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Men's giant slalom World Cup 2005/2006
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Men's giant slalom World Cup 2005/2006
| Round | Race No | Place | Country | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sölden |  Austria | October 23, 2005 | Hermann Maier |  Bode Miller | Rainer Schönfelder |
| 2 | 6 | Beaver Creek |  United States | December 3, 2005 | Bode Miller | Daron Rahlves |  Kalle Palander |
| 3 | 13 | Alta Badia |  Italy | December 18, 2005 | Massimiliano Blardone | Davide Simoncelli |  François Bourque |
| 4 | 14 | Kranjska Gora |  Slovenia | December 21, 2005 | Benjamin Raich | Massimiliano Blardone | Thomas Grandi |
| 5 | 17 | Adelboden |  Switzerland | January 7, 2006 | Benjamin Raich |  Fredrik Nyberg | Stephan Görgl Kalle Palander |
| 6 | 31 | Yongpyong |  South Korea | March 4, 2006 | Davide Simoncelli | Massimiliano Blardone |  Aksel Lund Svindal |
| 7 | 32 | Yongpyong | South Korea | March 5, 2006 | Ted Ligety | Fredrik Nyberg Kalle Palander | |
| 8 | 37 | Åre | Sweden | March 17, 2006 | Benjamin Raich | Massimiliano Blardone | Fredrik Nyberg |
In men's giant slalom World Cup 2005/06 all results count.
Note:
In the last race only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.
bold = highest score italics = race wins
| Place | Country | Total Points | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 17  | 31 | 32 | 37 | Racers | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 1416 | 300 | 100 | 178 | 162 | 244 | 122 | 129 | 181 | 11 | 4 |
| 2 | Italy | 1083 | 83 | 64 | 192 | 206 | 98 | 212 | 90 | 138 | 9 | 2 |
| 3 | United States | 808 | 112 | 252 | 62 | 87 | 67 | 32 | 120 | 76 | 7 | 2 |
| 4 | Canada | 516 | 74 | 54 | 94 | 66 | 51 | 40 | 65 | 72 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | Sweden | 432 | 40 | 47 | 25 | 50 | 80 | 50 | 80 | 60 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 |  France | 413 | 20 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 81 | 78 | 66 | 56 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Finland | 311 | 22 | 60 | 45 | 13 | 60 | 31 | 80 | - | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 242 | 38 | 44 | 44 | 20 | 20 | 41 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | Norway | 218 | 33 | 48 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 60 | 40 | - | 4 | 0 |
| 10 |  Liechtenstein | 111 | - | 9 | - | 32 | 16 | 22 | 32 | - | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Slovenia | 56 | 5 | 11 | - | - | 12 | 13 | 15 | - | 3 | 0 |
| 12 |  Germany | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 6 | - | 1 | 0 |
| Alpine skiing World Cup | |
| Men | |
Overall | Downhill | Super-G | Giant slalom | Slalom | Combined | |
| 2006 |
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