Bäck strikes again in Obereggen – Tonetti fifth

On Wednesday, Axel Bäck won the European Cup slalom in Obereggen for the second time in a row, giving the Swedes their sixth Obereggen triumph since 2004. In the second round, the Scandinavian defending champion, who was in the lead at half time, “only” scored the 21st time, but his lead was enough to wrap up the victory.

Bäck, who already made a name for himself with fifth place at the World Cup in Are at the weekend, prevailed in 1.21,24:0,35 minutes, 0,45 seconds ahead of his compatriot Markus Larsson. Stefano Gross took third place, 2012 seconds behind. For the Trentino native, it was already the second podium place in Obereggen after XNUMX.

Riccardo Tonetti from Bolzano missed out on a podium finish in the 31st edition of the top-class slalom. After the first round he was still in second place, but the South Tyrolean lost three positions in the decision and fell back to fifth place. In the end, Tonetti's gap to Bäck was 65 hundredths of a second. Patrick Thaler from Sarner, who celebrated a victory in Obereggen in 2011, was not at the start.

Hofer, Maurberger and Bacher eliminated in the first run Of the 116 athletes from 25 nations who started this morning, 56 were eliminated in the first round, including the three South Tyroleans Alex Hofer, Simon Maurberger and Fabian Bacher. Several favorites also had to give up in the first run, such as Olympic champion Giuliano Razzoli, Russian Alexander Khoroshilov, Obereggen series winner Andre Myhrer, and his Swedish teammates Jens Byggmark and Calle Lindh.

In any case, the high failure rate was not due to the Oberholz piste. The piste held up excellently and even exceeded all expectations given the unfavorable weather conditions of the past few days with fresh snow and mild temperatures. This is proven, among other things, by the sixth place of the Swiss Ramon Zenhäuser (start number 43), the tenth place of the Austrian Wolfgang Hörl (start number 42) and the eleventh place of the Norwegian Leif Kristian Haugen (start number 50), who achieved the best running time in the second round and moved away from the 27th improved to eleventh place.

FIS European Cup in Obereggen (ITA), Slalom Men

1. Axel Bäck (SWE) 1:21,24 minutes 2. Markus Larsson (SWE) +0,35 3. Stefano Gross (ITA) +0,45 4. Dave Ryding (GBR) +0,52 5. Riccardo Tonetti (ITA/Bozen) +0,65 6. Ramon Zenhäuser (SUI) +0,89 7. Jonathan Nordbotten (NOR) +1,07 8. Mattias Hargin (SWE) +1,13 9. Sebastian-Foss Solevaag (NOR) +1,20 10. Wolfgang Hörl (AUT) +1,24

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Bäck strikes again in Obereggen – Tonetti fifth

The European Cup slalom on the Oberholz slope ended on Wednesday with a Swedish double victory.

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