The voices of skiing, change to the masculine: Blardone instead of De Chiesa, novelty also for Eurosport

Important news for fans just a few days before the start of the World Cup.

Thursday 24 October 2019 5 minutes reading time

Yes, because some of the voices of skiing that for years have been telling the stories of the white circus champions on television, will no longer exist or in some cases will have other tasks. Let's start from the situation at Rai Sport: news of the last hours is a change that is in some ways epochal, given that the technical commentator with over twenty years of experience at the microphone, and we are obviously talking about Paolo De Chiesa, will no longer be in the cabin alongside the first voice Davide Labate, confirmed instead in his role. The ex slalomista of the blue avalanche was "moved" by the director Auro Bulbarelli (who had been in office for less than a year, when the previous season of great skiing had already begun) to the studios from Rome, to work alongside Luca Di Bella (or in some cases Ivana Vaccari) in the pre and post race analyzes. So who will go to Soelden? A face now also known on television as Max Blardone, who since his retirement (March 2016) had immediately embarked on the adventure at Rai, precisely with the comment from the studio and in some cases in commentary for women's competitions. One choice, that of the director Bulbarelli, in some ways similar to that implemented for the 2019 cycling season, another product on which Rai Sport aims a lot, with the historical commentators Francesco Pancani and Silvio Martinello â€œdividedâ€ to make room for several times in Andrea De Luca as first voice, with the same Pancani moved on the motorcycle. We will see what happens during the season, considering also the commitments of federal technician of the same Blardone, since last summer hired by the FISI to follow the youth of the project led by Max Carca, but certainly in Soelden we will start with Max in the cabin on the Rettenbach and De Chiesa in Rome. As for women's competitions, nothing will change with Enrico Cattaneo first voice and Daniela Ceccarelli to support him, presumably in all the races (with possible "substitutions" of Blardone in some cases). EUROSPORT Important change also in the pair of commentators of the men's races on Eurosport. After four years of commenting, Giangiacomo Secchi will leave room for Zoran Filicic, former MotoGP voice on Sky Sport and commentator on various winter sports disciplines for Eurosport starting with snowboarding (at the PyeongChang Games you will remember Michela Moioli's live commentary) ). After a first debut season, the second year at the microphone for the technical shoulder, or the former downhill skier Silvano Varettoni confirmed in the team to cover all the races of the men's World Cup calendar. The couple formed by Gianmario Bonzi and Daniela Merighetti will still keep company to the fans for what concerns the female sector, with the former sprinter now on a permanent basis alongside the Milanese journalist.

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