with bib 58 ...

Thursday 2 December 2021 3 minutes reading time

A real battle, with a lot of blue in front of it. The first round of the male giant from Zinal, the third race of the 2021/22 European Cup after the splendid one-two signed by Franzoso and Franzoni in the super-g of the last few days on the same Swiss snows, sees the Swedish Mattias Roenngren in command, but "at the wheel ”Of the Scandinavian here are Hannes Zingerle and Alex Hofer, who started with the first two bibs and 2nd and 3rd time trial, with a gap of 27 and 31 cents respectively. All open for the 2nd heat, starting from 13.00, also for the following athletes as the gaps are very small: the Austrian Borgnaes is fourth at 32 cents, the very young Norwegian Steen Olsen 5th at 37, then Cédric Noger and Patrick Feurstein at 48 with the Dutch Meiners in half a second, 2 cents ahead of the French Parand and the third blue in the standings, a good Giovanni Franzoni who closes the top ten. Filippo Della Vite is also in full swing, 12th with only 54 cents to recover, a very good performance by Pietro Canzio 14th (+ 0 "74) and an amazing one by Alex Vinatzer, who slips into 22nd square, at 1" 06 from Roenngren, starting with bib 58. The Val Gardena continues to grow even in this discipline in which he wants to invest a lot. Top 30 and great starting position in the second also for Tommy Sala, 26th at 1 "31, they will have to start after the thirty Taranzano, however good 36th at 1" 82 with bib 65, Kastlunger, out of 40 paying 2 "06 , and Bendotti.

Social media engagement