2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup

2009 World Cup Champions
Aksel Lund Svindal won his second overall title by two points over Benjamin Raich.
Lindsey Vonn won her second consecutive overall title.

The 43rd World Cup season began in late October 2008 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March 2009, at the World Cup finals in Åre, Sweden.

Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the overall title by two points over Benjamin Raich of Austria. Svindal returned from a season-ending injury in December 2007, and also took the season title in super-G. Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. repeated as women's overall champion, taking the title by a substantial 384 points over Maria Riesch of Germany. Vonn also repeated as the season downhill champion, and added the season title in super-G.

Being an odd-numbered year, a break in the World Cup schedule was for the biennial World Championships. The 2009 World Championships were held 2–15 February in Val-d'Isère, Savoie, France.

No pre-Olympic World Cup alpine events were run at Whistler Mountain, Canada, during the 2009 season. In late February 2008, a women's downhill and super-combined were run on Franz's Run, the women's Olympic course. The most recent men's World Cup events on the Dave Murray Downhill course were held in late February 1995. The World Cup races in North America were switched to the early part of the season in the fall of 1995, and the men's speed events at Whistler were canceled three consecutive years (December 1996–98) due to weather issues, which prompted the switch to Lake Louise in Alberta in December 1999.

Race calendar

Key

DH Downhill
SG Super-G
GS Giant slalom
SL Slalom
K Combined (traditional)
SC Super combined
T nations team event

Men

[1]

Date Venue Event Winner Second Third
26 Oct 2008 Sölden, Austria GS Switzerland Daniel Albrecht Switzerland Didier Cuche United States Ted Ligety
16 Nov 2008 Levi, Finland SL France Jean-Baptiste Grange United States Bode Miller Austria Mario Matt
29 Nov 2008 Lake Louise, Canada DH Italy Peter Fill Switzerland Carlo Janka Sweden Hans Olsson
30 Nov 2008 SG Austria Hermann Maier Canada John Kucera Switzerland Didier Cuche
04 Dec 2008 Beaver Creek, USA SC high snowfall rescheduled 12 Dec
05 Dec 2008 DH Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Liechtenstein Marco Buechel Canada Erik Guay
06 Dec 2008 SG Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Austria Hermann Maier Austria Michael Walchhofer
07 Dec 2008 GS AustriaBenjamin Raich United StatesTed Ligety NorwayAksel Lund Svindal
12 Dec 2008[2] Val-d'Isère, France SC AustriaBenjamin Raich FranceJean-Baptiste Grange AustriaMarcel Hirscher
13 Dec 2008 GS Switzerland Carlo Janka Italy Massimiliano Blardone France Gauthier de Tessières
14 Dec 2008 SL high winds rescheduled 22 Dec
19 Dec 2008 Val Gardena, Italy SG Italy Werner Heel Switzerland Didier Défago Sweden Patrik Järbyn
20 Dec 2008 DH Austria Michael Walchhofer United States Bode Miller Canada Manuel Osborne-Paradis
21 Dec 2008 Alta Badia, Italy GS Switzerland Daniel Albrecht Croatia Ivica Kostelić Austria Hannes Reichelt
22 Dec 2008 SL Croatia Ivica Kostelić FranceJean-Baptiste Grange Austria Benjamin Raich
28 Dec 2008 Bormio, Italy DH Italy Christof Innerhofer Austria Klaus Kröll Austria Michael Walchhofer
02 Jan 2009 Moscow, Russia
(unofficial promo event) 		PSL Germany Felix Neureuther France Jean-Baptiste Grange United States Bode Miller
06 Jan 2009 Zagreb, Croatia SL France Jean-Baptiste Grange Croatia Ivica Kostelić Italy Giuliano Razzoli
10 Jan 2009 Adelboden, Switzerland GS Austria Benjamin Raich Italy Massimiliano Blardone Norway Kjetil Jansrud
11 Jan 2009 SL Austria Reinfried Herbst Austria Manfred Pranger Germany Felix Neureuther
16 Jan 2009 Wengen, Switzerland SC Switzerland Carlo Janka Italy Peter FillSwitzerland Silvan Zurbriggen
17 Jan 2009 DH Switzerland Didier Défago United States Bode Miller United States Marco Sullivan
18 Jan 2009 SL Austria Manfred Pranger Austria Reinfried Herbst Croatia Ivica Kostelić
23 Jan 2009 Kitzbühel, Austria SG Austria Klaus Kröll Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Switzerland Ambrosi Hoffmann
24 Jan 2009 DH Switzerland Didier Défago Austria Michael Walchhofer Austria Klaus Kröll
25 Jan 2009 SL France Julien Lizeroux France Jean-Baptiste Grange Italy Patrick Thaler
25 Jan 2009 K Switzerland Silvan Zurbriggen Croatia Ivica Kostelić Croatia Natko Zrnčić-Dim
27 Jan 2009 Schladming, Austria SL Austria Reinfried Herbst Austria Manfred Pranger Croatia Ivica Kostelić
31 Jan 2009[3]Garmisch, Germany DH fog: mid-course rescheduled06 Mar
01 Feb 2009 SL Italy Manfred Mölgg Italy Giorgio Rocca Austria Reinfried Herbst
2–15 February Val-d'Isère, France 2009 World Championships
21 Feb 2009 Sestriere, Italy GS Switzerland Didier Cuche Austria Stephan Görgl Austria Benjamin Raich
22 Feb 2009 SC Austria Romed Baumann France Julien Lizeroux Switzerland Carlo Janka
Italy Christof Innerhofer
28 Feb 2009 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia GS United States Ted Ligety Switzerland Didier Cuche Italy Massimiliano Blardone
01 Mar 2009 SL France Julien Lizeroux Italy Giuliano Razzoli Germany Felix Neureuther
06 Mar 2009 Kvitfjell, Norway DH Canada Manuel Osborne-Paradis Austria Michael Walchhofer Norway Aksel Lund Svindal
07 Mar 2009 DH Austria Klaus Kröll Austria Michael Walchhofer Canada Manuel Osborne-Paradis
08 Mar 2009[4] SG snowstorm cancelled
11 Mar 2009 Åre, Sweden DH Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Switzerland Didier Cuche Sweden Hans Olsson
12 Mar 2009 SG Italy Werner Heel Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Italy Christof Innerhofer
13 Mar 2009 GS AustriaBenjamin Raich United StatesTed Ligety Switzerland Didier Cuche
14 Mar 2009 SL Austria Mario Matt France Julien Lizeroux France Jean-Baptiste Grange

Ladies

[5]

Date Venue Event Winner Second Third
25 Oct 2008 Sölden, Austria GS Austria Kathrin Zettel Finland Tanja Poutiainen Austria Andrea Fischbacher
15 Nov 2008 Levi, Finland SL United States Lindsey Vonn Sweden Maria Pietilä-Holmner Germany Maria Riesch
29 Nov 2008 Aspen, USA GS France Tessa Worley Finland Tanja Poutiainen Austria Elisabeth Görgl
30 Nov 2008 SL Czech Republic Šárka Záhrobská Austria Nicole Hosp Finland Tanja Poutiainen
05 Dec 2008 Lake Louise, Canada DH United States Lindsey Vonn Italy Nadia Fanchini Germany Maria Riesch
06 Dec 2008 DH high snowfall rescheduled 23 Jan
07 Dec 2008 SG ItalyNadia Fanchini SwitzerlandFabienne Suter
AustriaAndrea Fischbacher
13 Dec 2008 La Molina, Spain GS Finland Tanja Poutiainen Italy Manuela Mölgg Austria Nicole Hosp
14 Dec 2008 SL Germany Maria Riesch United States Lindsey Vonn Austria Kathrin Zettel
19 Dec 2008 St. Moritz, Switzerland SC Sweden Anja Pärson Austria Nicole Hosp Switzerland Fabienne Suter
20 Dec 2008 SG SwitzerlandLara Gut SwitzerlandFabienne Suter ItalyNadia Fanchini
21 Dec 2008 DH high winds rescheduled 27 Feb
28 Dec 2008 Semmering, Austria GS Austria Kathrin Zettel Italy Manuela Mölgg Switzerland Lara Gut
29 Dec 2008 SL Germany Maria Riesch Finland Tanja Poutiainen United States Lindsey Vonn
04 Jan 2009 Zagreb, Croatia SL Germany Maria Riesch Italy Nicole Gius Czech Republic Šárka Záhrobská
10 Jan 2009 Maribor, Slovenia GS Slovenia Tina Maze Italy Denise Karbon Germany Kathrin Hölzl
11 Jan 2009 SL Germany Maria Riesch Austria Kathrin Zettel Finland Tanja Poutiainen
17 Jan 2009 Altenmarkt, Austria SC United States Lindsey Vonn Austria Kathrin Zettel Sweden Anja Pärson
18 Jan 2009 DH Switzerland Dominique Gisin
Sweden Anja Pärson 		– United States Lindsey Vonn
22 Jan 2009 Cortina, Italy SG blizzard rescheduled 26 Jan
23 Jan 2009 DHhigh snowfall cancelled
24 Jan 2009 DH Switzerland Dominique Gisin United States Lindsey Vonn Sweden Anja Pärson
25 Jan 2009 GS Austria Kathrin Zettel Austria Michaela Kirchgasser Austria Elisabeth Görgl
26 Jan 2009 SG Sweden Jessica Lindell-Vikarby Austria Anna Fenninger Switzerland Andrea Dettling
30 Jan 2009 Garmisch, Germany SL United States Lindsey Vonn Germany Maria Riesch Slovenia Maruša Ferk
31 Jan 2009 SG fog: mid-course rescheduled 01 Feb
01 Feb 2009 SG United States Lindsey Vonn Sweden Anja Pärson Sweden Jessica Lindell-Vikarby
2–15 February Val-d'Isère, France 2009 World Championships
20 Feb 2009 Tarvisio, Italy SC Germany Maria Riesch United States Lindsey Vonn Austria Kathrin Zettel
21 Feb 2009 DH Germany Gina Stechert United States Lindsey Vonn Sweden Anja Pärson
22 Feb 2009 SG United States Lindsey Vonn Switzerland Fabienne Suter Slovenia Tina Maze
27 Feb 2009 Bansko, Bulgaria DH Switzerland Fabienne Suter Austria Andrea Fischbacher Italy Nadia Fanchini
United States Lindsey Vonn
28 Feb 2009 DH Austria Andrea Fischbacher Slovenia Tina Maze Switzerland Fabienne Suter
01 Mar 2009 SG United States Lindsey Vonn Switzerland Fabienne Suter Slovenia Tina Maze
06 Mar 2009 Ofterschwang, Germany GS Austria Kathrin Zettel Austria Elisabeth Görgl Finland Tanja Poutiainen
07 Mar 2009 SL France Sandrine Aubert Sweden Frida Hansdotter Austria Nicole Hosp
11 Mar 2009 Åre, Sweden DH United States Lindsey Vonn Germany Maria Riesch Austria Renate Götschl
12 Mar 2009 SG United States Lindsey Vonn Italy Nadia Fanchini Germany Maria Riesch
13 Mar 2009 SL France Sandrine Aubert Germany Fanny Chmelar Sweden Therese Borssén
Czech Republic Šárka Záhrobská
14 Mar 2009 GS Slovenia Tina Maze Finland Tanja Poutiainen Italy Manuela Mölgg

Team event

Date Venue Event Winner Second Third
15 Mar 2009 Åre, Sweden T  Italy  Austria   Switzerland

Final standings: Men

Names in bold clinched title.

Overall

Pos. Points
1. Norway Aksel Lund Svindal 1009
2. Austria Benjamin Raich 1007
3. Switzerland Didier Cuche 919
4. Croatia Ivica Kostelic 891
5. France Jean-Baptiste Grange 887

Final standings after 36 races

Downhill

Pos. Points
1. Austria Michael Walchhofer 470
2. Austria Klaus Kröll 424
3. Switzerland Didier Défago 363
4. Norway Aksel Lund Svindal 323
5. Canada Manuel Osborne-Paradis 323

Final standings after 9 races.

Super-G

Pos. Points
1. Norway Aksel Lund Svindal 292
2. Italy Werner Heel 256
3. Switzerland Didier Défago 242
4. Austria Hermann Maier 231
5. Italy Christof Innerhofer 168

Final standings after 5 races.

Giant slalom

Pos. Points
1. Switzerland Didier Cuche 474
2. Austria Benjamin Raich 462
3. United States Ted Ligety 421
4. Italy Massimiliano Blardone 325
5. Norway Aksel Lund Svindal 260

Final standings after 8 races.

Slalom

Pos. Points
1. France Jean-Baptiste Grange 541
2. Croatia Ivica Kostelic 454
3. France Julien Lizeroux 419
4. Austria Manfred Pranger 415
5. Austria Reinfried Herbst 396

FInal standings after 10 races

Combined

Pos. Points
1. Switzerland Carlo Janka 242
2. Switzerland Silvan Zurbriggen 231
3. Austria Romed Baumann 169
4. Croatia Ivica Kostelic 166
5. Austria Benjamin Raich 165

Final standings after 4 races.

Final standings: Ladies

Names in bold clinched titles.

Overall

Pos. Points
1. United States Lindsey Vonn 1788
2. Germany Maria Riesch 1404
3. Sweden Anja Pärson 1059
4. Austria Kathrin Zettel 1046
5. Finland Tanja Poutiainen 914

Final standings after 34 races

Downhill

Pos. Points
1. United States Lindsey Vonn 502
2. Austria Andrea Fischbacher 326
3. Germany Maria Riesch 292
4. Switzerland Dominique Gisin 291
5. Italy Nadia Fanchini 276

Final standings after 7 races.

Super-G

Pos. Points
1. United States Lindsey Vonn 461
2. Italy Nadia Fanchini 416
3. Switzerland Fabienne Suter 408
4. Sweden Anja Pärson 251
5. Switzerland Andrea Dettling 221

Final standings after 7 races.

Giant slalom

Pos. Points
1. Finland Tanja Poutiainen 508
2. Austria Kathrin Zettel 501
3. Slovenia Tina Maze 368
4. Austria Elisabeth Görgl 318
5. Italy Denise Karbon 282

Final standings after 8 races

Slalom

Pos. Points
1. Germany Maria Riesch 670
2. Czech Republic Šárka Záhrobská 459
3. United States Lindsey Vonn 440
4. Finland Tanja Poutiainen 406
5. France Sandrine Aubert 325

Final standings after 9 races.

Combined

Pos. Points
1. Sweden Anja Pärson 205
2. United States Lindsey Vonn 180
3. Austria Kathrin Zettel 162
4. Germany Maria Riesch 150
5. Austria Elisabeth Görgl 113

Final standings after 3 races

Final Nations Cup standings

Overall

Pos. Points
1. Austria Austria 10740
2. Switzerland Switzerland 7786
3. Italy Italy 5974
4. France France 4490
5. United States United States 4158

Final standings after 70 races

Men

Pos. Points
1. Austria Austria 5982
2. Switzerland Switzerland 4238
3. Italy Italy 3426
4. France France 2681
5. United States United States 1881

Final standings after 36 races.

Ladies

Pos. Points
1. Austria Austria 4758
2. Switzerland Switzerland 3548
3. Germany Germany 2550
4. Italy Italy 2548
5. Sweden Sweden 2441

Final standings after 34 races

References

  1. ↑ FIS: Alpine World Cup 2009 men's schedule
  2. ↑ FIS Official Communication
  3. ↑ "Garmisch: Fog dooms Saturday races", 31 January 2009.
  4. ↑ "Kvitfjell: Snow cancels Cup super G", 8 March 2009. Accessed 2009-03-08. Archived 2009-06-11.
  5. ↑ FIS: Alpine World Cup 2009 ladies' schedule

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