o Swiss won the inaugural giant of the World Cup, staged on the Austrian slope and in front of almost 10 thousand people
SOELDEN. The Italians observe Marco Odermatt, he is the reference model of the male giant and it is he who on the Rettenbach in Soelden (Austria) has inflicted the first lesson of the season on all the opponents. The Swiss won the inaugural giant of the World Cup, staged on the Austrian slope and in front of almost 10 thousand people. Covid-19 seems to be almost a memory in Tyrol, the white circus is back to the usual spectacle, embellished with a challenge on the edge of cents among the big names in the discipline. Odermatt celebrated, but also the Austrian Roland Leitinger, 30, a silver medal in giant at the World Championships in Sankt Moritz in 2017 and a slew of problems between injury and rehabilitation. He was first halfway through the race, he was unable to stay ahead of the Swiss star who is now shining, finishing seconds for nothing. For only 7/100. There could not have been a better restart for him. The podium was completed by the Slovenian Zan Kranjec who recovered a position and finished at 10 cents.
False start for the French Alexis Pinturault, winner of the World Cup and fifth at his seasonal debut; and for the Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen who does not go beyond the fourteenth place and must also digest the placings of his compatriots Lucas Braathen and Rasmus Windigstad, seventh and tenth.
The male Italy, unlike the female one, starts in a positive way with Luca De Aliprandini eighth and not in the best conditions for some back pain that has emerged in recent weeks. Nothing to worry about, just a little rest. “I knew I was not at one hundred percent and therefore to achieve this result, nor these conditions and with such a gap, that’s fine by me – says the Trentino, silver in the giant of the Cortina World Cup -. I had a difficult couple of weeks, I skied a little: the goal is certainly to be in the top five at each race to try and get on the podium ». Twentieth Simon Maurberger, good at qualifying with a very high bib and in great confidence after having solved once and for all the knee problems that had stopped him prematurely last season. «From the middle of the wall onwards I skied really hard – says Maurberger – I did some good partial, I go home with positive feelings». Riccardo Tonetti also scored points, twenty-sixth.
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