2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup

Alpine Skiing World Cup Seasons
Current = 2006
Previous = 2005
Next = 2007The 2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup began on October 22, 2005, and ended on March 19, 2006, at the World Cup finals held in Åre, Sweden. The schedule for the season included a nearly four-week long break in February for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Janica Kostelić won her third overall and slalom World Cup titles, winning 9 races while becoming only the third skier ever to win races in all 5 disciplines in a single season (joining Marc Girardelli and Petra Kronberger in that exclusive club). In doing so 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.

On the men's side, Benjamin Raich won his first overall title after finishing third and then second the previous two years. 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.

Calendar

Men

Men's Standings

Overall results

Giant Slalom

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

Women's Standings

Overall results

Giant Slalom

Overall Nations Cup Standings

See also:
Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics