2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom
The men's giant slalom in the 2021 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved ten events, as scheduled.
2021 Men's Giant slalom World Cup
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Defending discipline champion Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway never seriously threatened to retain his title. Instead, the season-long race for the crystal globe turned into a two-man battle between 2020 runner-up Alexis Pinturault of France (who lost the previous year by six points after the last two giant slaloms of the year were canceled) and rising Swiss skier Marco Odermatt -- who were also battling each other for the overall championship. After Odermatt won the next-to-last race in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, while Pintaurault finished fourth, Odermatt passed Pinturault and took a 25-point lead in the discipline with just the finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland (where Odermatt would have a home advantage) remaining.[1]
However, Pinturault himself then came from behind, winning the finals in Lenzerheide to pass Odermatt for the season championship in this discipline (and also to clinch the overall championship).[2] This was Pinturault's first season title in giant slalom, becoming the first French champion in the discipline since 2002.[3]
The season was interrupted by the 2021 World Ski Championships, which were held from 8–21 February in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The men's giant slalom was held on 19 February 2021.
Standings edit
| # | Skier | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Pinturault | 50 | 45 | 45 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 50 | 60 | 50 | 100 | 700 | |
| 2 | Marco Odermatt | 80 | 60 | 100 | 50 | 60 | 50 | 45 | 80 | 100 | 24 | 649 |
| 3 | Filip Zubčić | 22 | 100 | 60 | 26 | 80 | 80 | 100 | 18 | 40 | 80 | 606 |
| 4 | Loïc Meillard | 45 | 50 | 50 | DNQ | 40 | 60 | 32 | 36 | 80 | DNF1 | 393 |
| 5 | Mathieu Faivre | 5 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 80 | 100 | 45 | 60 | 378 |
| 6 | Stefan Brennsteiner | 14 | DNQ | DNQ | 32 | - | 5 | 60 | 45 | 60 | 50 | 266 |
| 7 | Žan Kranjec | 36 | 80 | 12 | 29 | DNS | 22 | 40 | 9 | 22 | 250 | |
| 8 | Henrik Kristoffersen | 45 | 9 | 22 | 16 | 29 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 36 | 32 | 236 |
| 9 | Thibaut Favrot | 29 | DNF1 | 18 | DNF1 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 50 | 22 | 40 | 232 |
| 10 | Justin Murisier | 24 | 6 | 8 | 60 | 45 | 26 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 229 |
| 11 | Luca De Aliprandini | 26 | 8 | 40 | DNF1 | 18 | 40 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 45 | 228 |
| 12 | Gino Caviezel | 60 | DNF1 | 2 | 20 | DNF1 | 36 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 36 | 215 |
| 13 | Tommy Ford | 9 | 40 | 80 | 45 | 26 | DNF1 | DNS | 200 | |||
| 14 | Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen | 32 | 22 | 36 | 14 | 32 | DNF2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 196 |
| 15 | Lucas Braathen | 100 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 36 | DNS | 191 | ||||
| 16 | Alexander Schmid | 16 | 24 | 29 | 36 | 10 | 9 | 24 | DNF2 | 24 | 16 | 188 |
| 17 | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | DNF1 | 29 | 16 | 40 | 50 | 45 | DNS | 180 | |||
| 18 | Marco Schwarz | DNS | 18 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 26 | DNS | 20 | 149 |
| 19 | Stefan Luitz | 18 | DNF2 | 14 | 22 | DNS | 18 | 12 | 26 | 26 | 136 | |
| 20 | Erik Read | 12 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 15 | 20 | DNF1 | DNQ | 15 | DNF2 | 126 |
| 21 | Atle Lie McGrath | DNQ | 18 | 24 | 80 | DNF1 | DNS | 120 | ||||
| 22 | Roland Leitinger | DNF1 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 32 | DNF1 | 15 | 20 | DNF1 | 119 |
| 23 | Manuel Feller | DNS | DNF2 | DNQ | DNF2 | DNF1 | 24 | 40 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 107 |
| 24 | Adam Zampa | 3 | 36 | 32 | DNQ | DNQ | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 106 |
| 25 | Giovanni Borsotti | 20 | 10 | DNQ | DNQ | 9 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 104 |
| References | [4] | [5] | [6] | [7] | [8] | [9] | [10] | [11] | [12] | [13] | ||
- Winner
- 2nd place
- 3rd place
- DNS = Did not start
- DNF1 = Did not finish run 1
- DNQ2 = Did not qualify for run 2
- DNF2 = Did not finish run 2
Updated at 20 March 2021 after all events.[14]
See also edit
- 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings
- 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall
- 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill
- 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G
- 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom
- 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's parallel
- World Cup scoring system
References edit
- ^ Eurosport staff (13 March 2021). "MARCO ODERMATT WINS MEN'S GIANT SLALOM IN SLOVENIA TO RAMP UP PRESSURE ON ALEXIS PINTURAULT". Europsport. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ AFP (20 March 2021). "Pinturault marks 30th birthday in style with overall ski title". MSN.com. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ News service (20 March 2021). "Pinturault celebrates 30th birthday with World Cup overall, giant slalom titles". CBC. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Sölden men's GS (AUT)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Santa Caterina Men's GS (ITA)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Santa Caterina Men's GS (ITA)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Alta Badia Men's GS (ITA)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Adelboden men's GS (SUI)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Adelboden men's GS (SUI)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Bansko Men's GS (BUL)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Bansko Men's GS (BUL)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kranjska Gora Men's GS (SLO)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Lenzerheide Men's GS (SUI)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "CUP STANDINGS - ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
External links edit
- Alpine Skiing at FIS website