2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom

The men's giant slalom in the 2020 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved seven events, as the last two scheduled giant slaloms in the season were cancelled.

2020 Men's Giant slalom World Cup
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After the retirement of Marcel Hirscher, who had won the last five season titles in giant slalom, the 2020 race in the discipline was wide open, although the focus was on the two skiers fighting for the overall title: Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway and Alexis Pinturault of France. After Pinturault won the seventh giant slalom of the season (his third giant slalom victory in 2020; no one else had two), prior discipline leader Žan Kranjec of Slovenia dropped into fourth place, and Kristofferson (who finished third) was clinging to a six-point lead for the discipline championship over Pinturault with two races to go.[1]

However, first the World Cup finals scheduled for Cortina d'Ampezzo were cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic,[2] and then the races scheduled in Kranjska Gora were also cancelled by the pandemic.[3] The cancellations handed the season title in giant slalom (as well as the title in slalom) to Kristoffersen without the expected showdown.[4]

Standings edit

# Skier
27 Oct 2019
Sölden

 
08 Dec 2019
Beaver Creek

 
22 Dec 2019
Alta Badia

 
11 Jan 2020
Adelboden

   

 

 
02 Mar 2020
Hinterstoder

 
14 Mar 2020
Kranjska Gora

 
21 Mar 2020
Cortina d'Ampezzo

 
Total
    Henrik Kristoffersen 13 80 100 60 36 45 60 x x 394
2   Alexis Pinturault 100 14 32 26 100 16 100 x x 388
3   Filip Zubčić DNF1 32 26 80 50 100 80 x x 368
4   Žan Kranjec 60 50 60 100 45 29 20 x x 364
5   Tommy Ford 50 100 11 DNF1 24 60 22 x x 267
6   Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen 26 60 24 DNF1 60 50 29 x x 249
7   Mathieu Faivre 80 40 9 32 22 13 29 x x 225
  Aleksander Aamodt Kilde 10 DNF1 50 45 40 40 40 x x 225
9     Marco Odermatt 20 DNF1 45 DNS 16 80 50 x x 211
10   Victor Muffat-Jeandet 3 45 7 60 32 36 8 x x 191
11     Loïc Meillard DNF2 15 22 14 80 DNS 36 x x 167
12   Ted Ligety 45 24 DNF1 36 18 24 15 x x 162
13   Luca De Aliprandini 32 18 15 DNF2 13 26 45 x x 149
14     Gino Caviezel 29 29 14 DNF1 26 22 18 x x 138
15   Lucas Braathen 40 16 32 20 12 15 DNF1 x x 135
16   Cyprien Sarrazin DNQ 20 80 DNF2 DNQ 3 10 x x 113
17   Roland Leitinger 12 10 8 40 DNF1 20 13 x x 103
18   Marco Schwarz DNS 6 40 24 DNQ 8 12 x x 101
19   Alexander Schmid 4 11 20 11 20 11 15 x x 92
20   Ryan Cochran-Siegle 24 8 12 13 9 DNQ 16 x x 82
21   Matts Olsson 14 22 DNF1 24 DNF1 8 12 x x 80
22   Stefan Luitz 15 DNF1 DNQ DNQ 29 DNS 32 x x 76
23   Erik Read 36 DNF2 DNF1 7 14 9 7 x x 73
24   Thibaut Favrot 6 13 20 DNF2 DNQ 32 DNF1 x x 71
25   Trevor Philp 5 36 DNQ DNQ 11 6 9 x x 67
References [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [3] [2]
  •   Winner
  •   2nd place
  •   3rd place
  • DNS = Did not start
  • DNF1 = Did not finish run 1
  • DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2
  • DNF2 = Did not finish run 2

Updated at 21 March 2020 after all events.[12]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ogborn, Matthew; Pretot, Julien (2 March 2020). "Alexis Pinturault wins again in Hinterstoder to lead overall World Cup". Red Bull. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Finals in Cortina Cancelled". FIS. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b Associated Press (12 March 2020). "Season-ending ski races canceled, Kilde wins World Cup title". AP News. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. ^ Majende, Matt (13 April 2020). "Slalom star Henrik Kristoffersen relives the twists and turns of his season". Red Bull. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Sölden Men GS (AUT) Men" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  6. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Beaver Creek Men GS (USA) Men" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  7. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Alta Badia Men GS (ITA) Men" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  8. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Adelboden Men GS (SUI) Men" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  9. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Garmisch-Partenkirchen Men GS (GER) Men" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  10. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Niigata Yuzawa Naeba Men GS (JPN) Men" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  11. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Hinterstoder Men GS (AUT) Men" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  12. ^ "CUP STANDINGS - ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

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