2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom

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2021 Men's Giant slalom World Cup
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The men's giant slalom in the 2021 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved ten events, as scheduled.

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Defending discipline champion Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway never seriously threatened to retain his title. Instead, the season-long race for the crystal globe turned into a two-man battle between 2020 runner-up Alexis Pinturault of France (who lost the previous year by six points after the last two giant slaloms of the year were canceled) and rising Swiss skier Marco Odermatt -- who were also battling each other for the overall championship. After Odermatt won the next-to-last race in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, while Pintaurault finished fourth, Odermatt passed Pinturault and took a 25-point lead in the discipline with just the finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland (where Odermatt would have a home advantage) remaining. [1]

However, Pinturault himself then came from behind, winning the finals in Lenzerheide to pass Odermatt for the season championship in this discipline (and also to clinch the overall championship). [2] This was Pinturault's first season title in giant slalom, becoming the first French champion in the discipline since 2002. [3]

The season was interrupted by the 2021 World Ski Championships, which were held from 8–21 February in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The men's giant slalom was held on 19 February 2021.

Standings

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18 Oct 2020
Sölden

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5 Dec 2020
Santa Caterina

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7 Dec 2020
Santa Caterina

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20 Dec 2020
Alta Badia

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8 Jan 2021
Adelboden

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9 Jan 2021
Adelboden

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27 Feb 2021
Bansko

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28 Feb 2021
Bansko

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14 Mar 2021
Kranjska Gora

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21 Mar 2021
Lenzerheide

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Total
FIS Crystal Globe.svg Flag of France.svg Alexis Pinturault 504545100100100506050100700
2  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Marco Odermatt 8060100506050458010024649
3 Flag of Croatia.svg Filip Zubčić 2210060268080100184080606
4  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Loïc Meillard 455050DNQ4060323680DNF1393
5 Flag of France.svg Mathieu Faivre 53211151416801004560378
6 Flag of Austria.svg Stefan Brennsteiner 14DNQDNQ32-560456050266
7 Flag of Slovenia.svg Žan Kranjec 36801229DNS2240922250
8 Flag of Norway.svg Henrik Kristoffersen 459221629414293632236
9 Flag of France.svg Thibaut Favrot 29DNF118DNF182936502240232
10  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Justin Murisier 2468604526203280229
11 Flag of Italy.svg Luca De Aliprandini 26840DNF1184013221645228
12  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Gino Caviezel 60DNF1220DNF13610222936215
13 Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Ford 940804526DNF1DNS200
14 Flag of Norway.svg Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen 3222361432DNF2761829196
15 Flag of Norway.svg Lucas Braathen 10022201336DNS191
16 Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Schmid 1624293610924DNF22416188
17 Flag of Norway.svg Aleksander Aamodt Kilde DNF12916405045DNS180
18 Flag of Austria.svg Marco Schwarz DNS1891018222626DNS20149
19 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Luitz 18DNF21422DNS18122626136
20 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Erik Read 122626121520DNF1DNQ15DNF2126
21 Flag of Norway.svg Atle Lie McGrath DNQ182480DNF1DNS120
22 Flag of Austria.svg Roland Leitinger DNF151492432DNF11520DNF1119
23 Flag of Austria.svg Manuel Feller DNSDNF2DNQDNF2DNF1244011320107
24 Flag of Slovakia.svg Adam Zampa 33632DNQDNQ8121050106
25 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Borsotti 2010DNQDNQ918916418104
References [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Updated at 20 March 2021 after all events. [14]

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