2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup

Alpine Ski World Cup 2007
Discipline	Men	Ladies
	Winner
Overall	Aksel Lund Svindal	Nicole Hosp
Downhill	Didier Cuche	Renate Götschl
Super-G	Bode Miller	Renate Götschl
Giant slalom	Aksel Lund Svindal	Nicole Hosp
Slalom	Benjamin Raich	Marlies Schild
Combined	Aksel Lund Svindal	Marlies Schild
Nations Cup	Austria
	Competition
Location	17	15
Individual	36	35
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2007 World Cup Champions

Aksel Lund Svindal won his first overall title.

Nicole Hosp won her first overall title.

The 41st World Cup season was scheduled to begin on 28 October 2006, but cancellation of the opening races in Sölden delayed the season's start by two weeks. A very poor snowpack in the Alps, along with stormy weather in January, caused numerous races to be moved and rescheduled throughout the winter. The schedule included a mid-season break during the first 3 weeks of February for the World Championships in Åre, Sweden. The season concluded on 18 March 2007, at the World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.

Summary

The top two finishers from last season, Benjamin Raich of Austria and Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, at the top of the standings for most of the season. With consistent podium performances in the speed races, which won him the Cup title in downhill, Didier Cuche of Switzerland finished a solid third overall. The 2005 overall champion and last year's third-place finisher, American Bode Miller, won four speed events but struggled in the technical events, keeping him from the top spots in the overall standings throughout the season. Before the final four individual races of the season, these four athletes still had a mathematical chance to win the overall World Cup title. The strongest newcomer was Jens Byggmark of Sweden, who won the first two races of his career on consecutive days in late January to vault temporarily into the top ranks in the slalom standings. Also in slalom, Mario Matt of Austria came back to win three races in 2007, regaining his top form from the 2000 and 2001 seasons. Matt ultimately lost the slalom title to Raich by just 5 points.

The early season on the women's side was led by Marlies Schild of Austria, who won six slaloms and a super combined, clinching both of these Cups early. But the biggest story of the season's first half was the resurgence of Austria's Renate Götschl, who was coming off a difficult 2006 season which saw her drop to 19th in the overall standings, her worst finish since 1994. She rebounded to dominate the speed events, winning four races in Super G and three in downhill, securing the trophies in both of these events. American Julia Mancuso, 2006 Olympic gold medalist, had a very strong season, scoring the first four World Cup wins of her career. Nicole Hosp of Austria had a solid season with several podium positions, but few victories. Lindsey Kildow of the US celebrated three victories before she had to drop out after the World Championships due to a knee injury. Entering the World Cup Finals, four women — Hosp, Götschl, Mancuso, and Schild — were within a 102-point range, and each of them had a realistic chance of winning the overall World Cup title.

At the World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, both the men's and women's overall titles came down to the technical events.

On the men's side, the race came down to Raich and Svindal. Going into the technical events, Raich looked unbeatable but a DNF for him in GS meant that Svindal would have an opportunity to clinch the title on the final day in slalom, his weakest event. Svindal needed only to finish in the top fifteen and score points in order to win the title, and he achieved it in hair-raising fashion — by finishing 15th.

Marlies Schild seemed a sure bet for the women's overall title after uncharacteristically strong performances in the speed events. But she skied disastrously in the slalom, the event that she had dominated all season long, and failed to score any points. That meant she needed both a strong performance in the GS and a weak one from her lone remaining rival, Nicole Hosp. But Hosp won the race while Schild managed just sixth place, ensuring the Cup title (and the GS globe) for Hosp.

Calendar

Key

DH	downhill
SG	Super G
GS	giant slalom
SL	slalom
K	traditional combined
SC	super combined
T	nations team event

Men

Date	Place	Disc.	Winner	Second	Third
29 October 2006	Sölden, Austria	GS	cancelled	cancelled	cancelled
12 November 2006	Levi, Finland	SL	Benjamin Raich	Markus Larsson	Giorgio Rocca
25 November 2006	Lake Louise, Canada	DH	Marco Büchel	Manuel Osborne-Paradis	Peter Fill
26 November 2006	Lake Louise, Canada	SG	John Kucera	Mario Scheiber	Patrik Järbyn
30 November 2006	Beaver Creek, United States	SC	Aksel Lund Svindal	Marc Berthod	Rainer Schönfelder
1 December 2006	Beaver Creek, United States	DH	Bode Miller	Didier Cuche	Steven Nyman
2 December 2006	Beaver Creek, United States	GS	Massimiliano Blardone	Aksel Lund Svindal	Ted Ligety
3 December 2006	Beaver Creek, United States	SL	André Myhrer	Michael Janyk	Felix Neureuther
10 December 2006	Val d'Isère, France Reiteralm, Austria	SC	Ivica Kostelić	Romed Baumann	Pierrick Bourgeat
15 December 2006	Val Gardena, Italy	SG	Bode Miller	Christoph Gruber	John Kucera
16 December 2006	Val Gardena, Italy	DH	Steven Nyman	Didier Cuche	Fritz Strobl
17 December 2006	Alta Badia, Italy	GS	Kalle Palander	Bode Miller	Didier Défago
18 December 2006	Alta Badia, Italy	SL	Markus Larsson	Ted Ligety	Ivica Kostelić
20 December 2006	Hinterstoder, Austria	SG	Bode Miller	Peter Fill	Hermann Maier
21 December 2006	Hinterstoder, Austria	GS	Aksel Lund Svindal	François Bourque	Kalle Palander
9 December 2006 28 December 2006	Val d'Isère, France Bormio, Italy	DH	Michael Walchhofer	Didier Cuche	Mario Scheiber
29 December 2006	Bormio, Italy	DH	Michael Walchhofer	Peter Fill	Mario Scheiber
6 January 2007	Adelboden, Switzerland	GS	Benjamin Raich	Massimiliano Blardone	Aksel Lund Svindal
7 January 2007	Adelboden, Switzerland	SL	Marc Berthod	Benjamin Raich	Mario Matt
13 January 2007	Wengen, Switzerland	DH	Bode Miller	Didier Cuche	Peter Fill
12 January 2007 14 January 2007	Wengen, Switzerland	SC	Mario Matt	Marc Berthod	Silvan Zurbriggen
20 January 2007	Chamonix, France Val d'Isère, France	DH	Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin	Erik Guay	Manuel Osborne-Paradis
26 January 2007	Kitzbühel, Austria	SG	cancelled	cancelled	cancelled
14 January 2007 27 January 2007	Wengen, Switzerland Kitzbühel, Austria	SL	Jens Byggmark	Mario Matt	Alois Vogl
28 January 2007	Kitzbühel, Austria	SL	Jens Byggmark	Mario Matt	Manfred Mölgg
29 January 2007	Kitzbühel, Austria	K	cancelled	cancelled	cancelled
30 January 2007	Schladming, Austria	SL	Benjamin Raich	Jens Byggmark	Mario Matt
27 January 2007 23 February 2007	Kitzbühel, Austria Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	DH	Andrej Jerman	Hans Grugger	Erik Guay
24 February 2007	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	DH	Erik Guay	Andrej Jerman	Didier Cuche
25 February 2007	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	SL	Mario Matt	Felix Neureuther	Benjamin Raich
3 March 2007	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	GS	Benjamin Raich	François Bourque	Massimiliano Blardone
4 March 2007	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	SL	Mario Matt	Benjamin Raich	Manfred Mölgg
21 January 2007 9 March 2007	Chamonix, France Val d'Isère, France Kvitfjell, Norway	SC	Benjamin Raich	Silvan Zurbriggen	Aksel Lund Svindal
9 March 2007 10 March 2007	Kvitfjell, Norway	DH	Didier Cuche	Erik Guay	Marco Büchel
10 March 2007 11 March 2007	Kvitfjell, Norway	SG	Hans Grugger	Mario Scheiber	Didier Cuche
14 March 2007	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	DH	Aksel Lund Svindal	Daniel Albrecht	Christoph Gruber
15 March 2007	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	SG	Aksel Lund Svindal	Benjamin Raich	Erik Guay
17 March 2007	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	GS	Aksel Lund Svindal	Massimiliano Blardone	Bode Miller
18 March 2007	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	SL	Benjamin Raich	Mario Matt	Manfred Mölgg

Ladies

Date	Place	Disc.	Winner	Second	Third
28 October 2006	Sölden, Austria	GS	cancelled	cancelled	cancelled
11 November 2006	Levi, Finland	SL	Marlies Schild	Nicole Hosp	Kathrin Zettel
25 November 2006	Aspen, United States	GS	Kathrin Zettel	Tanja Poutiainen	Michaela Kirchgasser
26 November 2006	Aspen, United States	SL	Marlies Schild	Nicole Hosp	Therese Borssén
1 December 2006	Lake Louise, Canada	DH	Maria Riesch	Lindsey Kildow	Nadia Fanchini
2 December 2006	Lake Louise, Canada	DH	Lindsey Kildow	Renate Götschl	Anja Pärson
3 December 2006	Lake Louise, Canada	SG	Renate Götschl	Lindsey Kildow	Kelly VanderBeek
10 December 2006 15 December 2006	St. Moritz, Switzerland Reiteralm, Austria	SC	Marlies Schild	Michaela Kirchgasser	Kathrin Zettel
17 December 2006 16 December 2006	Val d'Isère, France Reiteralm, Austria	SG	Renate Götschl	Nicole Hosp	Martina Schild
16 December 2006 19 December 2006	Val d'Isère, France	DH	Julia Mancuso	Renate Götschl	Lindsey Kildow
9 December 2006 20 December 2006	St. Moritz, Switzerland Val d'Isère, France	DH	Lindsey Kildow	Julia Mancuso	Anja Pärson
20 December 2006 21 December 2006	Megève, France Val d'Isère, France	SL	Marlies Schild	Annemarie Gerg	Therese Borssén
28 December 2006	Semmering, Austria	GS	Kathrin Zettel	Nicole Hosp	Marlies Schild
29 December 2006	Semmering, Austria	SL	Therese Borssén	Kathrin Zettel	Marlies Schild
4 January 2007	Zagreb, Croatia	SL	Marlies Schild	Ana Jelušić	Šárka Záhrobská
6 January 2007	Maribor, Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	GS	Nicole Hosp	Nicole Gius	Tanja Poutiainen
7 January 2007	Maribor, Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	SL	Marlies Schild	Šárka Záhrobská	Veronika Zuzulová
12 January 2007 13 January 2007	Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria	DH	Renate Götschl	Dominique Gisin	Julia Mancuso
13 January 2007 14 January 2007	Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria	SC	Julia Mancuso	Lindsey Kildow	Marlies Schild
19 January 2007	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	SG	Julia Mancuso	Nicole Hosp	Renate Götschl
20 January 2007	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	DH	Renate Götschl	Julia Mancuso	Marie Marchand-Arvier
21 January 2007	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	GS	Karen Putzer	Julia Mancuso	Denise Karbon
14 January 2007 26 January 2007	Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria San Sicario, Italy	SG	Renate Götschl	Lindsey Kildow	Christine Sponring
27 January 2007	San Sicario, Italy	DH	Renate Götschl	Elisabeth Görgl	Maria Holaus
28 January 2007	San Sicario, Italy	SG	Lindsey Kildow	Renate Götschl	Christine Sponring
24 February 2007	Sierra Nevada, Spain	GS	Michaela Kirchgasser	Nicole Hosp	Tanja Poutiainen
25 February 2007	Sierra Nevada, Spain	SL	Marlies Schild	Tanja Poutiainen	Veronika Zuzulová
2 March 2007	Tarvisio, Italy	SC	Nicole Hosp	Julia Mancuso	Marlies Schild
3 March 2007	Tarvisio, Italy	DH	Julia Mancuso	Renate Götschl	Emily Brydon
4 March 2007	Tarvisio, Italy	SG	Renate Götschl	Nicole Hosp	Julia Mancuso
10 March 2007	Zwiesel, Germany	GS	Tanja Poutiainen	Nicole Hosp	Michaela Kirchgasser
11 March 2007	Zwiesel, Germany	SL	Marlies Schild	Anna Ottosson Šárka Záhrobská	none
14 March 2007	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	DH	Renate Götschl	Marlies Schild	Marie Marchand-Arvier
15 March 2007	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	SG	Anja Pärson	Andrea Fischbacher	Marlies Schild
17 March 2007	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	SL	Nicole Hosp	Anja Pärson	Veronika Zuzulová
18 March 2007	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	GS	Nicole Hosp	Kathrin Hölzl	Michaela Kirchgasser

Team Event

Date	Place	Disc.	Winner	Second	Third
16 March 2007	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	T	Austria	Italy	France

Men's final standings

Overall see complete table Pos. Points 1. Aksel Lund Svindal 1268 2. Benjamin Raich 1255 3. Didier Cuche 1098 4. Bode Miller 882 5. Mario Matt 744

Downhill see complete table Pos. Points 1. Didier Cuche 652 2. Marco Büchel 471 3. Erik Guay 393 4. Peter Fill 382 5. Michael Walchhofer 370

Slalom see complete table Pos. Points 1. Benjamin Raich 605 2. Mario Matt 600 3. Jens Byggmark 490 4. Markus Larsson 340 5. Manfred Mölgg 334

Giant slalom see complete table Pos. Points 1. Aksel Lund Svindal 416 2. Massimiliano Blardone 380 3. Benjamin Raich 319 4. Kalle Palander 299 5. François Bourque 249

Super G see complete table Pos. Points 1. Bode Miller 304 2. Didier Cuche 208 3. John Kucera 194 4. Mario Scheiber 190 5. Aksel Lund Svindal 181

Combined see complete table Pos. Points 1. Aksel Lund Svindal 232 2. Marc Berthod 202 3. Ivica Kostelić 200 4. Silvan Zurbriggen 169 5. Benjamin Raich 166

Ladies' final standings

Overall Pos. Points 1. Nicole Hosp 1572 2. Marlies Schild 1482 3. Tina Maze 1115 4. Renate Goetschl 1100 5. Anja Pärson 885

Downhill Pos. Nation Points 1. Renate Götschl 605 2. Julia Mancuso 536 3. Lindsey Kildow 390 4. Anja Pärson 293 5. Maria Holaus 264

Slalom Pos. Points 1. Marlies Schild 760 2. Nicole Hosp 418 3. Šárka Záhrobská 405 4. Tina Maze 389 5. Maria Riesch 344

Giant slalom Pos. Points 1. Nicole Hosp 490 2. Tina Maze 470 3. Michaela Kirchgasser 357 4. Tanja Poutiainen 275 5. Kathrin Hölzl 228

Super G Pos. Points 1. Renate Götschl 495 2. Nicole Hosp 352 3. Lindsey Kildow 310 4. Maria Holaus 273 5. Julia Mancuso 207

Combined Pos. Points 1. Marlies Schild 220 2. Tina Maze 210 3. Nicole Hosp 190 4. Michaela Kirchgasser 152 5. Resi Stiegler 119

Nations Cup final standings

Overall Pos. Points 1. Austria 14735 2. Switzerland 5861 3. United States 5297 4. Italy 5136 5. Sweden 4177

Ladies Pos. Points 1. Austria 8125 2. United States 3143 3. Sweden 2340 4. Italy 2056 5. Switzerland 1879

Men Pos. Points 1. Austria 6610 2. Switzerland 3982 3. Italy 3080 4. Canada 2258 5. United States 2154

See also

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007

External links

• FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings - 2007