2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup

Alpine Ski World Cup 2011
Discipline	Men	Ladies
Overall	Ivica Kostelić	Maria Riesch
Downhill	Didier Cuche	Lindsey Vonn
Super-G	Didier Cuche	Lindsey Vonn
Giant slalom	Ted Ligety	Viktoria Rebensburg
Slalom	Ivica Kostelić	Marlies Schild
Combined	Ivica Kostelić	Lindsey Vonn
Nations Cup	Austria
Competition
Locations	19	18
Individual	36	33
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2011 World Cup Champions

Ivica Kostelić became the first man from Croatia to win the overall World Cup.

Maria Riesch became the first German woman since Katja Seizinger in 1998 to win the overall World Cup.

The 45th FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season began on 23 October 2010, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 20 March 2011, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.^[1]

Being an odd-numbered year, the biennial World Championships took place in February. The 2011 World Championships were held between 8–20 February at Garmisch Classic in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany.

The season saw the introduction of a new event to the World Cup, the city event. The race in parallel giant slalom took place in Munich, Germany.^[2]

The overall titles were won by Maria Riesch of Germany and Ivica Kostelić of Croatia; both skiers winning their first overall crowns. Kostelić secured his overall victory several races before the end of the season while Riesch and Lindsey Vonn of the United States were close together before the finals at Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Riesch had a significant lead after the World Championship but Vonn caught up and took the lead before the last slalom race. Slovenia's Tina Maze won her first slalom in that race, Riesch's fourth place compared to Vonn's thirteenth gave her a three-point advantage.^[3] The cancellation of the last race – one of four to be cancelled at Lenzerheide – meant that Riesch won the title.^[4]

Race calendar

Key

DH	Downhill
SG	Super-G
GS	Giant slalom
SL	Slalom
P	Parallel
K	Combined (traditional)
SC	Super combined
TE	Nations team event

Men

^[5]

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Details
24 Oct 2010	Sölden, Austria	GS	cancelled after 1st run, fog & wind; not rescheduled[6]
14 Nov 2010	Levi, Finland	SL	Jean-Baptiste Grange	André Myhrer	Ivica Kostelić
27 Nov 2010	Lake Louise, Canada	DH	Michael Walchhofer	Mario Scheiber Aksel Lund Svindal
28 Nov 2010		SG	Tobias Grünenfelder	Carlo Janka	Romed Baumann
3 Dec 2010	Beaver Creek, USA	DH	cancelled, strong winds; rescheduled to 11 March in Kvitfjell[7]
4 Dec 2010		SG	Georg Streitberger	Adrien Théaux	Didier Cuche
5 Dec 2010		GS	Ted Ligety	Kjetil Jansrud	Marcel Hirscher
11 Dec 2010	Val-d'Isère, France	GS	Ted Ligety	Aksel Lund Svindal	Massimiliano Blardone
12 Dec 2010		SL	Marcel Hirscher	Benjamin Raich	Steve Missillier
17 Dec 2010	Val Gardena, Italy	SG	Michael Walchhofer	Stephan Keppler	Erik Guay
18 Dec 2010		DH	Silvan Zurbriggen	Romed Baumann	Didier Cuche
19 Dec 2010	Alta Badia, Italy	GS	Ted Ligety	Cyprien Richard	Thomas Fanara
29 Dec 2010	Bormio, Italy	DH	Michael Walchhofer	Silvan Zurbriggen	Christof Innerhofer
2 Jan 2011	Munich, Germany	P	Ivica Kostelić	Julien Lizeroux	Bode Miller
6 Jan 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	SL	André Myhrer	Ivica Kostelić	Mattias Hargin
8 Jan 2011	Adelboden, Switzerland	GS	Cyprien Richard Aksel Lund Svindal		Thomas Fanara
9 Jan 2011		SL	Ivica Kostelić	Marcel Hirscher	Reinfried Herbst
14 Jan 2011	Wengen, Switzerland	SC	Ivica Kostelić	Carlo Janka	Aksel Lund Svindal
15 Jan 2011		DH	Klaus Kröll	Didier Cuche	Carlo Janka
16 Jan 2011		SL	Ivica Kostelić	Marcel Hirscher	Jean-Baptiste Grange
21 Jan 2011	Kitzbühel, Austria	SG	Ivica Kostelić	Georg Streitberger	Aksel Lund Svindal
22 Jan 2011		DH	Didier Cuche	Bode Miller	Adrien Théaux
23 Jan 2011		SL	Jean-Baptiste Grange	Ivica Kostelić	Giuliano Razzoli
23 Jan 2011		K	Ivica Kostelić	Silvan Zurbriggen	Romed Baumann
25 Jan 2011	Schladming, Austria	SL	Jean-Baptiste Grange	André Myhrer	Mattias Hargin
29 Jan 2011	Chamonix, France	DH	Didier Cuche	Dominik Paris	Klaus Kröll
30 Jan 2011		SC	Ivica Kostelić	Natko Zrnčić-Dim	Aksel Lund Svindal
5 Feb 2011	Hinterstoder, Austria	SG	Hannes Reichelt	Benjamin Raich	Bode Miller
6 Feb 2011		GS	Philipp Schörghofer	Kjetil Jansrud	Carlo Janka
8–20 Feb 2011	Garmisch, Germany	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
26 Feb 2011	Bansko, Bulgaria	SC	Christof Innerhofer	Felix Neureuther	Thomas Mermillod-Blondin
27 Feb 2011		SL	Mario Matt	Reinfried Herbst	Jean-Baptiste Grange
5 Mar 2011	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	GS	Carlo Janka	Alexis Pinturault	Ted Ligety
6 Mar 2011		SL	Mario Matt	Nolan Kasper Axel Bäck
11 Mar 2011[nb 1]	Kvitfjell, Norway	DH	Beat Feuz	Erik Guay	Michael Walchhofer
12 Mar 2011		DH	Michael Walchhofer	Klaus Kröll	Beat Feuz
13 Mar 2011		SG	Didier Cuche	Klaus Kröll	Joachim Puchner
16 Mar 2011	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	DH	Adrien Théaux	Joachim Puchner	Aksel Lund Svindal
17 Mar 2011		SG	cancelled, rain; not rescheduled[8]
18 Mar 2011		GS	cancelled, poor conditions; not rescheduled[9]
19 Mar 2011		SL	Giuliano Razzoli	Mario Matt	Felix Neureuther

Ladies

^[10]

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Details
23 Oct 2010	Sölden, Austria	GS	Viktoria Rebensburg	Kathrin Hölzl	Manuela Mölgg
13 Nov 2010	Levi, Finland	SL	Marlies Schild	Maria Riesch	Tanja Poutiainen
27 Nov 2010	Aspen, USA	GS	Tessa Worley	Viktoria Rebensburg	Kathrin Hölzl
28 Nov 2010		SL	Maria Pietilä Holmner	Maria Riesch	Tanja Poutiainen
3 Dec 2010	Lake Louise, Canada	DH	Maria Riesch	Lindsey Vonn	Elisabeth Görgl
4 Dec 2010		DH	Maria Riesch	Lindsey Vonn	Dominique Gisin
5 Dec 2010		SG	Lindsey Vonn	Maria Riesch	Julia Mancuso
11 Dec 2010	St. Moritz, Switzerland	SG	cancelled during 1st run, strong winds; rescheduled to 17 December in Val-d'Isère[11]
12 Dec 2010		GS	Tessa Worley	Tanja Poutiainen	Tina Maze
17 Dec 2010[nb 2]	Val-d'Isère, France	SG	cancelled, heavy snow; rescheduled to 21 January in Cortina d'Ampezzo[12]
18 Dec 2010		DH	Lindsey Vonn	Nadja Kamer	Lara Gut
19 Dec 2010		SC	Lindsey Vonn	Elisabeth Görgl	Nicole Hosp
21 Dec 2010	Courchevel, France	SL	Marlies Schild	Tanja Poutiainen	Tina Maze
28 Dec 2010	Semmering, Austria	GS	Tessa Worley	Maria Riesch	Kathrin Hölzl
29 Dec 2010		SL	Marlies Schild	Maria Riesch	Christina Geiger
2 Jan 2011	Munich, Germany	P	Maria Pietilä Holmner	Tina Maze	Elisabeth Görgl
4 Jan 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	SL	Marlies Schild	Maria Riesch	Manuela Mölgg
8 Jan 2011	Zauchensee, Austria	DH	Lindsey Vonn	Anja Pärson	Anna Fenninger
9 Jan 2011		SG	Lara Gut	Lindsey Vonn	Dominique Gisin
11 Jan 2011	Flachau, Austria	SL	Maria Riesch Tanja Poutiainen		Nastasia Noens
15 Jan 2011	Maribor, Slovenia	GS	cancelled during 1st run, warm weather; not rescheduled[13]
16 Jan 2011		SL	cancelled, warm weather; not rescheduled[13]
21 Jan 2011[nb 3]	Cortina, Italy	SG	Lindsey Vonn	Anja Pärson	Anna Fenninger
22 Jan 2011		DH	Maria Riesch	Julia Mancuso	Lindsey Vonn
23 Jan 2011		SG	Lindsey Vonn	Maria Riesch	Lara Gut
29 Jan 2011	Sestriere, Italy	DH	cancelled, fog; rescheduled to 30 January[14]
30 Jan 2011[nb 4]		DH	cancelled, heavy snow; not rescheduled[13]
31 Jan 2011[nb 5]		SC	cancelled, heavy snow; rescheduled to 4 March in Tarvisio[15]
4 Feb 2011	Arber-Zwiesel, Germany	SL	Marlies Schild	Veronika Zuzulová	Tanja Poutiainen
5 Feb 2011		GS	cancelled, strong winds and bad visibility; rescheduled to 6 February[16]
6 Feb 2011[nb 6]		GS	Viktoria Rebensburg	Federica Brignone	Kathrin Zettel
8–20 Feb 2011	Garmisch, Germany	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
25 Feb 2011	Åre, Sweden	SC	Maria Riesch	Tina Maze	Elisabeth Görgl
26 Feb 2011		DH	Lindsey Vonn	Tina Maze	Maria Riesch
27 Feb 2011		SG	Maria Riesch	Lindsey Vonn	Julia Mancuso
4 Mar 2011[nb 7]	Tarvisio, Italy	SC	Tina Maze	Lindsey Vonn	Maria Riesch
5 Mar 2011		DH	Anja Pärson	Lindsey Vonn	Elisabeth Görgl
6 Mar 2011		SG	Lindsey Vonn	Julia Mancuso	Maria Riesch
11 Mar 2011	Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic	GS	Viktoria Rebensburg	Denise Karbon	Lindsey Vonn
12 Mar 2011		SL	Marlies Schild	Kathrin Zettel	Tina Maze
16 Mar 2011	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	DH	Julia Mancuso	Lara Gut	Elisabeth Görgl
17 Mar 2011		SG	cancelled, rain; not rescheduled[8]
18 Mar 2011		SL	Tina Maze	Marlies Schild	Veronika Zuzulová
19 Mar 2011		GS	cancelled, poor conditions; not rescheduled[17]

Team event

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Details
20 Mar 2011	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	T	Germany Viktoria Rebensburg Maria Riesch Susanne Riesch Fritz Dopfer Stephan Keppler Felix Neureuther	Italy Federica Brignone Giulia Gianesini Denise Karbon Cristian Deville Manfred Mölgg Giuliano Razzoli	Austria Anna Fenninger Elisabeth Görgl Michaela Kirchgasser Romed Baumann Hannes Reichelt Philipp Schörghofer

Standings: Men

Names in bold have clinched the discipline title.

Overall Pos. Points[18] 1. Ivica Kostelić 1356 2. Didier Cuche 956 3. Carlo Janka 793 4. Aksel Lund Svindal 789 5. Michael Walchhofer 727 Final standings after 36 races.

Downhill Pos. Points[19] 1. Didier Cuche 510 2. Michael Walchhofer 498 3. Klaus Kröll 411 4. Silvan Zurbriggen 305 5. Romed Baumann 269 Final standings after 9 races.

Super-G Pos. Points[20] 1. Didier Cuche 291 2. Georg Streitberger 227 3. Ivica Kostelić 223 4. Michael Walchhofer 214 5. Hannes Reichelt 207 Final standings after 6 races.

Giant slalom Pos. Points[21] 1. Ted Ligety 383 2. Aksel Lund Svindal 306 3. Cyprien Richard 303 4. Kjetil Jansrud 240 5. Carlo Janka 235 Final standings after 6 races.

Slalom Pos. Points[22] 1. Ivica Kostelić 478 2. Jean-Baptiste Grange 442 3. André Myhrer 423 4. Mario Matt 407 5. Marcel Hirscher 326 Final standings after 10 races.

Combined Pos. Points[23] 1. Ivica Kostelić 345 2. Christof Innerhofer 219 3. Kjetil Jansrud 145 4. Silvan Zurbriggen 143 5. Aksel Lund Svindal 120 Final standings after 4 races.

Standings: Ladies

Names in bold have clinched the discipline title.

Overall Pos. Points[24] 1. Maria Riesch 1728 2. Lindsey Vonn 1725 3. Tina Maze 1139 4. Elisabeth Görgl 992 5. Julia Mancuso 976 Final standings after 33 races.

Downhill Pos. Points[25] 1. Lindsey Vonn 650 2. Maria Riesch 457 3. Julia Mancuso 367 4. Elisabeth Görgl 333 5. Anja Pärson 295 Final standings after 8 races.

Super-G Pos. Points[26] 1. Lindsey Vonn 560 2. Maria Riesch 389 3. Julia Mancuso 315 4. Lara Gut 272 5. Anja Pärson 182 Final standings after 6 races.

Giant slalom Pos. Points[27] 1. Viktoria Rebensburg 435 2. Tessa Worley 358 3. Tanja Poutiainen 240 4. Elisabeth Görgl 236 5. Federica Brignone 212 Final standings after 6 races.

Slalom Pos. Points[28] 1. Marlies Schild 680 2. Tanja Poutiainen 511 3. Maria Riesch 470 4. Maria Pietilä Holmner 382 5. Veronika Zuzulová 362 Final standings after 9 races.

Combined Pos. Points[29] 1. Lindsey Vonn 220 2. Tina Maze 212 3. Maria Riesch 205 4. Elisabeth Görgl 185 5. Nicole Hosp 112 Final standings after 3 races.

Standings: Nations Cup

Nations in bold clinched title.

Overall Pos. Points[30] 1.  Austria 10404 2.   Switzerland 6376 3.  Italy 5168 4.  France 4999 5.  United States 4931 Final standings after 69 races.

Men Pos. Points[31] 1.  Austria 5684 2.   Switzerland 4164 3.  Italy 3036 4.  France 3006 5.  Sweden 1648 Final standings after 36 races.

Ladies Pos. Points[32] 1.  Austria 4720 2.  Germany 3480 3.  United States 3436 4.   Switzerland 2212 5.  Italy 2132 Final standings after 33 races.

Notes

1. Rescheduled from 3 December 2010 in Beaver Creek.
2. Rescheduled from 11 December 2010 in St. Moritz.
3. Rescheduled from 17 December 2010 in Val-d'Isère.
4. Rescheduled from 29 January 2011.
5. Rescheduled from 30 January 2011.
6. Rescheduled from 5 February 2011.
7. Rescheduled from 31 January 2011 in Sestriere.

References

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