Alpine skiing: Feller has pegs within reach

The 29-year-old Foss-Solevaag, who so far had two third places in the World Cup, made ideal use of his number two start on a gentle incline due to the warm temperatures and set the fastest time of 47.34 seconds. The Swiss Ramon Zenhäusern, winner at Alta Badia the day before, came closer to the striker, 0.40 seconds behind. In third place is Alex Vinatzer (+0.50 seconds) of host country Italy, leading at halftime on Monday.

Feller, who started the race immediately behind the South Tyrolean Vinatzer with start number 13, is also on the podium with just twelve and two hundredths behind in places two and three. At the rear, the 28-year-old has a 26-cent cushion on Daniel Yule of Switzerland, the Madonna winner of the last two years, and Alexis Pinturault of France.

“It is similar to Alta Badia, again a snow with a little humidity inside, which also forgives something. That suits me really well, ”Feller said in an interview with ORF. The entrance to the steep slope was not so successful, “the exit is much better. It has been a solid journey and we can be satisfied with that. That’s a good starting position. “

Gentle slope as a brake on fun

As the second best Austrian in the first round, Alta Badia’s third-ranked Marco Schwarz qualified in 10th place (+1.05). Michael Matt, third at halftime on Monday at Alta Badia, landed immediately behind his teammate in eleventh place (1.21). Adrian Pertl (1.63), Christian Hirschbühl (1.68) and Fabio Gstrein (1.70) did not reach the top, but they did advance to the second round.

Unlike Feller, Black didn’t do much on the gentle slope. “It’s relatively hot, they worked with water and salt. It was relatively greasy, so when you pressed the ski it went off, ”said the 25-year-old. Referring to the race the day before, when he also finished tenth on the podium, Schwarz was confident, also in view of the tougher slope that could be expected: “However, the gap is not that big, something is still possible in the second race. “