2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup

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 France Jean-Baptiste Grange Sweden André Myhrer Croatia Ivica Kostelić
27 Nov 2010 Lake Louise, Canada DH Austria Michael Walchhofer Austria Mario Scheiber
Norway Aksel Lund Svindal
28 Nov 2010 SG Switzerland Tobias Grünenfelder Switzerland Carlo Janka Austria Romed Baumann
3 Dec 2010 Beaver Creek, USA DH cancelled, strong winds; rescheduled to 11 March in Kvitfjell[7]
4 Dec 2010 SG Austria Georg Streitberger France Adrien Théaux Switzerland Didier Cuche
5 Dec 2010 GS United States Ted Ligety Norway Kjetil Jansrud Austria Marcel Hirscher
11 Dec 2010 Val-d'Isère, France GS United States Ted Ligety Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Italy Massimiliano Blardone
12 Dec 2010 SL Austria Marcel Hirscher Austria Benjamin Raich France Steve Missillier
17 Dec 2010 Val Gardena, Italy SG Austria Michael Walchhofer Germany Stephan Keppler Canada Erik Guay
18 Dec 2010 DH Switzerland Silvan Zurbriggen Austria Romed Baumann Switzerland Didier Cuche
19 Dec 2010 Alta Badia, Italy GS United States Ted Ligety France Cyprien Richard France Thomas Fanara
29 Dec 2010 Bormio, Italy DH Austria Michael Walchhofer Switzerland Silvan Zurbriggen Italy Christof Innerhofer
2 Jan 2011 Munich, Germany P Croatia Ivica Kostelić France Julien Lizeroux United States Bode Miller
6 Jan 2011 Zagreb, Croatia SL Sweden André Myhrer Croatia Ivica Kostelić Sweden Mattias Hargin
8 Jan 2011 Adelboden, Switzerland GS France Cyprien Richard
Norway Aksel Lund Svindal 		France Thomas Fanara
9 Jan 2011 SL Croatia Ivica Kostelić Austria Marcel Hirscher Austria Reinfried Herbst
14 Jan 2011 Wengen, Switzerland SC Croatia Ivica Kostelić Switzerland Carlo Janka Norway Aksel Lund Svindal
15 Jan 2011 DH Austria Klaus Kröll Switzerland Didier Cuche Switzerland Carlo Janka
16 Jan 2011 SL Croatia Ivica Kostelić Austria Marcel Hirscher France Jean-Baptiste Grange
21 Jan 2011 Kitzbühel, Austria SG Croatia Ivica Kostelić Austria Georg Streitberger Norway Aksel Lund Svindal
22 Jan 2011 DH Switzerland Didier Cuche United States Bode Miller France Adrien Théaux
23 Jan 2011 SL France Jean-Baptiste Grange Croatia Ivica Kostelić Italy Giuliano Razzoli
23 Jan 2011 K Croatia Ivica Kostelić Switzerland Silvan Zurbriggen Austria Romed Baumann
25 Jan 2011 Schladming, Austria SL France Jean-Baptiste Grange Sweden André Myhrer Sweden Mattias Hargin
29 Jan 2011 Chamonix, France DH Switzerland Didier Cuche Italy Dominik Paris Austria Klaus Kröll
30 Jan 2011 SC Croatia Ivica Kostelić Croatia Natko Zrnčić-Dim Norway Aksel Lund Svindal
5 Feb 2011 Hinterstoder, Austria SG Austria Hannes Reichelt Austria Benjamin Raich United States Bode Miller
6 Feb 2011 GS Austria Philipp Schörghofer Norway Kjetil Jansrud Switzerland Carlo Janka
8–20 Feb 2011Garmisch, Germany FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
26 Feb 2011 Bansko, Bulgaria SC Italy Christof Innerhofer Germany Felix Neureuther France Thomas Mermillod-Blondin
27 Feb 2011 SL Austria Mario Matt Austria Reinfried Herbst France Jean-Baptiste Grange
5 Mar 2011 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia GS Switzerland Carlo Janka France Alexis Pinturault United States Ted Ligety
6 Mar 2011 SL Austria Mario Matt United States Nolan Kasper
Sweden Axel Bäck
11 Mar 2011[nb 1] Kvitfjell, Norway DH Switzerland Beat Feuz Canada Erik Guay Austria Michael Walchhofer
12 Mar 2011 DH Austria Michael Walchhofer Austria Klaus Kröll Switzerland Beat Feuz
13 Mar 2011 SG Switzerland Didier Cuche Austria Klaus Kröll Austria Joachim Puchner
16 Mar 2011 Lenzerheide, Switzerland DH France Adrien Théaux Austria Joachim Puchner Norway 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 Italy Giuliano Razzoli Austria Mario Matt Germany Felix Neureuther

Ladies

[10]

Date Venue Event Winner Second Third Details
23 Oct 2010 Sölden, Austria GS Germany Viktoria Rebensburg Germany Kathrin Hölzl Italy Manuela Mölgg
13 Nov 2010 Levi, Finland SL Austria Marlies Schild Germany Maria Riesch Finland Tanja Poutiainen
27 Nov 2010 Aspen, USA GS France Tessa Worley Germany Viktoria Rebensburg Germany Kathrin Hölzl
28 Nov 2010 SL Sweden Maria Pietilä Holmner Germany Maria Riesch Finland Tanja Poutiainen
3 Dec 2010 Lake Louise, Canada DH Germany Maria Riesch United States Lindsey Vonn Austria Elisabeth Görgl
4 Dec 2010 DH Germany Maria Riesch United States Lindsey Vonn Switzerland Dominique Gisin
5 Dec 2010 SG United States Lindsey Vonn Germany Maria Riesch United States 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 France Tessa Worley Finland Tanja Poutiainen Slovenia 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 United States Lindsey Vonn Switzerland Nadja Kamer Switzerland Lara Gut
19 Dec 2010 SC United States Lindsey Vonn Austria Elisabeth Görgl Austria Nicole Hosp
21 Dec 2010 Courchevel, France SL Austria Marlies Schild Finland Tanja Poutiainen Slovenia Tina Maze
28 Dec 2010 Semmering, Austria GS France Tessa Worley Germany Maria Riesch Germany Kathrin Hölzl
29 Dec 2010 SL Austria Marlies Schild Germany Maria Riesch Germany Christina Geiger
2 Jan 2011 Munich, Germany P Sweden Maria Pietilä Holmner Slovenia Tina Maze Austria Elisabeth Görgl
4 Jan 2011 Zagreb, Croatia SL Austria Marlies Schild Germany Maria Riesch Italy Manuela Mölgg
8 Jan 2011 Zauchensee, Austria DH United States Lindsey Vonn Sweden Anja Pärson Austria Anna Fenninger
9 Jan 2011 SG Switzerland Lara Gut United States Lindsey Vonn Switzerland Dominique Gisin
11 Jan 2011 Flachau, Austria SL Germany Maria Riesch
Finland Tanja Poutiainen 		France 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 United States Lindsey Vonn Sweden Anja Pärson Austria Anna Fenninger
22 Jan 2011 DH Germany Maria Riesch United States Julia Mancuso United States Lindsey Vonn
23 Jan 2011 SG United States Lindsey Vonn Germany Maria Riesch Switzerland 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 Austria Marlies Schild Slovakia Veronika Zuzulová Finland Tanja Poutiainen
5 Feb 2011 GS cancelled, strong winds and bad visibility; rescheduled to 6 February[16]
6 Feb 2011[nb 6] GS Germany Viktoria Rebensburg Italy Federica Brignone Austria Kathrin Zettel
8–20 Feb 2011Garmisch, Germany FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
25 Feb 2011 Åre, Sweden SC Germany Maria Riesch Slovenia Tina Maze Austria Elisabeth Görgl
26 Feb 2011 DH United States Lindsey Vonn Slovenia Tina Maze Germany Maria Riesch
27 Feb 2011 SG Germany Maria Riesch United States Lindsey Vonn United States Julia Mancuso
4 Mar 2011[nb 7] Tarvisio, Italy SC Slovenia Tina Maze United States Lindsey Vonn Germany Maria Riesch
5 Mar 2011 DH Sweden Anja Pärson United States Lindsey Vonn Austria Elisabeth Görgl
6 Mar 2011 SG United States Lindsey Vonn United States Julia Mancuso Germany Maria Riesch
11 Mar 2011 Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic GS Germany Viktoria Rebensburg Italy Denise Karbon United States Lindsey Vonn
12 Mar 2011 SL Austria Marlies Schild Austria Kathrin Zettel Slovenia Tina Maze
16 Mar 2011 Lenzerheide, Switzerland DH United States Julia Mancuso Switzerland Lara Gut Austria Elisabeth Görgl
17 Mar 2011 SG cancelled, rain; not rescheduled[8]
18 Mar 2011 SL Slovenia Tina Maze Austria Marlies Schild Slovakia 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. Croatia 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. Switzerland 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. Switzerland 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. United States 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. Croatia 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. Croatia 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. Germany 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. United States 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. United States 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. Germany 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. Austria 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. United States 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

  1. ↑ fis-ski.com - Alpine Skiing - FIS World Cup - accessed 2010-10-30.
  2. ↑ "Munich City Event: Fantastic show in store". FIS Alpine Ski World Cup (Fédération Internationale de Ski). 21 December 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Vonn and Riesch set for weekend duel". Yahoo! Eurosport (TF1 Group). Reuters. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Dunbar, Graham (19 March 2011). "Ivica Kostelic wins World Cup slalom title". USA Today (David Hunke; Gannett Company). Associated Press. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 2011 men's schedule". fis-ski.com (Fédération Internationale de Ski). Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Soelden: Men's race canceled due to fog". FIS Alpine Ski World Cup (Fédération Internationale de Ski). 24 October 2010. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010. A thick fog settled onto the Rettenbach glacier in Soelden following the first run of the race Sunday and officials determined that visibility was too poor to go through with the second run. Thus, the race was canceled and will not be rescheduled.
  7. ↑ "Second downhill in Kvitfjell". FIS Alpine Ski World Cup (Fédération Internationale de Ski). 7 December 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010. The cancelled Men's Downhill from Beaver Creek (USA) will be replaced on Friday, 11. March 2011 in Kvitfjell (NOR). The organizers in Kvitfjell take over once more a World Cup race that was canceled somewhere else.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Final super G races canceled in Lenzerheide". FIS Alpine Ski World Cup (Fédération Internationale de Ski). 17 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011. Because there are race events planned every day through Sunday at World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide, the super G races will not be rescheduled and the globes will be given to athletes currently leading the standings.
  9. ↑ "Men’s final GS in Lenzerheide canceled, ladies SL delayed". FIS Alpine Ski World Cup (Fédération Internationale de Ski). 18 March 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011. Because there are race events planned every day through Sunday at World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide, the men’s giant slalom will not be rescheduled and the globe will be given to the athlete currently leading the standings, which is the American Ted Ligety.
  10. ↑ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 2011 ladies' schedule". fis-ski.com (Fédération Internationale de Ski). Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  11. ↑ "Cancelled Super-G from St. Moritz (SUI) will be replaced in Val d'Isère (FRA)". FIS Alpine Ski World Cup (Fédération Internationale de Ski). 11 December 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010. The cancelled Ladies' SG from St. Moritz will be replaced in Val d'Isère on Friday, 17.12.2010.
  12. ↑ "Rescheduled Ladies' Super-G from Val d'Isère (FRA) will take place in Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA)". fis-ski.com (Fédération Internationale de Ski). 3 January 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Maria Riesch on a winning streak". FIS Alpine Ski World Cup (Fédération Internationale de Ski). 27 February 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011. It comes a bit as a surprise that Maria Riesch increased the lead in the overall Cup standings, 1516-1320 over American Lindsey Vonn, leaving Are with a 196 point lead. She also scored the same 1516 of Cup points last year, just this year there are nine events left on the calendar!
  14. ↑ "Cancelled Ladies Downhill in Sestriere (ITA) rescheduled for tomorrow Sunday, 30.01.2011". fis-ski.com (Fédération Internationale de Ski). 29 January 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  15. ↑ "Cancelled Ladies' SC from Sestriere (ITA) will be replaced in Tarvisio (ITA)". fis-ski.com (Fédération Internationale de Ski). 15 February 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  16. ↑ "Arber-Zwiesel GS canceled due to weather; rescheduled Sunday". FIS Alpine Ski World Cup (Fédération Internationale de Ski). 5 February 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  17. ↑ "Final ladies GS in Lenzerheide canceled; men's slalom delayed". FIS Alpine Ski World Cup (Fédération Internationale de Ski). 19 March 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2011. Per FIS rules, canceled races at World Cup Finals will not be rescheduled. This is because in a case such as that in Lenzerheide, in which weather conditions force the cancelation of more than one race, there are no reserve days to ensure that all canceled races will be rescheduled and officials point out that it would be unfair to reschedule one race and not another.
  18. ↑ "World Cup 2011 Overal M Standings". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  19. ↑ "World Cup 2011 Downhill M Standings". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  20. ↑ "World Cup 2011 Super G M Standings". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  21. ↑ "World Cup 2011 Giant Slalom M Standings". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  22. ↑ "World Cup 2011 Slalom M Standings". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  23. ↑ "World Cup 2011 Combined M Standings". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  24. ↑ "World Cup 2011 Overal L Standings". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  25. ↑ "World Cup 2011 Downhill L Standings". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  26. ↑ "World Cup 2011 Super G L Standings". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  27. ↑ "World Cup 2011 Giant Slalom L Standings". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  28. ↑ "World Cup 2011 Slalom L Standings". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  29. ↑ "World Cup 2011 Combined L Standings". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  30. ↑ "Nations Cup 2011 Overall Standings". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  31. ↑ "Nations Cup 2011 M Standings". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  32. ↑ "Nations Cup 2011 L Standings". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2011.