Over on the men’s side it all looks like the PGS crystal globe will go to Stefan Baumeister as the German rider has a comfortable advantage of 65 points over Sangho Lee (KOR) in the 2021/22 standing. Even if the Korean rider takes the win in Rogla on Wednesday, Baumeister would have to finish outside of top-10 to let the title slip out of his hands. And that’s very unlikely given Baumeister’s record in PGS World Cup this year that includes two victories and two runner-up positions.
While the battle for the PGS title will go between Baumeister and Lee, Tim Mastnak (SLO), Dario Caviezel (SUI), Mirko Felicetti (ITA) and Roland Fischnaller (ITA) will be all hoping for a good result in Rogla in order to jump into PGS top-3, as Dmitrii Loginov (RUS) won’t be able to increase his point count on Wednesday and thus defend his place on the podium.
Then of course also watch out for Beijing 2022 Olympic gold and silver medallists Benjamin Karl (AUT) and Tim Mastnak (SLO) or last year’s PGS finals winner from Rogla Zan Kosir (SLO). They might not be competing for title this week, but they will be certainly looking to make some noise in the final parallel giant slalom competition of the season. All in all, with almost 60 riders expected to drop in in Wednesday’s qualifications, also the men’s portion of the competition in Rogla shapes up to be an exciting one.
The qualifications in Rogla are scheduled to take place at 9:00 CET with finals following up later in the afternoon at 13:00.
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