Lara Gut-Behrami can aim for a 46th World Cup success on Saturday in Semmering. In search of a first victory this winter, the Ticino rider set the 2nd time in the first giant race, 0”15 behind Federica Brignone.
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Ahead of the Italian at the last intermediate, Lara Gut-Behrami conceded 0”23 in the last 13 seconds of an extremely short course (1’02”28 for Brignone). She wants to come full circle in Semmering, where 16 years ago she had the first of her 25 giant podiums and where she lines up for the last time.
But seats on the stage will be expensive. Third, the Swede Sara Hector only conceded 0”09 to “LGB”, who remains on three consecutive podiums in speed but displays a 13th place (in Killington) as her only result of the winter in giant. Four other skiers are less than eight tenths behind Gut-Behrami.
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The other Swiss women, however, failed. Overall leader of the World Cup, Camille Rast dropped 1”88 on Federica Brignone, without making a mistake. Wendy Holdener, who lost 2”09, is 18th after 30 competitors, while Simone Wild is 22nd at 2”45.
