2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 40th World Cup season began in October 2005 and concluded at the World Cup finals in Åre, Sweden, in March 2006. The schedule included a nearly month-long break in February for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.

Benjamin Raich of Austria won his first overall title after finishing third in 2004 and second in 2005. He added his second consecutive giant slalom discipline globe, and Michael Walchhofer also repeated as downhill champion. Aksel Lund Svindal and Giorgio Rocca were each first-time winners in super G and slalom respectively. Svindal edged Hermann Maier by only 2 points, denying the "Herminator" a sixth super G crown.

On the women's side, Janica Kostelić of Croatia won her third overall and slalom World Cup titles. She won 9 races to become only the third skier ever to win races in all 5 disciplines in a single season (joining Marc Girardelli and Petra Kronberger). Kostelić amassed 1970 World Cup points, a new women's record and second only to Hermann Maier's 2000 points in 2000. Although Anja Pärson failed to win her third straight overall crown, she won 8 races while capturing her third giant slalom globe, and her 1662 points would have been enough to win the overall in any of the previous 6 seasons. In her final season on the World Cup tour, Michaela Dorfmeister secured her second downhill and super G titles.

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
October 23, 2005	Sölden, Austria	GS	Hermann Maier
November 26, 2005	Lake Louise, Canada	DH	Fritz Strobl
November 27, 2005		SG	Aksel Lund Svindal
December 1, 2005	Beaver Creek, USA	SG	Hannes Reichelt
December 2, 2005		DH	Daron Rahlves
December 3, 2005		GS	Bode Miller
December 4, 2005		SL	Giorgio Rocca
December 10, 2005	Val-d'Isère, France	DH	Michael Walchhofer
December 11, 2005		SC	Michael Walchhofer
December 12, 2005	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	SL	Giorgio Rocca
December 16, 2005	Gröden-Val Gardena, Italy	SG	Hans Grugger
December 17, 2005		DH	Marco Büchel
December 18, 2005	Alta Badia, Italy	GS	Massimiliano Blardone
December 21, 2005	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	GS	Benjamin Raich
December 22, 2005		SL	Giorgio Rocca
December 29, 2005	Bormio, Italy	DH	Daron Rahlves
January 7, 2006	Adelboden, Switzerland	GS	Benjamin Raich
January 8, 2006		SL	Giorgio Rocca
January 13, 2006	Wengen, Switzerland	SC	Benjamin Raich
January 14, 2006		DH	Daron Rahlves
January 15, 2006		SL	Giorgio Rocca
January 20, 2006	Kitzbühel, Austria	SG	Hermann Maier
January 21, 2006		DH	Michael Walchhofer
January 22, 2006		SL	Jean-Pierre Vidal
January 22, 2006		K	Benjamin Raich
January 24, 2006	Schladming, Austria	SL	Kalle Palander
January 28, 2006	Garmisch, Germany	DH	Hermann Maier
January 29, 2006		SG	Christoph Gruber
February 3, 2006	Chamonix, France	SC	Benjamin Raich
February 4, 2006		DH	canceled
February 12–25	Torino, Italy	2006 Winter Olympics
March 4, 2006	Yongpyong, South Korea	GS	Davide Simoncelli
March 5, 2006		GS	Ted Ligety
March 10, 2006	Shiga Kogen, Japan	SL	Benjamin Raich
March 11, 2006		SL	Kalle Palander Reinfried Herbst
March 15, 2006	Åre, Sweden	DH	Aksel Lund Svindal
March 16, 2006		SG	Bode Miller
March 17, 2006		GS	Benjamin Raich
March 18, 2006		SL	Markus Larsson

Women

Date	Place	Disc.	Winner
October 22, 2005	Sölden, Austria	GS	Tina Maze
December 2, 2005	Lake Louise, Canada	DH	Elena Fanchini
December 3, 2005		DH	Lindsey Kildow
December 4, 2005		SG	Alexandra Meissnitzer
December 9, 2005	Aspen, USA	SG	Nadia Styger
December 10, 2005		GS	María J. Rienda
December 11, 2005		SL	Anja Pärson
December 17, 2005	Val-d'Isère, France	DH	Lindsey Kildow
December 18, 2005		SG	Michaela Dorfmeister
December 21, 2005	Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Rep.	GS	Janica Kostelić
December 22, 2005		SL	Anja Pärson
December 28, 2005	Lienz, Austria	GS	Anja Pärson
December 28, 2005		SL	Marlies Schild
January 5, 2006	Zagreb, Croatia	SL	Marlies Schild
January 7, 2006	Maribor, Slovenia	GS	canceled
January 8, 2006		SL	Marlies Schild
January 13, 2006	Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria	DH	Anja Pärson
January 14, 2006		DH	Janica Kostelić
January 15, 2006		SG	Janica Kostelić
January 20, 2006	St. Moritz, Switzerland	SG	Michaela Dorfmeister
January 20, 2006		DH	Michaela Dorfmeister
January 22, 2006		SC	Janica Kostelić
January 27, 2006	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	SG	Anja Pärson
January 28, 2006		DH	Renate Götschl
January 29, 2006		GS	Nicole Hosp
February 3, 2006	Ofterschwang, Germany	GS	María J. Rienda
February 4, 2006		GS	María J. Rienda Anja Pärson
February 5, 2006		SL	Janica Kostelić
Feb. 15-24	Torino, Italy	2006 Winter Olympics
March 3, 2006	Kvitfjell & Hafjell, Norway	SG	Michaela Dorfmeister Lindsey Kildow Nadia Styger
March 4, 2006		SC	Janica Kostelić
March 5, 2006		GS	María J. Rienda
March 10, 2006	Levi, Finland	SL	Janica Kostelić
March 11, 2006		SL	Anja Pärson
March 15, 2006	Åre, Sweden	DH	Anja Pärson
March 16, 2006		SG	Nicole Hosp
March 17, 2006,		SL	Janica Kostelić
March 18, 2006		GS	Janica Kostelić

Nations Team Event

Date	Place	Discipline	Winner
March 19, 2006	Åre, Sweden	Team	Austria

Men's Standings

Overall results

Place	Name	Country	Total points
1	Benjamin Raich	Austria	1410
2	Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	1006
3	Bode Miller	United States	928
4	Daron Rahlves	United States	903
5	Michael Walchhofer	Austria	855

Downhill

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In Men's Downhill World Cup 2005/06 all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	2	5	8	12	16	20	23	27	30	35
1	Michael Walchhofer	Austria	522	36	26	100	80	50	80	100	26	-	24
2	Fritz Strobl	Austria	491	100	50	80	45	80	60	-	26	-	50
3	Daron Rahlves	United States	444	-	100	18	12	100	100	60	18	-	36
4	Marco Büchel	Liechtenstein	400	60	22	24	100	45	29	80	40	-	-
5	Bode Miller	United States	340	9	80	36	32	29	24	50	-	-	80
6	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	322	80	32	40	40	-	45	-	45	-	40
7	Hermann Maier	Austria	305	50	12	29	18	20	50	8	100	-	18
8	Bruno Kernen	Switzerland	268	45	45	50	24	-	24	14	40	-	26
9	Didier Défago	Switzerland	246	26	5	8	29	32	32	40	29	-	45
10	Kristian Ghedina	Italy	235	4	13	26	50	40	24	36	22	-	20
11	Erik Guay	Canada	221	14	40	36	60	15	11	45	-	-	-
12	Klaus Kröll	Austria	216	32	-	45	9	26	12	12	80	-	-
13	Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	182	40	7	12	5	-	18	-	-	-	100

Super-G

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In Men's Super G World Cup 2005/06 all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	3	4	11	22	28	36
1	Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	284	100	50	45	18	11	60
2	Hermann Maier	Austria	282	10	32	40	100	50	50
3	Daron Rahlves	United States	269	60	45	24	40	20	80
4	Hannes Reichelt	Austria	250	32	100	-	60	29	29
5	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	223	45	36	50	-	60	32
6	Erik Guay	Canada	204	24	80	80	20	-	-
7	Ambrosi Hoffmann	Switzerland	165	50	14	60	32	9	-
8	Peter Fill	Italy	162	11	16	9	80	10	36
9	Christoph Gruber	Austria	147	18	-	16	13	100	-
10	Bode Miller	United States	145	13	-	32	-	-	100
11	Stephan Görgl	Austria	144	6	15	12	50	16	45
12	Hans Grugger	Austria	133	15	18	100	-	-	-

Giant Slalom

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In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 2005/06 all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total points	1	6	13	14	17	31	32	37
1	Benjamin Raich	Austria	481	50	-	36	100	100	45	50	100
2	Massimiliano Blardone	Italy	442	40	20	100	80	24	80	18	80
3	Fredrik Nyberg	Sweden	414	36	36	22	50	80	50	80	60
4	Davide Simoncelli	Italy	314	6	29	80	22	32	100	45	-
5	Kalle Palander	Finland	306	22	60	45	13	60	26	80	-
6	Thomas Grandi	Canada	259	29	14	18	60	40	40	36	22
7	François Bourque	Canada	236	45	40	66	6	-	-	29	50
8	Hermann Maier	Austria	223	100	32	40	-	36	8	7	-
9	Bode Miller	United States	198	80	100	-	-	18	-	-	-
10	Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	195	24	45	8	12	6	60	40	-
11	Daron Rahlves	United States	190	-	80	50	-	-	-	20	40
12	Ted Ligety	United States	188	32	-	-	-	20	-	100	36

Slalom

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Place	Name	Country	Total Points	7	10	15	18	21	24	26	33	34	38
1	Giorgio Rocca	Italy	547	100	100	100	100	100	-	-	15	32	-
2	Kalle Palander	Finland	495	-	60	45	45	80	36	100	29	100	-
3	Benjamin Raich	Austria	410	-	80	-	60	-	60	60	100	50	-
4	Ted Ligety	United States	396	60	40	60	80	45	40	-	45	26	-
5	Thomas Grandi	Canada	360	-	50	80	-	-	32	18	60	60	60
6	Stéphane Tissot	France	336	80	-	8	-	22	50	45	36	15	80
7	Akira Sasaki	Japan	333	50	18	18	-	-	18	80	80	40	29
8	Reinfried Herbst	Austria	316	22	32	6	24	40	80	-	12	100	-
9	Markus Larsson	Sweden	291	-	26	14	40	24	29	-	13	45	100
10	Jean-Pierre Vidal	France	253	-	45	29	50	29	100	-	-	-	-

Combined

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Place	Name	Country	Total Points	9	20	26	30
1	Benjamin Raich	Austria	345	45	100	100	100
2	Bode Miller	United States	200	60	-	80	60
	Michael Walchhofer	Austria	200	100	50	-	50
4	Rainer Schönfelder	Austria	182	80	22	-	80
5	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	162	50	80	-	32
6	Peter Fill	Italy	142	32	60	50	-
7	Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	140	36	29	60	15
8	Andrej Šporn	Slovenia	123	22	16	45	40
9	Didier Défago	Switzerland	95	-	45	-	50
	Silvan Zurbriggen	Switzerland	93	40	24	-	29

Women's Standings

Overall results

Place	Name	Country	Total points
1	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	1970
2	Anja Pärson	Sweden	1662
3	Michaela Dorfmeister	Austria	1364
4	Nicole Hosp	Austria	1112
5	Lindsey Kildow	United States	1067

Downhill

Place	Name	Country	Total points
1	Michaela Dorfmeister	Austria	498
2	Lindsey Kildow	United States	410
3	Renate Götschl	Austria	315
4	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	300
5	Fränzi Aufdenblatten	Switzerland	272

Super-G

Place	Name	Country	Total points
1	Michaela Dorfmeister	Austria	626
2	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Austria	437
3	Nadia Styger	Switzerland	360
4	Lindsey Kildow	United States	326
5	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	266

Giant Slalom

Place	Name	Country	Total points
1	Anja Pärson	Sweden	585
2	María José Rienda Contreras	Spain	537
3	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	464
4	Nicole Hosp	Austria	461
5	Geneviève Simard	Canada	343

Slalom

Place	Name	Country	Total points
1	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	740
2	Marlies Schild	Austria	550
3	Anja Pärson	Sweden	485
4	Kathrin Zettel	Austria	399
5	Tanja Poutiainen	Finland	320

Combined

Place	Name	Country	Total points
1	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	200
2	Anja Pärson	Sweden	160
3	Lindsey Kildow	United States	110
4	Marlies Schild	Austria	105
5	Nicole Hosp	Austria	90

Overall Nations Cup Standings

Place	Country	Total points
1	Austria	15449
2	United States	6541
3	Italy	4892
4	Sweden	4722
5	Switzerland	3951
6	Canada	3260
7	France	2744
8	Croatia	2503
9	Norway	2333
10	Germany	1657

See also: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

External links

• FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings - 2006