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With heavy snowfall, Bassino, after the first round still second behind Vlhova, changed the classification in the decision and after Killington last year and this year at the start of Sölden, he could expect his third victory in a giant slalom and in the world Cup. After running the fastest time in the second race, the 24-year-old had a 0.46-second lead over Hector. Vlhova, who recently won both slaloms at Levi and the parallel race at Lech / Zürs, was 0.59 seconds behind Bassino in the final scores. Already on Sunday (9.30 am or 12.30 pm live on ORF 1) there is the possibility of revenge in the same place.
Liensberger led in sixth place behind American star Mikaela Shiffrin and Sölden runner-up Federica Brignone (ITA), this time an ÖSV team that was much better than at the start. Behind Vorarlberg’s wife, Stephanie Brunner, who was fifth in the first round, finished in seventh. With Ricarda Haaser in 10th place, another ÖSV rider was able to hope for a place in the top ten. Katharina Truppe was immediately 11th behind her teammate. In Sölden, the last one was the best Austrian woman in 15th place.
1. Marta Bassino (ITA)
2. Sara Hector (SWE)
3. Petra Vlhova (SVK)
Changes pay off
“The result is great for me, I am very happy. It’s great that we’re driving here again tomorrow, ”said Liensberger, who was beaming despite the bad weather in the French Alps, in an interview with ORF. “He was restless and struggled up and down. Total concentration is important in such a long race ”. After retirement in Sölden, she turned the right screws, the 23-year-old said: “I have changed a bit compared to Sölden, I am more confident when I’m on skis and can go to the limit.”
Brunner was happy with the result of the top ten, but was somewhat sorry for the missed opportunity to get on the podium. “You have to fight from the first goal, you cannot retire. I was not happy with my second race, I made some mistakes, but I am happy with seventh place, mainly because it is not my favorite track, ”said the Tyrolean.
Franziska Gritsch managed to leap forward. The 23-year-old Tyrolean, who just made the decision in 29th place after race one, improved to 14th place in race two. “Fortunately, this time I managed to do something that I do a lot in training,” Gritsch said. With Ramona Siebenhofer and Elisa Mörzinger, the decision did not go as expected and the duo graced the end of the classification in the second heat, but as 24th and 25th respectively, they scored points in the World Cup.
Bassino successfully risks
Bassino also got all the points in the giant slalom in the second race of this discipline. Despite the heavy snowfall, the Italian risked everything in the decision, having acted with caution in her opinion in the first race for her decision. “It was very hard, but I attacked in the second race because I was not satisfied with the first. I had nothing to lose, ”said the winner in an interview with ORF. With a third consecutive victory at RTL on Sunday, the 24-year-old did not want to speculate: “Every race is a true battle at the highest level.”
Second-placed Hector also felt like a winner, not missing his second World Cup victory after Kühtai’s in 2014. “I’m very satisfied. Today was tough conditions with the snow, the rugged slope and visibility, “said the experienced Swede. Vlhova, on the other hand, was angry about the fourth win lost, especially after the perfect starting position. Of the best riders, the Slovak had the biggest problems with poor visibility.” At first the view was good, then it was difficult in the middle section, so I lost, “said Vlhova,” but third place is also good. “
