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Croatian Filip Zubic won the World Cup men’s giant slalom ahead of Slovenian Zan Kranjec. Marco Schwarz as the 14th best Austrian.
3:45 p.m., December 5, 2020
Filip zubcic has the first of two giant slalom races on Saturday in deep winter conditions in Santa Catalina decided by themselves. The Croat relegated the Slovenians to their only second World Cup victory Zan Kranjec for 0.12 seconds and the Swiss Marco Odermatt by 0.30 to the other places. The best Austrian was Black Frame as 14, continued Adrian pertl in position 20 and Roland leitinger The 26.
The Austrians showed that their discipline problem was slightly better at first in Sölden than Stefan brennsteiner 17 was, Vincent Kriechmayr 24. and Matthias mayer 25. “I see a step forward, but only a small one in terms of results. I would like to highlight Adrian and I am also very satisfied with Marco,” said the ÖSV director of men’s races. Andreas Puelacher. The best rider of the ÖSV at halftime Manuel Feller (15.) was eliminated in the final.
Black “on the right track”
Schwarz played his first race after falling ill with Covid-19. “The first race was not what I could do. The second race was pretty good until shortly before the finish line, I cut off the momentum on the long pull before the finish line and didn’t carry the speed with me. It’s a shame , but I’m up. The right way. It’s going uphill, “said Carinthian, who spoke of a very difficult race due to snowfall and poor visibility.
With only two days of skiing in the last two weeks, the preparation was not the best. For Sunday a result has been put forward, the improvement from 22nd to 14th place at halftime with the seventh best execution time gives confidence.
Lichtblick Pertl
A ray of hope was Adrian Pertl, who qualified for the second race with the starting number 63 and scored points in this discipline for the first time in just his second race. “The second was not a very good race, I did not get along. I am pleased to be scoring points in the giant slalom for the first time, but could have done even more,” said the 24-year-old, setting a high standard.
Feller drove his first race of the season, after an indoor skiing error, he missed the jump to qualifying. “I thought I would give it a try, I realized it was going to be close, I wanted to move on, it didn’t work out. But you learn every day.” Magnus Walch (37th), Stefan Brennsteiner (40th), Raphael Haaser (50th) and Vincent Kriechmayr (55th) did not qualify for the second round..
Winner Zubcic proved once again to be a specialist in difficult conditions. “Winning another race is incredible for me. Maybe the difficult conditions will suit me,” said Zubcic, who celebrated his first victory at Naeba in February. Back then it was windy, warm as a spring and the slopes were gentle.
Odermatt is still waiting for his first giant slalom victory, now he is already three times second and twice third. “I just noticed I won my first race a year ago at Beaver Creek tomorrow, maybe it will work again tomorrow,” he said, referring to his success in Super-G in 2019. He too has had a crown and how Schwarz only missed the parallel competition in Zürs / Lech. Now he is ahead in the discipline ranking.
The winner of the Norwegian Sölden Lucas Braathen finished in twelfth position. The Frenchman leads in the general of the World Cup Alexis PinturaultIt was the fifth of the day. The Norwegian failed as 22 Henrik Kristoffersen the first race at the replacement location of Val d’Isere, but he has a chance for revenge on Sunday. The weather forecast does not promise any improvement.
You can find the results here
