Siegfried Pichler extols Obereggen

The words of Siegfried Pichler

Siegfried Pichler, director of the ski lift company Obereggen Latemar SpA, spoke on the sidelines of the prestigious European Cup slalom, now in its 40th year: "It's all been perfect. Now a new cycle begins with many young people motivated to move forward".

In general, the South Tyrolean resort is having a record-breaking season: "We got off to a great start, è the snow arrived early. We managed already on November 24 to open almost all the lifts. Hotel bookings are very good and there is every reason to do well".

As for the race, è waved the Swiss flag on the 40th edition of the European Cup slalom in Obereggen. On the very treacherous slope (slope gradient up to 55%) to triumph è was Schmidiger (1:44.80), who regained three positions from the first run led by Frenchman Amiez, winner of the 2022 edition.

It was precisely Amiez, ahead by 1 second 8 hundredths at the start of the second, è jumped, giving the green light to Schmidiger’s triumph, ahead of teammate Iten who recovered as many as nine positions (1:45.28, +0.48), third the Norwegian Solberg (1:45.33, +0.53) who recovered seven positions. First Italian Corrado Barbera (1:46.40, +1.60), thirteenth after finishing the first heat in fifth place.

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