Six South Tyroleans are hunting for points in Sölden

There will also be six South Tyroleans in the starting house in North Tyrol, namely two female and four male racers. The sextet will try to get into the points and top last year's result than just the local ski elite Florian Eisath 13th place to get World Cup points.

Manfred Mölgg's comeback

Eisath leads the South Tyrolean quartet that wants to attack the Rettenbachferner. The 31-year-old's best result in Ötztal is eleventh place, which he achieved in 2011.

Eisath has been even better than Eisath in recent years Manfred Mölgg at the start of the World Cup. Last year he had to sit out due to a serious injury (torn Achilles tendon). But in 2012 he came second in Sölden and in 2007 the 33-year-old Enneberger finished sixth.

The other two are local ski professionals Riccardo Tonetti and Simon Maurberger . Tonetti, who took overall victory in the European Cup last year and also won the discipline ranking, is making his debut in Sölden. “So far I have always watched the opening on television, this year I can be there myself,” said the man from Bolzano. Maurberger was already at the start last winter, but was unable to qualify for the second round. The Ahrntaler would like to achieve this feat this year.

Who will take over Karbon's legacy? For the women, Denise Karbon was always reliable at the World Cup opener in Sölden. The woman from Castelrotto, who recently became a mother and gave up her skis in March 2014, was even able to win the giant slalom on the Rettenbachferner in 2007. She is the only "Azzurra" to have achieved this feat.

Because carbon is no longer at the start, others have to step into the breach. These are from the local racers Manuela Mölgg and Caroline Pichler .

Mölgg is the record holder in the Italian team with eleven starts. No athlete was there more often than the 32-year-old from Enneberg, who even climbed onto the podium in third place in 2010. Pichler, who competed last year, will do everything she can to qualify for the second round for the first time this year.

All Sölden winners and the South Tyrolean top ten positions at a glance:

2014 Men: 1. Marcel Hirscher (AUT) Women: 1. Anna Fenninger (AUT) 2013 Men: 1. Ted Ligety (USA) Women: 1. Lara Gut (SUI) 2012 Men: 1. Ted Ligety (USA), 2. Manfred Mölgg Women: 1. Tina Maze (SLO), 7. Denise Karbon 2011 Men: 1. Ted Ligety (USA) Women: 1. Lindsey Vonn (USA) 2010 Men: Race canceled Women: 1. Viktoria Rebensburg (GER), 3. Manuela Mölgg 2009 Men: 1. Didier Cuche (SUI) Women: 1. Tanja Poutiainen (FIN), 3. Denise Karbon 2008 Men: 1. Daniel Albrecht (SUI) Women: 1. Kathrin Zettel (AUT), 4. Denise Karbon 2007 Men: 1. Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR), 6. Manfred Mölgg Women: 1. Denise Karbon, 9. Manuela Mölgg 2005 Men: 1. Hermann Maier (AUT) Women: 1. Tina Maze (SLO) 2004 Men: 1. Bode Miller (USA) Women: 1. Anja Paerson (SWE), 10. Karen Putzer 2003 Men: 1. Bode Miller (USA), 4. Arnold Rieder Women: 1. Martina Ertl (GER), 6. Karen Putzer 2002 Uomini: 1. Stephan Eberharter (AUT) Donne: 1. Andrine Flemmen (NOR) 2001 Men: 1. Frederic Covili (FRA) Women: 1. Michaela Dorfmeister (AUT), 7. Silke Bachmann 2000 Men: 1. Hermann Maier (AUT) Women: 1. Martina Ertl (GER) 1998 Men: 1. Hermann Maier (AUT) Women: 1. Andrine Flemmen (NOR) 1996 Men: 1. Steve Locher (SUI) Women: 1. Katja Seizinger (GER) 1993 Men: 1. Franck Piccard (FRA) Women: 1. Anita Wachter (AUT), 5. Sabina Panzanini

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Six South Tyroleans are hunting for points in Sölden

The Alpine ski circus starts the new season this weekend. And as usual in Sölden on the Rettenbachferner, where there is a giant slalom for women on Saturday and a men's slalom on Sunday.

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