2006–07 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2006/07
Discipline	Men	Women
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
Super combined	Aksel Lund Svindal	Marlies Schild
Nations Cup	Austria	Austria
Nations Cup Overall	Austria
Competition
Locations	17	15
Individual	36	35
Mixed	1	1
Cancelled	2	1
Rescheduled	9	10
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2007 World Cup Champions

Aksel Lund Svindal

Nicole Hosp

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.

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.

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, KB – Classic Combined, SC – Super combined^[1]

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third
		29 October 2006	Sölden	GS cnx	canceled
1262	1	12 November 2006	Levi	SL 361	Benjamin Raich	Markus Larsson	Giorgio Rocca
1263	2	25 November 2006	Lake Louise	DH 368	Marco Büchel	Manuel Osborne-Paradis	Peter Fill
1264	3	26 November 2006		SG 130	John Kucera	Mario Scheiber	Patrik Järbyn
1265	4	30 November 2006	Beaver Creek	SC 092	Aksel Lund Svindal	Marc Berthod	Rainer Schönfelder
1266	5	1 December 2006		DH 369	Bode Miller	Didier Cuche	Steven Nyman
1267	6	2 December 2006		GS 312	Massimiliano Blardone	Aksel Lund Svindal	Ted Ligety
1268	7	3 December 2006		SL 362	André Myhrer	Michael Janyk	Felix Neureuther
		9 December 2006	Val d'Isère	DH cnx	replaced in Bormio on 28 December 2006
		10 December 2006		SC cnx	replaced in Reiteralm on 10 December 2006
1269	8	[nb 1]10 December 2006	Reiteralm	SC 093	Ivica Kostelić	Romed Baumann	Pierrick Bourgeat
1270	9	15 December 2006	Val Gardena	SG 131	Bode Miller	Christoph Gruber	John Kucera
1271	10	16 December 2006		DH 370	Steven Nyman	Didier Cuche	Fritz Strobl
1272	11	17 December 2006	Alta Badia	GS 313	Kalle Palander	Bode Miller	Didier Défago
1273	12	18 December 2006		SL 363	Markus Larsson	Ted Ligety	Ivica Kostelić
1274	13	20 December 2006	Hinterstoder	SG 132	Bode Miller	Peter Fill	Hermann Maier
1275	14	21 December 2006		GS 314	Aksel Lund Svindal	François Bourque	Kalle Palander
1276	15	[nb 2]28 December 2006	Bormio	DH 371	Michael Walchhofer	Didier Cuche	Mario Scheiber
1277	16	29 December 2006		DH 372	Michael Walchhofer	Peter Fill	Mario Scheiber
1278	17	6 January 2007	Adelboden	GS 315	Benjamin Raich	Massimiliano Blardone	Aksel Lund Svindal
1279	18	7 January 2007		SL 364	Marc Berthod	Benjamin Raich	Mario Matt
		12 January 2007	Wengen	SC cnx	replaced in Wengen on 14 January 2007
1280	19	13 January 2007		DH 373	Bode Miller	Didier Cuche	Peter Fill
1281	20	[nb 3]14 January 2007		SC 094	Mario Matt	Marc Berthod	Silvan Zurbriggen
		14 January 2007		SL cnx	replaced in Kitzbühel on 27 January 2007
		20 January 2007	Chamonix	DH cnx	replaced in Val d'Isère on 20 January 2007
1282	21	[nb 4]20 January 2007	Val d'Isère	DH 374	Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin	Erik Guay	Manuel Osborne-Paradis
		21 January 2007	Chamonix	SC cnx	replaced in Val d'Isère on 21 January 2007
		21 January 2007	Val d'Isère	SC cnx	replaced in Kvitfjell on 9 March 2007
		26 January 2007	Kitzbühel	SG cnx	canceled
		27 January 2007		DH cnx	replaced in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 23 February 2007
1283	22	[nb 5]27 January 2007		SL 365	Jens Byggmark	Mario Matt	Alois Vogl
1284	23	28 January 2007		SL 366	Jens Byggmark	Mario Matt	Manfred Mölgg
		29 January 2007		KB cnx	canceled
1285	24	30 January 2007	Schladming	SL 367	Benjamin Raich	Jens Byggmark	Mario Matt
2007 World Championships (2–18 February)
1286	25	[nb 6]23 February 2007	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	DH 375	Andrej Jerman	Hans Grugger	Erik Guay
1287	26	24 February 2007		DH 376	Erik Guay	Andrej Jerman	Didier Cuche
1288	27	25 February 2007		SL 368	Mario Matt	Felix Neureuther	Benjamin Raich
1289	28	3 March 2007	Kranjska Gora	GS 316	Benjamin Raich	François Bourque	Massimiliano Blardone
1290	29	4 March 2007		SL 369	Mario Matt	Benjamin Raich	Manfred Mölgg
1291	30	[nb 7]9 March 2007	Kvitfjell	SC 095	Benjamin Raich	Silvan Zurbriggen	Aksel Lund Svindal
		9 March 2007		DH cnx	replaced in Kvitfjell on 10 March 2007
1292	31	[nb 8]10 March 2007		DH 377	Didier Cuche	Erik Guay	Marco Büchel
		10 March 2007		SG cnx	replaced in Kvitfjell on 11 March 2007
1293	32	[nb 9]11 March 2007		SG 133	Hans Grugger	Mario Scheiber	Didier Cuche
1294	33	14 March 2007	Lenzerheide	DH 378	Aksel Lund Svindal	Daniel Albrecht	Christoph Gruber
1295	34	15 March 2007		SG 134	Aksel Lund Svindal	Benjamin Raich	Erik Guay
1296	35	17 March 2007		GS 317	Aksel Lund Svindal	Massimiliano Blardone	Bode Miller
1297	36	18 March 2007		SL 370	Benjamin Raich	Mario Matt	Manfred Mölgg

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, SC – Super combined^[2]

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third
		28 October 2006	Sölden	GS cnx	cancelled
1182	1	11 November 2006	Levi	SL 347	Marlies Schild	Nicole Hosp	Kathrin Zettel
1183	2	25 November 2006	Aspen	GS 311	Kathrin Zettel	Tanja Poutiainen	Michaela Kirchgasser
1184	3	26 November 2006		SL 348	Marlies Schild	Nicole Hosp	Therese Borssén
1185	4	1 December 2006	Lake Louise	DH 304	Maria Riesch	Lindsey Kildow	Nadia Fanchini
1186	5	2 December 2006		DH 305	Lindsey Kildow	Renate Götschl	Anja Pärson
1187	6	3 December 2006		SG 144	Renate Götschl	Lindsey Kildow	Kelly VanderBeek
		9 December 2006	St. Moritz	DH cnx	replaced in Val d'Isère on 20 December 2006
		10 December 2006		SC cnx	replaced in Reiteralm on 15 December 2006
1188	7	[nb 10]15 December 2006	Reiteralm	SC 076	Marlies Schild	Michaela Kirchgasser	Kathrin Zettel
1189	8	[nb 11]16 December 2006		SG 145	Renate Götschl	Nicole Hosp	Martina Schild
		16 December 2006	Val d'Isère	DH cnx	replaced in Val d'Isère on 19 December 2006
		17 December 2006		SG cnx	replaced in Reiteralm on 16 December 2006
1190	9	[nb 12]19 December 2006		DH 306	Julia Mancuso	Renate Götschl	Lindsey Kildow
		19 December 2006	Megève	SL cnx	replaced in Val d'Isère on 21 December 2006
1191	10	[nb 13]20 December 2006	Val d'Isère	DH 307	Lindsey Kildow	Julia Mancuso	Anja Pärson
1192	11	[nb 14]21 December 2006		SL 349	Marlies Schild	Annemarie Gerg	Therese Borssén
1193	12	28 December 2006	Semmering	GS 312	Kathrin Zettel	Nicole Hosp	Marlies Schild
1194	13	29 December 2006		SL 350	Therese Borssén	Kathrin Zettel	Marlies Schild
1195	14	4 January 2007	Zagreb	SL 351	Marlies Schild	Ana Jelušić	Šárka Záhrobská
		6 January 2006	Maribor	GS cnx	replaced in Kranjska Gora on 6 January 2007
		7 January 2006		SL cnx	replaced in Kranjska Gora on 7 January 2007
1196	15	[nb 15]6 January 2007	Kranjska Gora	GS 313	Nicole Hosp	Nicole Gius	Tanja Poutiainen
1197	16	[nb 16]7 January 2007		SL 352	Marlies Schild	Šárka Záhrobská	Veronika Zuzulová
		12 January 2007	Altenmarkt-Zauchensee	DH cnx	replaced in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee on 13 January 2007
		13 January 2007		SC cnx	replaced in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee on 14 January 2007
1198	17	[nb 17]13 January 2007		DH 308	Renate Götschl	Dominique Gisin	Julia Mancuso
1199	18	[nb 18]14 January 2007		SC 077	Julia Mancuso	Lindsey Kildow	Marlies Schild
		14 January 2007		SG cnx	replaced in San Sicario on 26 January 2007
1200	19	19 January 2007	Cortina d'Ampezzo	SG 146	Julia Mancuso	Nicole Hosp	Renate Götschl
1201	20	20 January 2007		DH 309	Renate Götschl	Julia Mancuso	Marie Marchand-Arvier
1202	21	21 January 2007		GS 314	Karen Putzer	Julia Mancuso	Denise Karbon
1203	22	[nb 19]26 January 2007	San Sicario	SG 147	Renate Götschl	Lindsey Kildow	Christine Sponring
1204	23	27 January 2007		DH 310	Renate Götschl	Elisabeth Görgl	Maria Holaus
1205	24	28 January 2007		SG 146	Lindsey Kildow	Renate Götschl	Christine Sponring
2007 World Championships (2–18 February)
1206	25	24 February 2007	Sierra Nevada	GS 315	Michaela Kirchgasser	Nicole Hosp	Tanja Poutiainen
1207	26	25 February 2007		SL 353	Marlies Schild	Tanja Poutiainen	Veronika Zuzulová
1208	27	2 March 2007	Tarvisio	SC 078	Nicole Hosp	Julia Mancuso	Marlies Schild
1209	28	3 March 2007		DH 311	Julia Mancuso	Renate Götschl	Emily Brydon
1210	29	4 March 2007		SG 149	Renate Götschl	Nicole Hosp	Julia Mancuso
1211	30	10 March 2007	Zwiesel	GS 316	Tanja Poutiainen	Nicole Hosp	Michaela Kirchgasser
1212	31	11 March 2007		SL 354	Marlies Schild	Anna Ottosson Šárka Záhrobská
1213	32	14 March 2007	Lenzerheide	DH 312	Renate Götschl	Marlies Schild	Marie Marchand-Arvier
1214	33	15 March 2007		SG 150	Anja Pärson	Andrea Fischbacher	Marlies Schild
1215	34	17 March 2007		SL 355	Nicole Hosp	Anja Pärson	Veronika Zuzulová
1216	35	18 March 2007		GS 317	Nicole Hosp	Kathrin Hölzl	Michaela Kirchgasser

Event key: SC – Super combined (super-G + slalom)

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third
2	2	16 March 2007	Lenzerheide	SC 002	Austria Andrea Fischbacher Michaela Kirchgasser Christoph Gruber Reinfried Herbst Manfred Pranger Mario Scheiber	Italy Chiara Costazza Daniela Merighetti Massimiliano Blardone Christian Deville Peter Fill Manfred Mölgg	France Florine de Leymarie Ingrid Jacquemod Marie Marchand-Arvier Yannick Bertrand Jean-Baptiste Grange Julien Lizeroux

Overall [edit] see complete table Rank after all 36 races Points 1 Aksel Lund Svindal 1268 2 Benjamin Raich 1255 3 Didier Cuche 1098 4 Bode Miller 882 5 Mario Matt 744

Downhill [edit] see complete table Rank after all 11 races Points 1 Didier Cuche 652 2 Marco Büchel 471 3 Erik Guay 393 4 Peter Fill 382 5 Michael Walchhofer 370

Slalom [edit] see complete table Rank after all 10 races Points 1 Benjamin Raich 605 2 Mario Matt 600 3 Jens Byggmark 490 4 Markus Larsson 340 5 Manfred Mölgg 334

Giant slalom [edit] see complete table Rank after all 6 races Points 1 Aksel Lund Svindal 416 2 Massimiliano Blardone 380 3 Benjamin Raich 319 4 Kalle Palander 299 5 François Bourque 249

Super G [edit] see complete table Rank after all 5 races Points 1 Bode Miller 304 2 Didier Cuche 208 3 John Kucera 194 4 Mario Scheiber 190 5 Aksel Lund Svindal 181

Super combined [edit] see complete table Rank after all 4 races Points 1 Aksel Lund Svindal 232 2 Marc Berthod 202 3 Ivica Kostelić 200 4 Silvan Zurbriggen 169 5 Benjamin Raich 166

Overall [edit] Rank after all 35 races Points 1 Nicole Hosp 1572 2 Marlies Schild 1482 3 Julia Mancuso 1356 4 Renate Goetschl 1300 5 Anja Pärson 885

Downhill [edit] Rank after all 9 races Points 1 Renate Götschl 705 2 Julia Mancuso 536 3 Lindsey Kildow 390 4 Anja Pärson 293 5 Ingrid Jacquemod 264

Slalom [edit] Rank after all 9 races Points 1 Marlies Schild 760 2 Nicole Hosp 418 3 Šárka Záhrobská 405 4 Therese Borssén 389 5 Veronika Zuzulová 344

Giant slalom [edit] Rank after all 7 races Points 1 Nicole Hosp 490 2 Tanja Poutiainen 419 3 Michaela Kirchgasser 357 4 Julia Mancuso 275 5 Kathrin Hölzl 228

Super G [edit] Rank after all 7 races Points 1 Renate Götschl 540 2 Nicole Hosp 352 3 Lindsey Kildow 310 4 Julia Mancuso 273 5 Alexandra Meissnitzer 207

Super combined [edit] Rank after all 3 races Points 1 Marlies Schild 220 2 Julia Mancuso 195 3 Nicole Hosp 190 4 Michaela Kirchgasser 152 5 Resi Stiegler 119

Overall [edit] Rank after all 71 races Points 1 Austria 14735 2 Switzerland 5861 3 United States 5297 4 Italy 5136 5 Sweden 4177

Ladies [edit] Rank after all 35 races Points 1 Austria 8125 2 United States 3143 3 Sweden 2340 4 Italy 2056 5 Switzerland 1879

Men [edit] Rank after all 36 races Points 1 Austria 6610 2 Switzerland 3982 3 Italy 3080 4 Canada 2258 5 United States 2154

• FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007

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