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.
| 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 | |
Summary
editThe 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.
Calendar
editMen
edit| 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
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| 1263 | 2 | 25 November 2006 |  Lake Louise |
DH 368 |  Marco Büchel |
Manuel Osborne-Paradis |
Peter Fill
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| 1264 | 3 | 26 November 2006 | SG 130 | John Kucera |
Mario Scheiber |
Patrik Järbyn
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| 1265 | 4 | 30 November 2006 | Beaver Creek |
SC 092 | Aksel Lund Svindal |
Marc Berthod |
Rainer Schönfelder
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| 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
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| 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
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| 1270 | 9 | 15 December 2006 | Val Gardena |
SG 131 | Bode Miller |
Christoph Gruber |
John Kucera
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| 1271 | 10 | 16 December 2006 | DH 370 | Steven Nyman |
Didier Cuche |
Fritz Strobl
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| 1272 | 11 | 17 December 2006 | Alta Badia |
GS 313 | Kalle Palander |
Bode Miller |
Didier Défago
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| 1273 | 12 | 18 December 2006 | SL 363 | Markus Larsson |
Ted Ligety |
Ivica Kostelić
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| 1274 | 13 | 20 December 2006 | Hinterstoder |
SG 132 | Bode Miller |
Peter Fill |
Hermann Maier
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| 1275 | 14 | 21 December 2006 | GS 314 | Aksel Lund Svindal |
François Bourque |
Kalle Palander
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| 1276 | 15 | [nb 2]28 December 2006 | Bormio |
DH 371 | Michael Walchhofer |
Didier Cuche |
Mario Scheiber
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| 1277 | 16 | 29 December 2006 | DH 372 | Michael Walchhofer |
Peter Fill |
Mario Scheiber
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| 1278 | 17 | 6 January 2007 | Adelboden |
GS 315 | Benjamin Raich |
Massimiliano Blardone |
Aksel Lund Svindal
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| 1279 | 18 | 7 January 2007 | SL 364 | Marc Berthod |
Benjamin Raich |
Mario Matt
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 29 January 2007 | KB cnx | canceled | |||||
| 1285 | 24 | 30 January 2007 | Schladming |
SL 367 | Benjamin Raich |
Jens Byggmark |
Mario Matt
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| 2007 World Championships (2–18 February) | |||||||
| 1286 | 25 | [nb 6]23 February 2007 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
DH 375 |  Andrej Jerman |
Hans Grugger |
Erik Guay
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
| |
Ladies
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Nations team event
edit| Race | Season | Date | Place | Type | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2 | 2 | 16 March 2007 | Lenzerheide | SC 002 | Austria
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Italy
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France
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Men's standings
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Overalledit
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Downhilledit
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Slalomedit
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Giant slalomedit
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Super Gedit
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Super combinededit
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Ladies' standings
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Overalledit
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Downhilledit
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Slalomedit
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Giant slalomedit
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Super Gedit
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Super combinededit
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Nations Cup
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Overalledit
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Ladiesedit
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Menedit
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See also
editFootnotes
edit- ^ Super combined from Val d'Isère was rescheduled to Reiteralm on 10 December 2006
- ^ Downhill from Val d'Isère was rescheduled to Bormio on 28 December 2006
- ^ Super combined from Wengen was rescheduled from 12 to 14 January 2007
- ^ Downhill from Chamonix was rescheduled to Val d'Isère on 20 January 2007
- ^ Slalom from Wengen was rescheduled to Kitzbühel on 27 January 2007
- ^ Downhill from Kitzbühel was rescheduled to Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 23 February 2007
- ^ Super combined from Chamonix first moved to Val d'Isère and canceled was rescheduled to Kvitfjell on 9 March 2007
- ^ Downhill from Kvitfjell was rescheduled from 9 to 10 March 2007
- ^ Super G from Kvitfjell was rescheduled from 10 to 11 March 2007
- ^ Super combined from St. Moritz was rescheduled to Reiteralm on 15 December 2006
- ^ Super giant slalom from Val d'Isère was rescheduled to Reiteralm on 16 December 2006
- ^ Downhill from Val d'Isère was rescheduled from 15 to 19 December 2006
- ^ Downhill from St. Moritz was rescheduled to Val d'Isère on 20 December 2006
- ^ Slalom from Megève was rescheduled to Val d'Isère on 21 December 2006
- ^ Giant slalom from Maribor was rescheduled to Kranjska Gora on 6 January 2007
- ^ Slalom from Maribor was rescheduled to Kranjska Gora on 7 January 2007
- ^ Downhill from Altenmarkt-Zauchensee was rescheduled from 12 to 13 January 2007
- ^ Super combined from Altenmarkt-Zauchensee was rescheduled from 13 to 14 January 2007
- ^ Downhill from Altenmarkt-Zauchensee was rescheduled to San Sicario on 26 January 2007
References
edit- ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 2007 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 2007 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
External links
edit- FIS-ski.com – World Cup standings – 2007