Rogla ready for PGS World Cup finals

Switching over to the men’s side things are shaping up to be extremely exciting as there is as many as 10 riders who, mathematically speaking, still could claim the title after Saturday’s competition. 

Sitting in number one spot is Russia’s Igor Sluev with 214 points, who is followed by Benjamin Karl (AUT) in second with 208, Roland Fischnaller (ITA) in third with 186, Andreas Prommegger (AUT) in fourth with 168 and finally Dmitry Loginov (RUS) in fifth with 142. With only 100 more points up to grab on Saturday, the crystal globe will most likely be going to one of the afore-mentioned gentlemen. 

While Sluev is leading the way following his win in Scuol (SUI) and a runner-up position in Bannoye (RUS), it’s probably his teammate Loginov, who is entering Rogla’s World Cup as a top contender for victory. Loginov is coming straight off of the gold medal performance in PGS as well as a bronze medal in PSL at World Championships earlier this week. Add to that the fact that he also won the previous two World Cup competitions in Bannoye a few weeks ago and it’s hard not to imagine him being in podium mix again on Saturday. 

However, the rest of that top five mentioned above will all be dropping in on Saturday’s race highly motivated by a potential crystal globe win, with Fischnaller doing all he can to defend his title from last year, and Karl and Prommegger looking to carry the momentum from their respective gold and silver medal performances in the PSL World Championships race on Tuesday.

Then looking down the starting list, let’s not forget about the likes of Andrey Sobolev (RUS), Kim Sangkyum (KOR), Nevin Galmarini (SUI), Lukas Mathies (AUT), Aaron March (ITA), or Michal Nowaczyk (POL), who all performed remarkably well in the PGS world champs competition on Monday, and should be running fast once again on Saturday.

Finally let’s not forget about home nation’s Tim Mastnak and Zan Kosir, who might not be experiencing their best seasons here in 2020/21, but will be hoping to give the local fans’ something to cheer about with some good racing. 

With a stacked-field of athletes on hand, a perfectly prepared course and, based on what went down just a couple of days ago during the World Championships in Rogla, a field of athletes riding exceptionally well, we’re sure that the Saturday’s World Cup event will wrap up the parallel giant slalom season on a high.

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