2005–06 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 40th World Cup season began in October 2005 and concluded at the World Cup finals in Åre, Sweden, in March 2006. The schedule included a nearly month-long break in February for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2005/06
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Benjamin Raich	Janica Kostelić
Downhill	Michael Walchhofer	Michaela Dorfmeister
Super-G	Aksel Lund Svindal	Michaela Dorfmeister
Giant slalom	Benjamin Raich	Anja Pärson
Slalom	Giorgio Rocca	Janica Kostelić
Super combined	Benjamin Raich	Janica Kostelić
Nations Cup	Austria
Competition
Locations	18	15
Individual	37	36
Mixed	1	1
Cancelled	1	—
Rescheduled	—	1
←2004/05 2006/07→

2006 World Cup Champions

Benjamin Raich won his first overall title.

Janica Kostelić won her third overall title.

Benjamin Raich of Austria won his first overall title after finishing third in 2004 and second in 2005. 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.

On the women's side, Janica Kostelić of Croatia won her third overall and slalom World Cup titles. She won 9 races to become only the third skier ever to win races in all 5 disciplines in a single season (joining Marc Girardelli and Petra Kronberger). 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.

Calendar

Men

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, KB – Classic Combined, SC – Super combined^[1]

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third	Details
1225	1	23 October 2005	Sölden	GS 304	Hermann Maier	Bode Miller	Rainer Schönfelder
1226	2	26 November 2005	Lake Louise	DH 359	Fritz Strobl	Kjetil André Aamodt	Marco Büchel
1227	3	27 November 2005		SG 124	Aksel Lund Svindal	Benjamin Raich	Daron Rahlves
1228	4	1 December 2005	Beaver Creek	SG 125	Hannes Reichelt	Erik Guay	Matthias Lanzinger
1229	5	2 December 2005		DH 360	Daron Rahlves	Bode Miller	Hans Grugger
1230	6	3 December 2005		GS 305	Bode Miller	Daron Rahlves	Kalle Palander
1231	7	4 December 2005		SL 351	Giorgio Rocca	Stéphane Tissot	Ted Ligety
1232	8	10 December 2005	Val-d'Isère	DH 361	Michael Walchhofer	Fritz Strobl	Hans Grugger
1233	9	11 December 2005		SC 088	Michael Walchhofer	Rainer Schönfelder	Bode Miller
1234	10	12 December 2005	Madonna di Campiglio	SL 352	Giorgio Rocca	Benjamin Raich	Kalle Palander
1235	11	16 December 2005	Gröden-Val Gardena	SG 126	Hans Grugger	Erik Guay	Ambrosi Hoffmann
1236	12	17 December 2005		DH 362	Marco Büchel	Michael Walchhofer	Erik Guay
1237	13	18 December 2005	Alta Badia	GS 306	Massimiliano Blardone	Davide Simoncelli	François Bourque
1238	14	21 December 2005	Kranjska Gora	GS 307	Benjamin Raich	Massimiliano Blardone	Thomas Grandi
1239	15	22 December 2005		SL 353	Giorgio Rocca	Thomas Grandi	Ted Ligety
1240	16	29 December 2005	Bormio	DH 363	Daron Rahlves	Fritz Strobl	Tobias Grünenfelder
1241	17	7 January 2006	Adelboden	GS 308	Benjamin Raich	Fredrik Nyberg	Stephan Görgl Kalle Palander
1242	18	8 January 2006		SL 354	Giorgio Rocca	Ted Ligety	Benjamin Raich
1243	19	13 January 2006	Wengen	SC 089	Benjamin Raich	Kjetil André Aamodt	Peter Fill
1244	20	14 January 2006		DH 364	Daron Rahlves	Michael Walchhofer	Fritz Strobl
1245	21	15 January 2006		SL 355	Giorgio Rocca	Kalle Palander	Alois Vogl
1246	22	20 January 2006	Kitzbühel	SG 127	Hermann Maier	Peter Fill	Hannes Reichelt
1247	23	21 January 2006		DH 365	Michael Walchhofer	Marco Büchel	Daron Rahlves
1248	24	22 January 2006		SL 356	Jean-Pierre Vidal	Reinfried Herbst	Benjamin Raich
1249	25	22 January 2006		KB 090	Benjamin Raich	Bode Miller	Aksel Lund Svindal
1250	26	24 January 2006	Schladming	SL 357	Kalle Palander	Akira Sasaki	Benjamin Raich
1251	27	28 January 2006	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	DH 366	Hermann Maier	Klaus Kröll	Andreas Buder
1252	28	29 January 2006		SG 128	Christoph Gruber	Scott Macartney	Kjetil André Aamodt
1253	29	3 February 2006	Chamonix	SC 091	Benjamin Raich	Rainer Schönfelder	Bode Miller
		4 February 2006		DH cnx	canceled
2006 Winter Olympics (12–25 February)
1254	30	4 March 2006	Yongpyong	GS 309	Davide Simoncelli	Massimiliano Blardone	Aksel Lund Svindal
1255	31	5 March 2006		GS 310	Ted Ligety	Kalle Palander Fredrik Nyberg
1256	32	10 March 2006	Shiga Kogen	SL 358	Benjamin Raich	Akira Sasaki	Thomas Grandi
1257	33	11 March 2006		SL 359	Kalle Palander Reinfried Herbst		Thomas Grandi
1258	34	15 March 2006	Åre	DH 367	Aksel Lund Svindal	Bode Miller	Peter Fill
1259	35	16 March 2006		SG 129	Bode Miller	Daron Rahlves	Aksel Lund Svindal
1260	36	17 March 2006		GS 311	Benjamin Raich	Massimiliano Blardone	Fredrik Nyberg
1261	37	18 March 2006		SL 360	Markus Larsson	Stéphane Tissot	Thomas Grandi

Ladies

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, SC – Super combined^[2]

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third	Details
1146	1	22 October 2005	Sölden	GS 302	Tina Maze	Janica Kostelić	Anja Pärson
1147	2	2 December 2005	Lake Louise	DH 296	Elena Fanchini	Michaela Dorfmeister	Alexandra Meissnitzer
1148	3	3 December 2005		DH 297	Lindsey Kildow	Sylviane Berthod	Michaela Dorfmeister
1149	4	4 December 2005		SG 136	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Andrea Fischbacher	Michaela Dorfmeister
1150	5	9 December 2005	Aspen	SG 137	Nadia Styger	Michaela Dorfmeister	Andrea Fischbacher
1151	6	10 December 2005		GS 303	María José Rienda Contreras	Anja Pärson	Kathrin Zettel
1152	7	11 December 2005		SL 338	Anja Pärson	Janica Kostelić	Kathrin Zettel
1153	8	17 December 2005	Val-d'Isère	DH 298	Lindsey Kildow	Caroline Lalive	Alexandra Meissnitzer
1154	9	18 December 2005		SG 138	Michaela Dorfmeister	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Emily Brydon
1155	10	21 December 2005	Špindlerův Mlýn	GS 304	Janica Kostelić	Kathrin Zettel	Marlies Schild
1156	11	22 December 2005		SL 339	Anja Pärson	Janica Kostelić	Marlies Schild
1157	12	28 December 2005	Lienz	GS 305	Anja Pärson	Nicole Hosp	Tina Maze
1158	13	29 December 2005		SL 340	Marlies Schild	Nicole Hosp	Janica Kostelić
1159	14	5 January 2006	Zagreb	SL 341	Marlies Schild	Kathrin Zettel	Janica Kostelić
		7 January 2006	Maribor	GS cnx	replaced in Ofterschwang on 3 February 2006
1160	15	8 January 2006		SL 342	Marlies Schild	Janica Kostelić	Therese Borssén
1161	16	13 January 2006	Bad Kleinkirchheim	DH 299	Anja Pärson	Michaela Dorfmeister	Fränzi Aufdenblatten
1162	17	14 January 2006		DH 300	Janica Kostelić	Nike Bent	Michaela Dorfmeister
1163	18	15 January 2006		SG 139	Janica Kostelić	Michaela Dorfmeister Alexandra Meissnitzer
1164	19	20 January 2006	St. Moritz	SG 140	Michaela Dorfmeister	Tina Maze	Nicole Hosp
1165	20	21 January 2006		DH 301	Michaela Dorfmeister	Renate Götschl	Janica Kostelić
1166	21	22 January 2006		SC 074	Janica Kostelić	Anja Pärson	Lindsey Kildow
1167	22	27 January 2006	Cortina d'Ampezzo	SG 141	Anja Pärson	Julia Mancuso	Lindsey Kildow
1168	23	28 January 2006		DH 302	Renate Götschl	Julia Mancuso	Elisabeth Görgl
1169	24	29 January 2006		GS 306	Nicole Hosp	Geneviève Simard	Elisabeth Görgl
1170	25	[nb 1]3 February 2006	Ofterschwang	GS 307	María José Rienda Contreras	Anja Pärson	Kathrin Zettel
1171	26	4 February 2006		GS 308	María José Rienda Contreras Anja Pärson		Julia Mancuso
1172	27	5 February 2006		SL 343	Janica Kostelić	Kathrin Zettel	Marlies Schild
2006 Winter Olympics (12–25 February)
1173	28	3 March 2006	Hafjell	SG 142	Michaela Dorfmeister Lindsey Kildow Nadia Styger
1174	29	4 March 2006		SC 075	Janica Kostelić	Anja Pärson	Marlies Schild
1175	30	5 March 2006		GS 309	María José Rienda Contreras	Nicole Hosp	Tanja Poutiainen
1176	31	10 March 2006	Levi	SL 344	Janica Kostelić	Anja Pärson	Kathrin Zettel
1177	32	11 March 2006		SL 345	Anja Pärson	Janica Kostelić	Nicole Hosp
1178	33	15 March 2006	Åre	DH 303	Anja Pärson	Lindsey Kildow	Elisabeth Görgl
1179	34	16 March 2006		SG 143	Nicole Hosp	Michaela Dorfmeister	Martina Ertl-Renz
1180	35	17 March 2006		SL 346	Janica Kostelić	Marlies Schild	Anja Pärson
1181	36	18 March 2006		GS 310	Janica Kostelić	Geneviève Simard	Nicole Hosp Tanja Poutiainen

Nations team event

Event key: SC – Super combined (super-G + slalom)

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third	Details
1	1	19 March 2006	Åre	SC 001	Austria Andrea Fischbacher Nicole Hosp Michaela Kirchgasser Stephan Görgl Reinfried Herbst Benjamin Raich	United States Lindsey Kildow Julia Mancuso Resi Stiegler Ted Ligety Scott Macartney Daron Rahlves	Sweden Janette Hargin Jessica Lindell-Vikarby Maria Pietilä Holmner Patrik Järbyn Markus Larsson Andre Myhrer

Men

Overall

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Benjamin Raich	Austria	1410
2	Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	1006
3	Bode Miller	United States	928
4	Daron Rahlves	United States	903
5	Michael Walchhofer	Austria	855

Downhill

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In men's downhill World Cup 2005/06 all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total	2	5	8	12	16	20	23	27	30	35
1	Michael Walchhofer	Austria	522	36	26	100	80	50	80	100	26	-	24
2	Fritz Strobl	Austria	491	100	50	80	45	80	60	-	26	-	50
3	Daron Rahlves	United States	444	-	100	18	12	100	100	60	18	-	36
4	Marco Büchel	Liechtenstein	400	60	22	24	100	45	29	80	40	-	-
5	Bode Miller	United States	340	9	80	36	32	29	24	50	-	-	80
6	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	322	80	32	40	40	-	45	-	45	-	40
7	Hermann Maier	Austria	305	50	12	29	18	20	50	8	100	-	18
8	Bruno Kernen	Switzerland	268	45	45	50	24	-	24	14	40	-	26
9	Didier Défago	Switzerland	246	26	5	8	29	32	32	40	29	-	45
10	Kristian Ghedina	Italy	235	4	13	26	50	40	24	36	22	-	20
11	Erik Guay	Canada	221	14	40	36	60	15	11	45	-	-	-
12	Klaus Kröll	Austria	216	32	-	45	9	26	12	12	80	-	-
13	Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	182	40	7	12	5	-	18	-	-	-	100

Super-G

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In men's Super G World Cup 2005/06 all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total	3	4	11	22	28	36
1	Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	284	100	50	45	18	11	60
2	Hermann Maier	Austria	282	10	32	40	100	50	50
3	Daron Rahlves	United States	269	60	45	24	40	20	80
4	Hannes Reichelt	Austria	250	32	100	-	60	29	29
5	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	223	45	36	50	-	60	32
6	Erik Guay	Canada	204	24	80	80	20	-	-
7	Ambrosi Hoffmann	Switzerland	165	50	14	60	32	9	-
8	Peter Fill	Italy	162	11	16	9	80	10	36
9	Christoph Gruber	Austria	147	18	-	16	13	100	-
10	Bode Miller	United States	145	13	-	32	-	-	100
11	Stephan Görgl	Austria	144	6	15	12	50	16	45
12	Hans Grugger	Austria	133	15	18	100	-	-	-

Giant slalom

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In men's giant slalom World Cup 2005/06 all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total	1	6	13	14	17	31	32	37
1	Benjamin Raich	Austria	481	50	-	36	100	100	45	50	100
2	Massimiliano Blardone	Italy	442	40	20	100	80	24	80	18	80
3	Fredrik Nyberg	Sweden	414	36	36	22	50	80	50	80	60
4	Davide Simoncelli	Italy	314	6	29	80	22	32	100	45	-
5	Kalle Palander	Finland	306	22	60	45	13	60	26	80	-
6	Thomas Grandi	Canada	259	29	14	18	60	40	40	36	22
7	François Bourque	Canada	236	45	40	66	6	-	-	29	50
8	Hermann Maier	Austria	223	100	32	40	-	36	8	7	-
9	Bode Miller	United States	198	80	100	-	-	18	-	-	-
10	Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	195	24	45	8	12	6	60	40	-
11	Daron Rahlves	United States	190	-	80	50	-	-	-	20	40
12	Ted Ligety	United States	188	32	-	-	-	20	-	100	36

Slalom

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Place	Name	Country	Total	7	10	15	18	21	24	26	33	34	38
1	Giorgio Rocca	Italy	547	100	100	100	100	100	-	-	15	32	-
2	Kalle Palander	Finland	495	-	60	45	45	80	36	100	29	100	-
3	Benjamin Raich	Austria	410	-	80	-	60	-	60	60	100	50	-
4	Ted Ligety	United States	396	60	40	60	80	45	40	-	45	26	-
5	Thomas Grandi	Canada	360	-	50	80	-	-	32	18	60	60	60
6	Stéphane Tissot	France	336	80	-	8	-	22	50	45	36	15	80
7	Akira Sasaki	Japan	333	50	18	18	-	-	18	80	80	40	29
8	Reinfried Herbst	Austria	316	22	32	6	24	40	80	-	12	100	-
9	Markus Larsson	Sweden	291	-	26	14	40	24	29	-	13	45	100
10	Jean-Pierre Vidal	France	253	-	45	29	50	29	100	-	-	-	-

Super combined

see complete table

Place	Name	Country	Total	9	20	26	30
1	Benjamin Raich	Austria	345	45	100	100	100
2	Bode Miller	United States	200	60	-	80	60
	Michael Walchhofer	Austria	200	100	50	-	50
4	Rainer Schönfelder	Austria	182	80	22	-	80
5	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	162	50	80	-	32
6	Peter Fill	Italy	142	32	60	50	-
7	Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	140	36	29	60	15
8	Andrej Šporn	Slovenia	123	22	16	45	40
9	Didier Défago	Switzerland	95	-	45	-	50
	Silvan Zurbriggen	Switzerland	93	40	24	-	29

Women

Overall

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	1970
2	Anja Pärson	Sweden	1662
3	Michaela Dorfmeister	Austria	1364
4	Nicole Hosp	Austria	1112
5	Lindsey Kildow	United States	1067

Downhill

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Michaela Dorfmeister	Austria	498
2	Lindsey Kildow	United States	410
3	Renate Götschl	Austria	315
4	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	300
5	Fränzi Aufdenblatten	Switzerland	272

Super-G

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Michaela Dorfmeister	Austria	626
2	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Austria	437
3	Nadia Styger	Switzerland	360
4	Lindsey Kildow	United States	326
5	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	266

Giant slalom

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Anja Pärson	Sweden	585
2	María José Rienda Contreras	Spain	537
3	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	464
4	Nicole Hosp	Austria	461
5	Geneviève Simard	Canada	343

Slalom

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	740
2	Marlies Schild	Austria	550
3	Anja Pärson	Sweden	485
4	Kathrin Zettel	Austria	399
5	Tanja Poutiainen	Finland	320

Super combined

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	200
2	Anja Pärson	Sweden	160
3	Lindsey Kildow	United States	110
4	Marlies Schild	Austria	105
5	Nicole Hosp	Austria	90

Nations Cup

Overall

Place	Country	Total
1	Austria	15449
2	United States	6541
3	Italy	4892
4	Sweden	4722
5	Switzerland	3951
6	Canada	3260
7	France	2744
8	Croatia	2503
9	Norway	2333
10	Germany	1657

See also: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Footnotes

1. Giant slalom from Maribor was rescheduled to Ofterschwang on 3 February 2006