The 41st World Cup season was scheduled to begin on 28 October 2006, but cancellation of the opening races in Sölden delayed the season's start by two weeks. A very poor snowpack in the Alps, along with stormy weather in January, caused numerous races to be moved and rescheduled throughout the winter. The schedule included a mid-season break during the first 3 weeks of February for the World Championships in Åre, Sweden. The season concluded on 18 March 2007, at the World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.
The top two finishers from last season, Benjamin Raich of Austria and Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, at the top of the standings for most of the season. With consistent podium performances in the speed races, which won him the Cup title in downhill, Didier Cuche of Switzerland finished a solid third overall. The 2005 overall champion and last year's third-place finisher, American Bode Miller, won four speed events but struggled in the technical events, keeping him from the top spots in the overall standings throughout the season. Before the final four individual races of the season, these four athletes still had a mathematical chance to win the overall World Cup title. The strongest newcomer was Jens Byggmark of Sweden, who won the first two races of his career on consecutive days in late January to vault temporarily into the top ranks in the slalom standings. Also in slalom, Mario Matt of Austria came back to win three races in 2007, regaining his top form from the 2000 and 2001 seasons. Matt ultimately lost the slalom title to Raich by just 5 points.
The early season on the women's side was led by Marlies Schild of Austria, who won six slaloms and a super combined, clinching both of these Cups early. But the biggest story of the season's first half was the resurgence of Austria's Renate Götschl, who was coming off a difficult 2006 season which saw her drop to 19th in the overall standings, her worst finish since 1994. She rebounded to dominate the speed events, winning four races in Super G and three in downhill, securing the trophies in both of these events. American Julia Mancuso, 2006 Olympic gold medalist, had a very strong season, scoring the first four World Cup wins of her career. Nicole Hosp of Austria had a solid season with several podium positions, but few victories. Lindsey Kildow of the US celebrated three victories before she had to drop out after the World Championships due to a knee injury. Entering the World Cup Finals, four women – Hosp, Götschl, Mancuso, and Schild – were within a 102-point range, and each of them had a realistic chance of winning the overall World Cup title.
At the World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, both the men's and women's overall titles came down to the technical events.
On the men's side, the race came down to Raich and Svindal. Going into the technical events, Raich looked unbeatable but a DNF for him in GS meant that Svindal would have an opportunity to clinch the title on the final day in slalom, his weakest event. Svindal needed only to finish in the top fifteen and score points in order to win the title, and he achieved it in hair-raising fashion – by finishing 15th.
Marlies Schild seemed a sure bet for the women's overall title after uncharacteristically strong performances in the speed events. But she skied disastrously in the slalom, the event that she had dominated all season long, and failed to score any points. That meant she needed both a strong performance in the GS and a weak one from her lone remaining rival, Nicole Hosp. But Hosp won the race while Schild managed just sixth place, ensuring the Cup title (and the GS globe) for Hosp.
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The 41st World Cup season was scheduled to begin on 28 October 2006 but cancellation of the opening races in Solden delayed the season s start by two weeks A very poor snowpack in the Alps along with stormy weather in January caused numerous races to be moved and rescheduled throughout the winter The schedule included a mid season break during the first 3 weeks of February for the World Championships in Are Sweden The season concluded on 18 March 2007 at the World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide Switzerland FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2006 07DisciplineMenWomenOverallAksel Lund SvindalNicole HospDownhillDidier CucheRenate GotschlSuper GBode MillerRenate GotschlGiant slalomAksel Lund SvindalNicole HospSlalomBenjamin RaichMarlies SchildSuper combinedAksel Lund SvindalMarlies SchildNations CupAustriaAustriaNations Cup OverallAustriaCompetitionLocations1715Individual3635Mixed11Cancelled21Rescheduled910 2005 062007 08 2007 World Cup ChampionsAksel Lund SvindalNicole Hosp Contents 1 Summary 2 Calendar 2 1 Men 2 2 Ladies 2 3 Nations team event 3 Men s standings 3 1 Overall 3 2 Downhill 3 3 Slalom 3 4 Giant slalom 3 5 Super G 3 6 Super combined 4 Ladies standings 4 1 Overall 4 2 Downhill 4 3 Slalom 4 4 Giant slalom 4 5 Super G 4 6 Super combined 5 Nations Cup 5 1 Overall 5 2 Ladies 5 3 Men 6 See also 7 Footnotes 8 References 9 External linksSummary EditThe top two finishers from last season Benjamin Raich of Austria and Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway at the top of the standings for most of the season With consistent podium performances in the speed races which won him the Cup title in downhill Didier Cuche of Switzerland finished a solid third overall The 2005 overall champion and last year s third place finisher American Bode Miller won four speed events but struggled in the technical events keeping him from the top spots in the overall standings throughout the season Before the final four individual races of the season these four athletes still had a mathematical chance to win the overall World Cup title The strongest newcomer was Jens Byggmark of Sweden who won the first two races of his career on consecutive days in late January to vault temporarily into the top ranks in the slalom standings Also in slalom Mario Matt of Austria came back to win three races in 2007 regaining his top form from the 2000 and 2001 seasons Matt ultimately lost the slalom title to Raich by just 5 points The early season on the women s side was led by Marlies Schild of Austria who won six slaloms and a super combined clinching both of these Cups early But the biggest story of the season s first half was the resurgence of Austria s Renate Gotschl who was coming off a difficult 2006 season which saw her drop to 19th in the overall standings her worst finish since 1994 She rebounded to dominate the speed events winning four races in Super G and three in downhill securing the trophies in both of these events American Julia Mancuso 2006 Olympic gold medalist had a very strong season scoring the first four World Cup wins of her career Nicole Hosp of Austria had a solid season with several podium positions but few victories Lindsey Kildow of the US celebrated three victories before she had to drop out after the World Championships due to a knee injury Entering the World Cup Finals four women Hosp Gotschl Mancuso and Schild were within a 102 point range and each of them had a realistic chance of winning the overall World Cup title At the World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide Switzerland both the men s and women s overall titles came down to the technical events On the men s side the race came down to Raich and Svindal Going into the technical events Raich looked unbeatable but a DNF for him in GS meant that Svindal would have an opportunity to clinch the title on the final day in slalom his weakest event Svindal needed only to finish in the top fifteen and score points in order to win the title and he achieved it in hair raising fashion by finishing 15th Marlies Schild seemed a sure bet for the women s overall title after uncharacteristically strong performances in the speed events But she skied disastrously in the slalom the event that she had dominated all season long and failed to score any points That meant she needed both a strong performance in the GS and a weak one from her lone remaining rival Nicole Hosp But Hosp won the race while Schild managed just sixth place ensuring the Cup title and the GS globe for Hosp Calendar EditMen Edit Event Key DH Downhill SL Slalom GS Giant Slalom SG Super Giant Slalom KB Classic Combined SC Super Combined 1 Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third29 October 2006 Solden GS cnx canceled1262 1 12 November 2006 Levi SL 361 Benjamin Raich Markus Larsson Giorgio Rocca1263 2 25 November 2006 Lake Louise DH 368 Marco Buchel Manuel Osborne Paradis Peter Fill1264 3 26 November 2006 SG 130 John Kucera Mario Scheiber Patrik Jarbyn1265 4 30 November 2006 Beaver Creek SC 092 Aksel Lund Svindal Marc Berthod Rainer Schonfelder1266 5 1 December 2006 DH 369 Bode Miller Didier Cuche Steven Nyman1267 6 2 December 2006 GS 312 Massimiliano Blardone Aksel Lund Svindal Ted Ligety1268 7 3 December 2006 SL 362 Andre Myhrer Michael Janyk Felix Neureuther9 December 2006 Val d Isere DH cnx replaced in Bormio on 28 December 200610 December 2006 SC cnx replaced in Reiteralm on 10 December 20061269 8 nb 1 10 December 2006 Reiteralm SC 093 Ivica Kostelic Romed Baumann Pierrick Bourgeat1270 9 15 December 2006 Val Gardena SG 131 Bode Miller Christoph Gruber John Kucera1271 10 16 December 2006 DH 370 Steven Nyman Didier Cuche Fritz Strobl1272 11 17 December 2006 Alta Badia GS 313 Kalle Palander Bode Miller Didier Defago1273 12 18 December 2006 SL 363 Markus Larsson Ted Ligety Ivica Kostelic1274 13 20 December 2006 Hinterstoder SG 132 Bode Miller Peter Fill Hermann Maier1275 14 21 December 2006 GS 314 Aksel Lund Svindal Francois Bourque Kalle Palander1276 15 nb 2 28 December 2006 Bormio DH 371 Michael Walchhofer Didier Cuche Mario Scheiber1277 16 29 December 2006 DH 372 Michael Walchhofer Peter Fill Mario Scheiber1278 17 6 January 2007 Adelboden GS 315 Benjamin Raich Massimiliano Blardone Aksel Lund Svindal1279 18 7 January 2007 SL 364 Marc Berthod Benjamin Raich Mario Matt12 January 2007 Wengen SC cnx replaced in Wengen on 14 January 20071280 19 13 January 2007 DH 373 Bode Miller Didier Cuche Peter Fill1281 20 nb 3 14 January 2007 SC 094 Mario Matt Marc Berthod Silvan Zurbriggen14 January 2007 SL cnx replaced in Kitzbuhel on 27 January 200720 January 2007 Chamonix DH cnx replaced in Val d Isere on 20 January 20071282 21 nb 4 20 January 2007 Val d Isere DH 374 Pierre Emmanuel Dalcin Erik Guay Manuel Osborne Paradis21 January 2007 Chamonix SC cnx replaced in Val d Isere on 21 January 200721 January 2007 Val d Isere SC cnx replaced in Kvitfjell on 9 March 200726 January 2007 Kitzbuhel SG cnx canceled27 January 2007 DH cnx replaced in Garmisch Partenkirchen on 23 February 20071283 22 nb 5 27 January 2007 SL 365 Jens Byggmark Mario Matt Alois Vogl1284 23 28 January 2007 SL 366 Jens Byggmark Mario Matt Manfred Molgg29 January 2007 KB cnx canceled1285 24 30 January 2007 Schladming SL 367 Benjamin Raich Jens Byggmark Mario Matt2007 World Championships 2 18 February 1286 25 nb 6 23 February 2007 Garmisch Partenkirchen DH 375 Andrej Jerman Hans Grugger Erik Guay1287 26 24 February 2007 DH 376 Erik Guay Andrej Jerman Didier Cuche1288 27 25 February 2007 SL 368 Mario Matt Felix Neureuther Benjamin Raich1289 28 3 March 2007 Kranjska Gora GS 316 Benjamin Raich Francois Bourque Massimiliano Blardone1290 29 4 March 2007 SL 369 Mario Matt Benjamin Raich Manfred Molgg1291 30 nb 7 9 March 2007 Kvitfjell SC 095 Benjamin Raich Silvan Zurbriggen Aksel Lund Svindal9 March 2007 DH cnx replaced in Kvitfjell on 10 March 20071292 31 nb 8 10 March 2007 DH 377 Didier Cuche Erik Guay Marco Buchel10 March 2007 SG cnx replaced in Kvitfjell on 11 March 20071293 32 nb 9 11 March 2007 SG 133 Hans Grugger Mario Scheiber Didier Cuche1294 33 14 March 2007 Lenzerheide DH 378 Aksel Lund Svindal Daniel Albrecht Christoph Gruber1295 34 15 March 2007 SG 134 Aksel Lund Svindal Benjamin Raich Erik Guay1296 35 17 March 2007 GS 317 Aksel Lund Svindal Massimiliano Blardone Bode Miller1297 36 18 March 2007 SL 370 Benjamin Raich Mario Matt Manfred MolggLadies Edit Event Key DH Downhill SL Slalom GS Giant Slalom SG Super Giant Slalom SC Super Combined 2 Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third28 October 2006 Solden GS cnx cancelled1182 1 11 November 2006 Levi SL 347 Marlies Schild Nicole Hosp Kathrin Zettel1183 2 25 November 2006 Aspen GS 311 Kathrin Zettel Tanja Poutiainen Michaela Kirchgasser1184 3 26 November 2006 SL 348 Marlies Schild Nicole Hosp Therese Borssen1185 4 1 December 2006 Lake Louise DH 304 Maria Riesch Lindsey Kildow Nadia Fanchini1186 5 2 December 2006 DH 305 Lindsey Kildow Renate Gotschl Anja Parson1187 6 3 December 2006 SG 144 Renate Gotschl Lindsey Kildow Kelly VanderBeek9 December 2006 St Moritz DH cnx replaced in Val d Isere on 20 December 200610 December 2006 SC cnx replaced in Reiteralm on 15 December 20061188 7 nb 10 15 December 2006 Reiteralm SC 076 Marlies Schild Michaela Kirchgasser Kathrin Zettel1189 8 nb 11 16 December 2006 SG 145 Renate Gotschl Nicole Hosp Martina Schild16 December 2006 Val d Isere DH cnx replaced in Val d Isere on 19 December 200617 December 2006 SG cnx replaced in Reiteralm on 16 December 20061190 9 nb 12 19 December 2006 DH 306 Julia Mancuso Renate Gotschl Lindsey Kildow19 December 2006 Megeve SL cnx replaced in Val d Isere on 21 December 20061191 10 nb 13 20 December 2006 Val d Isere DH 307 Lindsey Kildow Julia Mancuso Anja Parson1192 11 nb 14 21 December 2006 SL 349 Marlies Schild Annemarie Gerg Therese Borssen1193 12 28 December 2006 Semmering GS 312 Kathrin Zettel Nicole Hosp Marlies Schild1194 13 29 December 2006 SL 350 Therese Borssen Kathrin Zettel Marlies Schild1195 14 4 January 2007 Zagreb SL 351 Marlies Schild Ana Jelusic Sarka Zahrobska6 January 2006 Maribor GS cnx replaced in Kranjska Gora on 6 January 20077 January 2006 SL cnx replaced in Kranjska Gora on 7 January 20071196 15 nb 15 6 January 2007 Kranjska Gora GS 313 Nicole Hosp Nicole Gius Tanja Poutiainen1197 16 nb 16 7 January 2007 SL 352 Marlies Schild Sarka Zahrobska Veronika Zuzulova12 January 2007 Altenmarkt Zauchensee DH cnx replaced in Altenmarkt Zauchensee on 13 January 200713 January 2007 SC cnx replaced in Altenmarkt Zauchensee on 14 January 20071198 17 nb 17 13 January 2007 DH 308 Renate Gotschl Dominique Gisin Julia Mancuso1199 18 nb 18 14 January 2007 SC 077 Julia Mancuso Lindsey Kildow Marlies Schild14 January 2007 SG cnx replaced in San Sicario on 26 January 20071200 19 19 January 2007 Cortina d Ampezzo SG 146 Julia Mancuso Nicole Hosp Renate Gotschl1201 20 20 January 2007 DH 309 Renate Gotschl Julia Mancuso Marie Marchand Arvier1202 21 21 January 2007 GS 314 Karen Putzer Julia Mancuso Denise Karbon1203 22 nb 19 26 January 2007 San Sicario SG 147 Renate Gotschl Lindsey Kildow Christine Sponring1204 23 27 January 2007 DH 310 Renate Gotschl Elisabeth Gorgl Maria Holaus1205 24 28 January 2007 SG 146 Lindsey Kildow Renate Gotschl Christine Sponring2007 World Championships 2 18 February 1206 25 24 February 2007 Sierra Nevada GS 315 Michaela Kirchgasser Nicole Hosp Tanja Poutiainen1207 26 25 February 2007 SL 353 Marlies Schild Tanja Poutiainen Veronika Zuzulova1208 27 2 March 2007 Tarvisio SC 078 Nicole Hosp Julia Mancuso Marlies Schild1209 28 3 March 2007 DH 311 Julia Mancuso Renate Gotschl Emily Brydon1210 29 4 March 2007 SG 149 Renate Gotschl Nicole Hosp Julia Mancuso1211 30 10 March 2007 Zwiesel GS 316 Tanja Poutiainen Nicole Hosp Michaela Kirchgasser1212 31 11 March 2007 SL 354 Marlies Schild Anna Ottosson Sarka Zahrobska1213 32 14 March 2007 Lenzerheide DH 312 Renate Gotschl Marlies Schild Marie Marchand Arvier1214 33 15 March 2007 SG 150 Anja Parson Andrea Fischbacher Marlies Schild1215 34 17 March 2007 SL 355 Nicole Hosp Anja Parson Veronika Zuzulova1216 35 18 March 2007 GS 317 Nicole Hosp Kathrin Holzl Michaela KirchgasserNations team event Edit Event Key SC Super Combined Super G Slalom Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third2 2 16 March 2007 Lenzerheide SC 002 AustriaAndrea FischbacherMichaela KirchgasserChristoph GruberReinfried HerbstManfred PrangerMario Scheiber ItalyChiara CostazzaDaniela MerighettiMassimiliano BlardoneChristian DevillePeter FillManfred Molgg FranceFlorine de LeymarieIngrid JacquemodMarie Marchand ArvierYannick BertrandJean Baptiste GrangeJulien LizerouxMen s standings EditOverall Edit see complete table Rank after all 36 races Points1 Aksel Lund Svindal 12682 Benjamin Raich 12553 Didier Cuche 10984 Bode Miller 8825 Mario Matt 744 Downhill Edit see complete table Rank after all 11 races Points1 Didier Cuche 6522 Marco Buchel 4713 Erik Guay 3934 Peter Fill 3825 Michael Walchhofer 370 Slalom Edit see complete table Rank after all 10 races Points1 Benjamin Raich 6052 Mario Matt 6003 Jens Byggmark 4904 Markus Larsson 3405 Manfred Molgg 334 Giant slalom Edit see complete table Rank after all 6 races Points1 Aksel Lund Svindal 4162 Massimiliano Blardone 3803 Benjamin Raich 3194 Kalle Palander 2995 Francois Bourque 249 Super G Edit see complete table Rank after all 5 races Points1 Bode Miller 3042 Didier Cuche 2083 John Kucera 1944 Mario Scheiber 1905 Aksel Lund Svindal 181 Super combined Edit see complete table Rank after all 4 races Points1 Aksel Lund Svindal 2322 Marc Berthod 2023 Ivica Kostelic 2004 Silvan Zurbriggen 1695 Benjamin Raich 166Ladies standings EditOverall Edit Rank after all 35 races Points1 Nicole Hosp 15722 Marlies Schild 14823 Julia Mancuso 13564 Renate Goetschl 13005 Anja Parson 885 Downhill Edit Rank after all 9 races Points1 Renate Gotschl 7052 Julia Mancuso 5363 Lindsey Kildow 3904 Anja Parson 2935 Ingrid Jacquemod 264 Slalom Edit Rank after all 9 races Points1 Marlies Schild 7602 Nicole Hosp 4183 Sarka Zahrobska 4054 Therese Borssen 3895 Veronika Zuzulova 344 Giant slalom Edit Rank after all 7 races Points1 Nicole Hosp 4902 Tanja Poutiainen 4193 Michaela Kirchgasser 3574 Julia Mancuso 2755 Kathrin Holzl 228 Super G Edit Rank after all 7 races Points1 Renate Gotschl 5402 Nicole Hosp 3523 Lindsey Kildow 3104 Julia Mancuso 2735 Alexandra Meissnitzer 207 Super combined Edit Rank after all 3 races Points1 Marlies Schild 2202 Julia Mancuso 1953 Nicole Hosp 1904 Michaela Kirchgasser 1525 Resi Stiegler 119Nations Cup EditOverall Edit Rank after all 71 races Points1 Austria 147352 Switzerland 58613 United States 52974 Italy 51365 Sweden 4177 Ladies Edit Rank after all 35 races Points1 Austria 81252 United States 31433 Sweden 23404 Italy 20565 Switzerland 1879 Men Edit Rank after all 36 races Points1 Austria 66102 Switzerland 39823 Italy 30804 Canada 22585 United States 2154See also EditFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007Footnotes Edit Super combined from Val d Isere was rescheduled to Reiteralm on 10 December 2006 Downhill from Val d Isere was rescheduled to Bormio on 28 December 2006 Super combined from Wengen was rescheduled from 12 to 14 January 2007 Downhill from Chamonix was rescheduled to Val d Isere on 20 January 2007 Slalom from Wengen was rescheduled to Kitzbuhel on 27 January 2007 Downhill from Kitzbuhel was rescheduled to Garmisch Partenkirchen on 23 February 2007 Super combined from Chamonix first moved to Val d Isere and canceled was rescheduled to Kvitfjell on 9 March 2007 Downhill from Kvitfjell was rescheduled from 9 to 10 March 2007 Super G from Kvitfjell was rescheduled from 10 to 11 March 2007 Super combined from St Moritz was rescheduled to Reiteralm on 15 December 2006 Super giant slalom from Val d Isere was rescheduled to Reiteralm on 16 December 2006 Downhill from Val d Isere was rescheduled from 15 to 19 December 2006 Downhill from St Moritz was rescheduled to Val d Isere on 20 December 2006 Slalom from Megeve was rescheduled to Val d Isere on 21 December 2006 Giant slalom from Maribor was rescheduled to Kranjska Gora on 6 January 2007 Slalom from Maribor was rescheduled to Kranjska Gora on 7 January 2007 Downhill from Altenmarkt Zauchensee was rescheduled from 12 to 13 January 2007 Super combined from Altenmarkt Zauchensee was rescheduled from 13 to 14 January 2007 Downhill from Altenmarkt Zauchensee was rescheduled to San Sicario on 26 January 2007References Edit FIS Alpine World Cup 2007 men s schedule International Ski Federation Retrieved 24 September 2018 FIS Alpine World Cup 2007 ladies schedule International Ski Federation Retrieved 24 September 2018 External links EditFIS ski com World Cup standings 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2006 07 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup amp oldid 1170867970, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
