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Last Saturday Federica Brignone you & egrave; flanked Denise Karbon who won the giant opening Women's World Cup in S & ouml; Sölden. But in the distant past six more times an Italian has won a race d & rsquo; opening of the White Circus.
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To succeed were the only three blue who managed to take home the crystal ball general, and what & egrave; Gustav Th & ouml; ni, Piero Gros and Alberto Tomba, all three winners of two races inaugural. But the curious thing & egrave; all three, every time they started the & rsquo; winter by winning, are not able to take home the Cup overall. L & rsquo; the company Karbon 2007 l & rsquo; we recalled in our march towards the race of Rettenbach, now tell wins inaugural these three huge samples of our alpine skiing.
Thursday & Igrave; December 11, 1969, men's giant in Val d & rsquo; Is & egrave; re (France) - After ending the first run in a single penny from the French champion Patrick Russel Gustav Th & ouml; ni ​​puts the turbo in the second and won the first race of the World Cup of his career by becoming the most & ugrave; youngest winner in a race to the White Circus & rsquo; et & agrave; 18 years, 9 months and 13 days. Russel ends staccato of 1 & rdquo; 11 but ends for the first time in the first three among the wide doors. On the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium, with a gap of 1 & rdquo; 57, there ends the & rsquo; another Frenchman Jean-No & euml; the Augert while the holder of the World Cup, the & rsquo; Austrian Karl Schranz was disqualified for missing a gate in the first run but in Next March will & agrave; him to take home a & rsquo; last time the crystal ball. For the & rsquo; s South Tyrol Trafoi & rsquo; & egrave appointment; instead postponed for one year.
Friday & Igrave; December 8, 1972, men's giant in Val d & rsquo; Is & egrave; re (France) - In just 18 years, 1 month and 8 days Piero Gros wins in a totally unexpected the first race of the season and & egrave; still the most & ugrave; young to have triumphed in the World Cup. Piedmont Sauze d & rsquo; Oulx, Gros closes the first round with 63 cents delay from Norwegian Erik H & aring; ker starting with bib number 45! In the second Pierino as & egrave; nicknamed, it surpasses the Scandinavian and triumphs with 18 cents ahead. This race & egrave; historic for the & rsquo; Italy also because & eacute; for the first time in a World Cup giant there are two Italians on the podium: third place it in fact Helmuth Schmalzl 1 & rdquo; 84 by teammate while Gustav Th & ouml; ni ​​had to settle for seventh place. Nine days after Gros concede & agrave; bis a resounding triumph in the slalom at Madonna di Campiglio with bib number 42 but in the end it will be & agrave; Th & ouml; neither, according to 7 cents by compatriot in the resort & agrave; thirty, to take home the third consecutive World Cup.
Thursday & Igrave; December 5, 1974, men's giant in Val d & rsquo; Is & egrave; re (France) - After the first run c & rsquo; & egrave; led by the 18 year old Swede Ingemar Stenmark, who goes after his first win in the World Cup, with 40 cents ahead of Gustav Th & ouml; ni ​​and 52 on the Norwegian Erik H & aring; ker, reborn after a difficult season. Piero Gros, who & egrave; the Cup holders general & egrave; sixth to 95 cents due to a big mistake. But in the second heat Pierino breaks and trim 1 & rdquo; 65 H & aring; ker and 1 & rdquo; 87 to Stenmark triumphing with 92 cents ahead of the Swede and 1 & rdquo; 24 on the Norwegian, Gros & egrave; The ninth World Cup victory, the sixth in the giant. Th & ouml; ni ​​ends out in the second round but the season will end & agrave; with the legendary duel with Stenmark in parallel of Val Gardena, which won the & rsquo; South Tyrol Trafoi you wear & agrave; home his fourth crystal ball absolute.
Friday & Igrave; December 5, 1975, men's giant in Val d & rsquo; Is & egrave; re (France) - Gustav Th & ouml; ni ​​begins the season as he finished the previous one: winning. And it does so by inventing a first heat monstrous, perhaps the best of his career, trimming more & ugrave; two seconds to all opponents. In the second Gustavo she is able to contain the furious comeback attempt & nbsp; Ingemar Stenmark, who arrives just behind the & rsquo; Tyrolean-only 3/10 but can not override it. Pero Gros & egrave; third but far behind, 1 & rdquo; 41 behind his teammate. For Th & ouml; ni ​​& egrave; 22 & deg; success in the World Cup, the tenth in the giant, but this season will mark & ​​agrave; the end of the rule of & rsquo; Italy and the & rsquo; start to Stenmark who wear & agrave; home the first of his three consecutive crystal balls.
Friday & Igrave; November 27, 1987, the men's slalom in Sestriere (Italy) - A cyclone called Alberto Tomba hits the World Cup. The Bolognese Castel de & rsquo; Britt, who has yet to take 21 years, not & egrave; New to great performance, indeed, & egrave; he saved his cabin in the World Cup in Crans-Montana in February earlier winning the bronze in giant after three months before had finished second in Alta Badia always among the wide doors on the day of the triplet blue with Richard Pramotton first and Oswald T & ouml; tsch. It still needs the victory, which comes to & ograve; on a sunny day on the Sestriere. The tomb with the number 25 in a discipline, slalom, which seems to appreciate less than the giant and instead raises sensation by winning both races, the first with 17 cents over the Swede Jonas Nilsson and the second with 38 cents of Paul Frommelt. Is imposed on the final goal with 80 cents on Nilsson and 1 & rdquo; 93 on & rsquo; Austrian G & uuml; Günther Mader. The Cup holders Pirmin Zurbriggen & egrave; seventh and Alberto Dueller & agrave; with him until the last two technical races of the season in Saalbach-Hinterglemm in which a double departure from the scene of Bologna will deliver & agrave; the third crystal ball General to the Swiss.
Saturday, November 23, 1991, men's giant of Park City (United States) - Everyone is waiting for Alberto Tomba, came back to win the previous season in giant after a wait of nearly three years, and in the first heat of the race instead of the one who commands in Park City quell & rsquo; & agrave to winter; the season of life, that Paul Accola. Swiss & nbsp; half & agrave; race ahead of 45 cents for Alberto & ograve; in the second comeback and bypasses The 24 year old Davos of 14 cents, for Tomb & egrave; 20 & deg; success in the World Cup, the ninth in giant and the fourth in a row between the wide doors also considering races of the previous season, to Accola & egrave; the first of many & ldquo; first time & rdquo; that inaneller & agrave; in that his magical season, which is the first podium in giant. Third and fourth two blue Spampatti Roberto, who in the first round had obtained the same placement just 3 cents from Grave, and Alberto Senigagliesi, instead comeback from thirteenth place. He leaves the scene in the first heat drawn from & rsquo; personal coach of Tomba Gustav Th & ouml; ni ​​the Cup holders Marc Girardelli.
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