Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal will be the favourite at the Kitzbuehel Super G
on January 25th as the 2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup heads back to
Austria. Svindal has taken The Super Giant Slalom title three times
before in his career, back in 2006, 2009 and last year too. Heading into
the next Super G of the 2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup, the Norwegian
star is leading the way in the discipline from Italy’s Matteo Marsaglia.
The two have been trading victories in three of the six Super G events
in this season’s World Cup calendar, with Svindal taking two victories
to Marsaglia’s one. Showing great form for the season, Aksel Lund
Svindal is trading as strong favourite to go and wrap up his third race
victory of the season in Kitzbuehel.
Italy’s Marsaglia should be one of the main contenders again after taking the Super G in Beaver Creek, USA on December 1st, narrowly beating Svindal into second place. With roles reversed in their Super G of the season in Val Gardena, Italy in mid December, they both make strong options for securing a podium finish. This is a step up in prowess for Marsaglia this season and should be pushing hard in his specialist event.
But not to be kept out of the Alpine Skiing picture is Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud who landed 3rd in the Superb G in Val Gardena back in December of 2011 and took third place and a win in March of 2012 at Kvitfjell, Norway in the discipline. His best finish in this season’s World Cup though was a third place in the Downhill at Beaver Creek. So while a win may be a big ask for him in Kitzbuehel, he could be value in looking at for a podium finish too. Italy’s Werner Heel, standing third in the Super G standings, took a third place finish in Super G at Val Gardena last December and could also push well for a top three spot..
For the timings of the race there have been some mixed results this season, which may suggest that going over 0.40 second for a margin of victory could actually pay off. Aksel Lund Svindal and Matteo Marsaglia could be evenly matched and just 0.27 seconds separated them at Beaver Creek, for the Italian’s victory, while the Norwegian has taken victories by 1.07 and 0.85 seconds for his wins this season in the Super G.
Italy’s Marsaglia should be one of the main contenders again after taking the Super G in Beaver Creek, USA on December 1st, narrowly beating Svindal into second place. With roles reversed in their Super G of the season in Val Gardena, Italy in mid December, they both make strong options for securing a podium finish. This is a step up in prowess for Marsaglia this season and should be pushing hard in his specialist event.
But not to be kept out of the Alpine Skiing picture is Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud who landed 3rd in the Superb G in Val Gardena back in December of 2011 and took third place and a win in March of 2012 at Kvitfjell, Norway in the discipline. His best finish in this season’s World Cup though was a third place in the Downhill at Beaver Creek. So while a win may be a big ask for him in Kitzbuehel, he could be value in looking at for a podium finish too. Italy’s Werner Heel, standing third in the Super G standings, took a third place finish in Super G at Val Gardena last December and could also push well for a top three spot..
For the timings of the race there have been some mixed results this season, which may suggest that going over 0.40 second for a margin of victory could actually pay off. Aksel Lund Svindal and Matteo Marsaglia could be evenly matched and just 0.27 seconds separated them at Beaver Creek, for the Italian’s victory, while the Norwegian has taken victories by 1.07 and 0.85 seconds for his wins this season in the Super G.
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