Ligety, Hirscher, Pinturault: the 'oligopoly Giants

Dall''estate of 2012 to today Gigante only three athletes split victory in 35 top-level competitions (World Cup, World Championships or Olympic Games) on 38.

Monday 24 October 2016 7 minutes reading time

In October of 2012, in Soelden, the competitors of the opening Giant Slalom of the season found themselves for the first time to compete under the new rules on materials, decided nell''agosto of 2011, which increased from 27 to 35 meters the of the skis bend radius. Since then until now, including the Olympics in Sochi and the World Cup in Schladming and Vail / Beaver Creek and the Giant on the Rettenbach glacier yesterday, you were played 38 first-level competitions and only three skiers split the victory in well 35 of these: it's Ted Ligety with 16 the 'last of which was a year ago in Soelden, Marcel Hirscher (12) and Alexis Pinturault (7). The other three were isolated victories: Thomas Fanara in the finals in St. Moritz last March, Henrik Kristoffersen in Meribel in March of 2015 and Felix Neureuther Adelboden in the 2014 classic. WINS GIANT Ted Ligety & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 16HIRSCHER Marcel & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 12PINTURAULT Alexis & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 7NEUREUTHER Felix & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1FANARA Thomas & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1KRISTOFFERSEN Henrik & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1 & nbsp; It is an oligopoly that is not & egrave; even approached in the other disciplines of Alpine skiing men. Downhill, in 41 top-level races, there were as many as 14 winners with 8 wins for Aksel Lund Svindal, 6 Kjetil Jansrud and 5 for Dominik Paris. WINS DOWNHILL Aksel Lund Svindal & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 8JANSRUD Kjetil & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 6PARIS Dominik & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 5REICHELT Hannes & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 4INNERHOFER Christof & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 3MAYER Matthias & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 3GUAY Erik & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 2NYMAN Steven & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & 2TH Eacute; AUX Adrien & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 2K & uuml; NG Patrick & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 2FEUZ Beat & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1FILL Peter & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1GANONG Travis & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1KILDE Aleksander Aamodt & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1The greater distribution of wins is found in 29 SuperG played with 15 winners although most & ugrave; of half & agrave; the tests were won by two monsters of specialty & agrave ;, the Norwegian Svindal and Jansrud VICTORIES SUPERGSVINDAL Aksel Lund & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 9JANSRUD Kjetil & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 6REICHELT Hannes & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 2MAYER Matthias & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1K & uuml; NG Patrick & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1PINTURAULT Alexis & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1HIRSCHER Marcel & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1MARSAGLIA Matteo & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1JANKA Carlo & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1PARIS Dominik & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1FEUZ Beat & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & 1D Eacute; FAGO Didier & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1COOK Dustin & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1KILDE Aleksander Aamodt & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1LIGETY Ted & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1in tight poles, three skiers make the lion's share with 30 wins out of 41 races (13 Hirscher, 9 Kristoffersen, 8 Neureuther) but in four seasons the winners were, however, well 12 VICTORIES SLALOMHIRSCHER Marcel & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 13KRISTOFFERSEN Henrik & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 9NEUREUTHER Felix & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 8PINTURAULT Alexis & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 2MATT Mario & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 2MYHRER Andr & eacute; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1KOSTELI & # 262; Ivica & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1MYHRER Andru & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1KHOROSHILOV Aleksandr & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1HARGIN Mattias & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1gross Stefano & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1GRANGE Jean-Baptiste & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; 1

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