Last year's winner opens the downhill classic

Bennett raced to his first (and so far only) World Cup victory with a courageous drive in Val Gardena last year. However, it is doubtful whether the American can repeat his coup from twelve months ago: Bennett has not yet gotten up to speed this season - he also had to be content with a meager 29th place in the descent on Thursday.

With US boy Travis Ganong, the German-Austrian Romed Baumann and the two Italians Matteo Marsaglia and Christof Innerhofer - he celebrates his 38th birthday on Saturday - starting runner Bennett is followed by a lot of interesting athletes before it is the turn of the absolute world's best downhill riders . Local hero Dominik Paris is the first of the top group to hit the slopes with start number 6. Immediately after him it is the turn of the Swiss Beat Feuz (No. 7) and Thursday's fourth downhill rider, Johan Clarey (No. 8).

Kriechmayr is hunting for the Val Gardena double The triumphant of the first Val Gardena downhill run, Vincent Kriechmayr from Austria, is hunting for the Saslong double with start number 9. His teammate Matthias Mayer, who is also one of the closest favorites, was given number 11. Two of the hottest players in the fight for the day's victory come into play at the end of the top group: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde from Norway takes to the slopes with start number 14, the overall World Cup leader Marco Odermatt (Switzerland) immediately afterwards with number 15.

Beat Feuz (left) starts with number 7. © Saslong Classic Club

Florian Schieder from Castelrotto is the last of a total of eight Italian racers to tackle the Saslong. The 26-year-old, who finished a strong 13th in the first downhill, has the number 53 on his chest.

65 athletes from 16 nations are taking part in the downhill classic on Saturday. The race starts at 11.45 a.m.

The complete start list Val Gardena departure start list December 17.12.2022th, XNUMX (pdf)

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Last year's winner opens the downhill classic

After the canceled Super-G, the highlight of the 55th Saslong Classic is on the program with the descent on Saturday. This will be opened by none other than Bryce Bennett, the winner of the 2021 downhill classic.

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