2021 men's parallel World Cup
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The men's parallel competition in the 2021 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved only 1 event, a parallel giant slalom, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Three additional parallel events, scheduled for Alta Badia, Davos, and Chamonix, were cancelled prior to the start of the season. [1]
The sole event was won by Alexis Pinturault, who thus won the season championship. This specific discipline includes both parallel giant slalom and parallel slalom races. At this time, individual parallel races were not included in the season finals, which were held in 2021 in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.
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 parallel giant slalom was held on 16 February 2021.
# | Skier | Total | |
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1 | Alexis Pinturault | 100 | 100 |
2 | Henrik Kristoffersen | 80 | 80 |
3 | Alexander Schmid | 60 | 60 |
4 | Adrian Pertl | 50 | 50 |
5 | Semyel Bissig | 45 | 45 |
6 | Gino Caviezel | 40 | 40 |
7 | Stefan Luitz | 36 | 36 |
8 | Christian Hirschbühl | 32 | 32 |
9 | Dominik Raschner | 29 | 29 |
10 | Filip Zubčić | 26 | 26 |
10 | Mathieu Faivre | 26 | 26 |
12 | Erik Read | 22 | 22 |
13 | Timon Haugan | 20 | 20 |
14 | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | 18 | 18 |
15 | Thibaut Favrot | 16 | 16 |
16 | Atle Lie McGrath | 15 | 15 |
17 | Štefan Hadalin | 14 | 14 |
18 | Lucas Braathen | 13 | 13 |
19 | Fabio Gstrein | 12 | 12 |
20 | Roland Leitinger | 11 | 11 |
21 | Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen | 10 | 10 |
22 | Julian Rauchfuß | 9 | 9 |
23 | Mattias Rönngren | 8 | 8 |
24 | Kristoffer Jakobsen | 7 | 7 |
25 | Žan Kranjec | 6 | 6 |
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