Alex Vinatzer finds his smile again in a giant full of surprises
L'azzurro, who had finished the first run at Copper Mountain in 20th place, made a brilliant comeback.
L'azzurro, who had finished the first run at Copper Mountain in 20th place, made a brilliant comeback.
The Frenchman, who had finished the first run 85 hundredths of a second behind the top, recovered an impressive 13 positions.
The group will be supervised by head coach Mauro Pini and federal coaches Davide Marchetti, Luca Riorda, Marco Gullino, Alessandro Federici and Nicola Ferrari.
Marco Odermatt won on the Rettenbach, ahead of Schwarz and McGrath; Vinatzer finished eighth after an'excellent second run.
The South Tyrolean ended the CdM year with a strong second run in the Soldeu slalom, finishing fifth.
“Before I left I told my skiman (Michael Moelgg, ed.) that we would meet at the finish line to celebrate, I was right.”
Blue set the second best time on the blue course at the end of the cutting phase.
“I am very disappointed because I really wanted to do well. I started out trying to be solid and not overpush, until the mistake it was a solid run.”
The FISI website also reported the words of the Bolzano athlete himself.
“We will make a final decision only the day before the race.”