2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom

2026 Men's Giant slalom World Cup
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The men's giant slalom in the 2026 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup is scheduled to consist of nine events, including the final.[1] The season is scheduled to begin with the traditional opener: a giant slalom on the Rettenbach ski course, located on the Rettenbach glacier in Sölden, Austria, on 26 October 2025.[2] The next two giant slaloms will take place in the United States in late November and early December, including the first World Cup visit to Copper Mountain (Colorado) for the men since 1976, after which the remainder of the races will be held in Europe on the same courses used during the 2025 season.

The season will be interrupted for the quadrennial 2026 Winter Olympics in three regions in Italy – Milan, the Stelvio Pass, and Cortina d'Ampezzo – during 6–22 February 2026.[3] All of the Alpine skiing events for men are scheduled to take place on the classic Stelvio course at Bormio.[4] The championship in men's giant slalom is scheduled to be held on Saturday, 14 February.

Season summary

Although the first race of the World Cup giant slalom season at Sölden went to four-time defending discipline champion Marco Odermatt, as expected, the race saw a long-delayed restart to the "Battle of the Marcos", as both heats were tight battles between Odermatt and Austrian former slalom champion Marco Schwarz, finally returning to form after a catastrophic injury almost two years ago (when Schwarz was narrowly leading Odermatt for the overall World Cup title).[5] However, in the next race, which took place at Copper Mountain in the U.S., Odermatt went off course and failed to finish the first run, which led to an upset first World Cup victory by Austria's Stefan Brennsteiner, who drew the #1 starting position in the first run, and also led to Brennsteiner taking the overall lead in the discipline over Schwarz, who finished fourth.[6] The final race in the U.S. for the 2026 season was a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, and Odermatt returned to form with his second win in the three-race series there (and his fifth overall at Beaver Creek, but his first GS there), which allowed Odermatt to move into a tie for first in the discipline with Brennsteiner.[7]

The next week at Val d'Isère, France, the Swiss team swept the podium; the winner was Loïc Meillard, who came from fifth to earn the victory, while first-run leader Brennsteiner fell back to fifth, allowing Odermatt (who placed third) to regain the solo discipline lead.[8] A week later, Schwarz finally returned to the top step of the podium for the first time in two full years (22 December 2023, in slalom, a week prior to his injury), after building a dominating lead on the first run and then holding off Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen on the second, while Brennsteiner, who occupied the bottom step on the podium, moved past Odermatt (sixth) to regain the discipline lead by 5 points.[9] In the first giant slalom after the Christmas break, at Adelboden, Switzerland, the see-saw continued, as Odermatt built a half-second lead over Braathen on the first run and matched his time on the second, taking both the win (his fifth straight in the GS there) and the discipline lead when Brennsteiner failed to complete the second run.[10] The last giant slalom before the Winter Olympics, a night race under the lights at Schladming, Austria, featured a neck-and-neck first run between Meillard and Braathen, only for Meillard to win the second run by about three-quarters of a second over Braathen for his second victory of the year; Odermatt's fourth place left him with a lead of 103 points over Braathen, his closest pursuer, with only two more races in the discipline after the Olympics.[11]

At the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, Braathen raced down the hill as the first starter and, at the end of the first run, held a 0.95 second lead over Odermatt, followed by two more Swiss (Meillard and Thomas Tumler), and -- despite the fact that the Swiss coach got the right to set the course in the second run -- Braathen lost less than half of that lead on the second run to earn the gold for Brazil's (and South America's) first Winter Olympic medal ever, with Odermatt silver (his third medal of the games) and Meillard bronze (his second).[12]

Finals

The World Cup finals in the discipline are scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 24 March 2026 on the Olympialøypa course at Hafjell, near Lillehammer, Norway.[13] Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup giant slalom discipline and the winner of the 2026 FIS Junior World Championships in the discipline, plus any skiers who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, will be eligible to compete in the final, and only the top 15 will earn World Cup points.

Standings

Venue
26 Oct 2025
Sölden
28 Nov 2025
Copper Mountain
7 Dec 2025
Beaver Creek
13 Dec 2025
Val d'Isère
21 Dec 2025
Alta Badia
10 Jan 2026
Adelboden
27 Jan 2026
Schladming
14 Feb 2026
Bormio
7 Mar 2026
Kranjska Gora
24 Mar 2026
Hafjell
# Skier Austria United States United States France Italy Switzerland Austria Italy Slovenia Norway Total
1  Switzerland  Marco Odermatt 100 DNF1 100 60 40 100 50 ② 450
2 Brazil  Lucas Pinheiro Braathen DNF1 26 45 36 80 80 80 ① 347
3  Switzerland  Loïc Meillard 18 13 29 100 26 40 100 ③ 326
4 Austria Stefan Brennsteiner 50 100 50 45 60 DNF2 16 ⑧ 321
5 Austria Marco Schwarz 80 50 9 13 100 DNF2 32 ⑨ 284
6 Norway  Henrik Kristoffersen 36 80 60 24 24 45 13 ⑦ 282
7 Norway  Atle Lie McGrath 60 DNQ 36 14 50 24 36 ⑤ 220
8 Italy Alex Vinatzer 32 45 80 32 18 5 DSQ2 DNF2 212
9 Norway  Timon Haugan 22 DNF1 14 50 29 50 45 ⑪ 210
10 United States River Radamus 10 16 40 40 36 36 DNF2 ⑰ 178
11  Switzerland  Luca Aerni 1 12 20 80 20 26 DNF1 ⑱ 159
12 Germany Fabian Gratz 14 20 DNF2 22 45 29 24 DNF2 154
13 Slovenia Žan Kranjec 29 40 7 11 18 16 20 ⑫ 145
14 Belgium Sam Maes 11 36 22 DNF2 14 12 40 DNF1 135
15 France Léo Anguenot DNF1 36 13 12 3 60 8 ⑥ 132
16 France Alexis Pinturault 13 22 24 9 13 22 6 DNS 109
 Switzerland  Thomas Tumler 15 29 18 9 16 22 DNF1 ④ 109
18 Austria Raphael Haaser 40 6 3 15 DNQ 32 9 ⑲ 105
19 France Alban Elezi Cannaferina 6 DNF1 15 DNQ 8 14 60 DNF2 103
20 Croatia Filip Zubčić 16 60 DNQ 7 DNQ DNQ 18 ⑭ 101
21 France Thibaut Favrot 45 9 32 4 5 DNF2 DNF1 DNS 95
22 Austria Patrick Feurstein DNQ 14 DNQ 29 32 DNQ 15 ⑯ 90
23 Germany Anton Grammel 24 12 DNQ DNQ DNQ 9 26 ⑮ 71
24 Andorra Joan Verdú 22 15 DNF2 DNF2 12 11 DNF1 ⑩ 60
25 Germany Alexander Schmid 4 26 DSQ1 20 9 DNF2 DNS ⑬ 59
26 Norway  Eirik Hystad Solberg 6 18 DNQ 6 15 DNQ 12 DNF1 57
Austria Joshua Sturm DNQ 7 DNQ 10 DNF1 18 22 DNS 57
28 Italy Giovanni Borsotti 7 2 11 DNF2 DNS 29 DNS 49
29 France Flavio Vitale 26 DNF2 10 DNQ DNQ 7 DNF1 DNS 43
30 Germany Jonas Stockinger 12 DNF1 DNQ 20 DNQ DNQ 10 DNS 42
31 Austria Lukas Feurstein DNQ DNF1 26 DNQ 2 10 DNF1 DNS 38
32 France Loévan Parand DNQ 10 DNQ DNF1 11 15 DNF1 DNS 36
33 Sweden Fabian Ax Swartz DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF1 10 10 14 ㉒ 32
Italy Luca De Aliprandini 9 5 DNQ 5 DNQ 13 DNQ DNF1 32
United States Ryder Sarchett DNQ DNQ 6 26 DNQ DNQ DNF1 ㉕ 32
36 Italy Filippo Della Vite DNQ DNQ 6 16 4 DNF1 DNF1 DNS 26
37 Norway  Oscar Andreas Sandvik DNF1 DNF1 16 DNF1 DNQ DNF1 DNF1 DNS 16
38 Canada Erik Read DNQ 4 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 11 DNS 15
39 Spain Albert Ortega Fornesa DNS 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ 6 DNQ DNS 14
40  Switzerland  Lenz Hächler DNF1 DNF1 12 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS 12
41 Estonia Tormis Laine 8 3 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ ㉘ 11
42 Slovakia Andreas Žampa 3 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 7 ㉑ 10
43 Sweden William Hansson DNQ DNQ 8 DNS DNQ DNF1 DNF1 DNS 8
44 Spain Aleix Aubert Serracanta DNQ DNS 7 DNF1 DNQ DNS 7
45 Italy Tobias Kastlunger DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ 6 DNQ DNQ DNF1 6
46 France Guerlain Favre DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ 5 DNS 5
47 United States George Steffey DNS DNQ 4 DSQ1 DNQ DNQ DNS 4
Italy Simon Talacci DNS DNQ DNQ DNQ 4 DNS 4
49 Austria Vincent Kriechmayr 2 DNS 2
50 Austria Manuel Feller DNF1 DNS DNQ DNS DNF2 DNQ DNS 0
Austria Noel Zwischenbrugger DNS DNQ DNS DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNS 0
United States Patrick Kenney DNF1 DNQ DNF1 DNS DNQ DNF1 DNF1 DNS 0
 Switzerland  Fadri Janutin DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS 0
Norway  Rasmus Bakkevig DNQ DNS DNQ DNS DNQ DNS 0
France Diego Orecchioni DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNS 0
Germany Linus Straßer DNQ DSQ1 DNF1 DNS 0
Italy Hannes Zingerle DNS DNF1 DNS 0
United States Bridger Gile DNF1 DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNF2 DNQ DNQ DNS 0
 Switzerland  Livio Simonet DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ DNF1 DNF1 DNS 0
 Switzerland  Gino Caviezel DNS DNQ DNS 0
References [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

Legend

  •   Winner (100 points)
  •   2nd place (80 points)
  •   3rd place (60 points)
  • DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2
  • DNF1 = Did not finish run 1
  • DSQ1 = Disqualified run 1
  • DNF2 = Did not finish run 2
  • DSQ2 = Disqualified run 2
  • DNS2 = Did not start run 2
  •   Did not start (DNS)
  •   Not eligible for finals (NE)
  •   Race canceled (x)
  •   FIS non-World Cup race (Olympics)
  • R# = Rescheduled (make-up) race
  • Updated at 14 February 2026, after race 7 and the Olympics.[22]

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIS CALENDAR & RESULTS – World Cup Men GS". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Audi FIS Ski Men's World Cup 2025/26 Initial Schedule" (PDF). fis-ski.com. 12 June 1015. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Winter Olympic Games: Milano Cortina 2026". Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Milano Cortina 2026: Bormio". Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  5. ^ Willemsen, Erik (26 October 2025). "Olympic giant slalom champion Odermatt wins close duel with Schwarz to open World Cup season". CBC.ca. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  6. ^ AFP (28 November 2025). "Austria's Brennsteiner wins Copper Mountain giant slalom". MSN.com. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  7. ^ Associated Press (7 December 2025). "Swiss racer Marco Odermatt takes World Cup giant slalom for his 2nd win at Beaver Creek in 4 days". AP News. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  8. ^ Dampf, Andrew (13 December 2025). "Loic Meillard leads Swiss podium sweep of World Cup giant slalom in Val d'Isere". CBC.ca. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  9. ^ Associated Press (21 December 2025). "Marco wins! Schwarz scores World Cup giant slalom victory with favored Marco Odermatt sixth". MSN.com. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  10. ^ Associated Press (10 January 2026). "Odermatt wins World Cup giant slalom at Adelboden for record fifth straight year". AP News. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  11. ^ Stern, Macklin (27 January 2026). "Loic Meillard wins final giant slalom race before 2026 Winter Olympics". NBC Sports. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  12. ^ Graham, Pat (14 February 2026). "Brazil's Pinheiro Braathen wins giant slalom, earns South America's 1st medal at Winter Games". CBC.ca. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  13. ^ "FIS Alpine Meeting: Focus on Athlete Safety and Season Outlook". fis-ski.com. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Sölden Men's GS (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  15. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Copper Mountain Men's GS (USA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  16. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Beaver Creek Men's GS (USA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  17. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val d'Isère Men's GS (USA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  18. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Alta Badia Men's GS (ITA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  19. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Adelboden Men's GS (SUI)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  20. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Schladming Men's GS (SUI)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  21. ^ "Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Men's GS (ITA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  22. ^ "Men's Giant Slalom standing". FIS. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
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