The blue, in search of the first victory, has 8 cents on the French Noel and 9 on the Norwegian Solevag. Giuliano follows at 73 cents. Outside Moelgg. At 13.45 the second heat
Under a heavy snowfall, which made the descent move to tomorrow, the first run of the slalom was held in Kitzbuehel, with 7 Italians competing: Giuliano Razzoli (fresh from the splendid podium in Wengen, the first after 6 years, the oldest at 37 to succeed), Alex Vinatzer, Stefano Gross, Manfred Moelgg, Simon Maurberger, Tommaso Sala and Federico Liberatore. Leading is Vinatzer, author of a splendid heat, with 8 cents on the French Noel and 9 on the Norwegian Solevag. Razzoli is 4th at 73 cents.
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The first to go down is the French Noel, one of the big favorites, winner on this track three years ago: he finishes in 50 ”67. Not happy with his performance, he shakes his head after the finish. But after him the Austrian Zenhaeusern gets 1 ”43 behind. The Swiss Meillard does not do better (+1 ”28). Noel must not have gone very badly … The Norwegian Foss-Solevag, leader of the specialty classification, is the only one to come close, coming within a single cent from the French. With bib n.8 it’s up to Razzoli who skies quite well and on arrival is 3rd at 65 cents from Noel. Then it’s up to Vinatzer who dances between the doors, at each split time he is in command and closes in 50 ”59, with an advantage of 8 cents over Noel! With bib 20 Moelgg descends, 13th in Wengen. His race ends just before the finish line, when he jumps a door (he had however already accumulated 2 ”of delay at the last split time).
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Razzoli commented on his performance on Rai Sport: “You had to feel the bumps, very uniform, you could hardly see them, beautiful and hard snow, not an easy heat. I could have done a little more but it didn’t look good, it wasn’t easy, I was a bit cautious. Alex did an excellent heat, we’ll see the second one ”. And Vinatzer thanks him: “It’s nice when you work as a team – says the provisional leader – Giuliano gave me important tips, telling me to attack in the right places. I felt more confident. But the important heat has yet to come ”.
January 22, 2022 (change January 22, 2022 | 10:56)
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