Pellegrino's three podiums and the Lahti relay: few lights and many shadows in the vintage of the blue background

The balance of a season that saw dry Aosta Valley successes, but always able to play it in the sprints. With some signal launched by the women's sector.

Wednesday 18 March 2020 3 minutes reading time

A season with more shadows than lights, from the difficulties of Francesco De Fabiani to the only podiums brought home by the usual Federico Pellegrino, even if the missed top 3 final in the Sprint World Cup may leave some regrets. The blue cross-country skiing clings to the champion from Valle d'Aosta, who failed to win in the challenges against the unbeatable Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, with two second places behind the Norwegian in Lenzerheide and Are, to then get another place d '' honor to Planica, in that case beaten by Chanavat. In the men's sector, the only other joy came from the relay race protagonist in Lahti in the last season performance, with a surprising 4th place and a podium lost only in the final sprint. On a female level, it was a positive season for a young woman like Anna Comarella, with the top 20 final in the Tour de Ski and the bronze medal at the Oberwiesenthal Youth World Championships in the U23 mixed relay in the company of Francesca Franchi, Simone DaprÃ and Martin Coradazzi. Greta Laurent achieved the best result of her career, seventh in the particular sprint of Are, as well as Lucia Scardoni fifth in the same format, but in classic, on the snow of Val di Fiemme. And in addition to the discreet tests of Elisa Brocard, 13th in the Storlien-Meraker mass, it is from junior Davide Graz that medals have come to the world championships with two bronzes between distance in classic and the team race played with Gasperi, TiccÃ² and Manzoni. Finally the silver of Mattia Armellini in the U23 sprint, with the young people representing the hope of a national team objectively in difficulty.

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