The Men's combined in the 2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved two events. Defending discipline champion Alexis Pinturault of France upset overall slalom discipline leader Marcel Hirscher in the slalom leg to win the first combined of the season at Santa Caterina, Italy.[1] When Hirscher opted to skip the second combined, Pinturault was heavily favored in the race at Wengen, Switzerland as well, but heavy falling snow during the downhill leg (which, for a change, was run last due to the conditions) provided a huge edge to the early starters and led to a shock podium topped by Niels Hintermann of Switzerland, who had never before finished in the top 20 in a World Cup race—and Pinturault only placed 20th after sitting fourth following the slalom leg.[2][3] Nevertheless, combining that showing with his prior victory was sufficient to give Pinturault the discipline crown (and the crystal globe) for the 2016–17 season.
2017 Men's combined World Cup
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| Previous: 2016 | Next: 2018 |
The season was interrupted by the 2017 World Ski Championships, which were held from 6–20 February in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The men's combined (run as a super-combined, with a downhill followed by a slalom) was held on 13 February.
At this time, combined races were not included in the season finals, which were scheduled in 2017 in Aspen, Colorado (USA).
Standings edit
| # | Skier | 29 Dec 2016 Santa Caterina 
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13 Jan 2017 Wengen 
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Tot. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
 Alexis Pinturault
|
100 | 11 | 111 |
| 2 | Niels Hintermann
|
DNF1 | 100 | 100 |
| 3 |  Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
|
60 | 32 | 92 |
| 4 | Justin Murisier
|
50 | 36 | 86 |
| 5 |  Marcel Hirscher
|
80 | DNS | 80 |
| Maxence Muzaton
|
DNS | 80 | 80 | |
| 7 | Valentin Giraud Moine
|
29 | 50 | 79 |
| 8 | Frederic Berthold
|
0 | 60 | 60 |
| 9 | Victor Muffat-Jeandet
|
45 | 13 | 58 |
| 10 | Mauro Caviezel
|
32 | 22 | 54 |
| 11 | Nils Mani
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6 | 45 | 51 |
| 12 |  Martin Čater
|
15 | 29 | 44 |
| 13 | Romed Baumann
|
2 | 40 | 42 |
| 14 |  Erik Read
|
40 | DNS | 40 |
| 15 | Luca Aerni
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36 | DNS | 36 |
| Klemen Kosi
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20 | 16 | 36 | |
| 17 | Vincent Kriechmayr
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18 | 14 | 32 |
| 18 |  Bryce Bennett
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5 | 26 | 29 |
| 19 |  Kryštof Krýzl
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22 | 6 | 28 |
| 20 | Ryan Cochran-Siegle
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26 | DNF1 | 26 |
| 21 | Kjetil Jansrud
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DNF2 | 24 | 24 |
| Brennan Rubie
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24 | DNS | 24 | |
| 23 |  Adam Žampa
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14 | 7 | 21 |
| 24 | Paolo Pangrazzi
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DNF1 | 20 | 20 |
| 25 | Blaise Giezendanner
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9 | 10 | 19 |
| References | [4] | [5] |
- Winner
- 2nd place
- 3rd place
- DNS = Did Not Start
- DNS2 = Finished run 1; Did Not Start run 2
- DNF1 = Did Not Finish run 1
- DNF2 = Did Not Finish run 2
- Updated at 19 March 2017, after all events.[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "ALEXIS PINTURAULT WINS THIRD CONSECUTIVE COMBINED EVENT IN SANTA CATERINA". Eurosport. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ Associated Press (13 January 2017). "Hintermann wins snowy World Cup alpine combined event". CBC.ca. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ AFP (13 January 2017). "Alpine Skiing - Hintermann storms to Wengen combined win". Yahoo News. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Santa Caterina Men AC (ITA)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Wengen Men AC (SUI)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Official FIS men's season standings". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 5 February 2023.