2008–09 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2008/09
Discipline Men Women
Overall Aksel Lund Svindal Lindsey Vonn
Downhill Michael Walchhofer Lindsey Vonn
Super-G Aksel Lund Svindal Lindsey Vonn
Giant slalom    Didier Cuche Tanja Poutiainen
Slalom Jean-Baptiste Grange Maria Riesch
Super combined    Carlo Janka Anja Pärson
Nations Cup Austria Austria
Nations Cup Overall Austria
Competition
Locations 18 16
Individual 36 34
Mixed 1 1
Cancelled 1 1
Rescheduled 3 3
2009 World Cup Champions
Aksel Lund Svindal
Lindsey Vonn

The 43rd World Cup season began in late October 2008 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March 2009, at the World Cup finals in Åre, Sweden.

Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the overall title by two points over Benjamin Raich of Austria. Svindal returned from a season-ending injury in December 2007, and also took the season title in super-G. Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. repeated as women's overall champion, taking the title by a substantial 384 points over Maria Riesch of Germany. Vonn also repeated as the season downhill champion, and added the season title in super-G.

Being an odd-numbered year, a break in the World Cup schedule was for the biennial World Championships. The 2009 World Championships were held 2–15 February in Val-d'Isère, Savoie, France.

No pre-Olympic World Cup alpine events were run at Whistler Mountain, Canada, during the 2009 season. In late February 2008, a women's downhill and super-combined were run on Franz's Run, the women's Olympic course. The most recent men's World Cup events on the Dave Murray Downhill course were held in late February 1995. The World Cup races in North America were switched to the early part of the season in the fall of 1995, and the men's speed events at Whistler were canceled three consecutive years (December 1996–98) due to weather issues, which prompted the switch to Lake Louise in Alberta in December 1999.

Calendar

Men

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, KB – Classic Combined, SC – Super combined, PS – Parallel slalom (promo event only)[1]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third Details
1338 1 26 October 2008   Sölden GS 326     Daniel Albrecht    Didier Cuche Ted Ligety [1]
1339 2 16 November 2008   Levi SL 382  Jean-Baptiste Grange Bode Miller Mario Matt [2]
1340 3 29 November 2008   Lake Louise DH 388  Peter Fill    Carlo Janka Hans Olsson [3]
1341 4 30 November 2008   SG 142  Hermann Maier John Kucera    Didier Cuche [4]
4 December 2008   Beaver Creek SC cnx  heavy snowfall; replaced in Val-d'Isère on 12 December 2008[2]
1342 5 5 December 2008   DH 389  Aksel Lund Svindal Marco Büchel Erik Guay [5]
1343 6 6 December 2008   SG 143  Aksel Lund Svindal Hermann Maier Michael Walchhofer [6]
1344 7 7 December 2008   GS 327  Benjamin Raich Ted Ligety Aksel Lund Svindal [7]
1345 8 [nb 1]12 December 2008   Val-d'Isère SC 101  Benjamin Raich Jean-Baptiste Grange Marcel Hirscher [8][3]
1346 9 13 December 2008   GS 328     Carlo Janka Massimiliano Blardone Gauthier de Tessières [9]
14 December 2008   SL cnx  high winds; replaced in Alta Badia on 22 December 2008[4]
1347 10 19 December 2008   Val Gardena SG 144  Werner Heel    Didier Défago Patrik Järbyn [10]
1348 11 20 December 2008   DH 390  Michael Walchhofer Bode Miller Manuel Osborne-Paradis [11]
1349 12 21 December 2008   Alta Badia GS 329     Daniel Albrecht Ivica Kostelić Hannes Reichelt [12]
1350 13 [nb 2]22 December 2008   SL 383  Ivica Kostelić Jean-Baptiste Grange Benjamin Raich [13]
1351 14 28 December 2008   Bormio DH 391  Christof Innerhofer Klaus Kröll Michael Walchhofer [14]
Promo event 2 January 2009   Moscow (unofficial) PS pro  Felix Neureuther Jean-Baptiste Grange Bode Miller
1352 15 6 January 2009   Zagreb SL 384  Jean-Baptiste Grange Ivica Kostelić Giuliano Razzoli [15]
1353 16 10 January 2009   Adelboden GS 330  Benjamin Raich Massimiliano Blardone Kjetil Jansrud [16]
1354 17 11 January 2009   SL 385  Reinfried Herbst Manfred Pranger Felix Neureuther [17]
1355 18 16 January 2009   Wengen SC 102     Carlo Janka Peter Fill    Silvan Zurbriggen [18]
1356 19 17 January 2009   DH 392     Didier Défago Bode Miller Marco Sullivan [19]
1357 20 18 January 2009   SL 386  Manfred Pranger Reinfried Herbst Ivica Kostelić [20]
1358 21 23 January 2009   Kitzbühel SG 145  Klaus Kröll Aksel Lund Svindal    Ambrosi Hoffmann [21]
1359 22 24 January 2009   DH 393     Didier Défago Michael Walchhofer Klaus Kröll [22]
1360 23 25 January 2009   SL 387  Julien Lizeroux Jean-Baptiste Grange Patrick Thaler [23]
1361 24 25 January 2009   KB 103     Silvan Zurbriggen Ivica Kostelić Natko Zrnčić-Dim [24]
1362 25 27 January 2009   Schladming SL 388  Reinfried Herbst Manfred Pranger Ivica Kostelić [25]
31 January 2009   Garmisch-Partenkirchen DH cnx  fog at mid-course; replaced in Kvitfjell on 6 March 2009[5]
1363 26 1 February 2009   SL 389  Manfred Mölgg Giorgio Rocca Reinfried Herbst [26]
2009 World Championships (2–15 February)
1364 27 21 February 2009   Sestriere GS 331     Didier Cuche Stephan Görgl Benjamin Raich [27]
1365 28 22 February 2009   SC 104  Romed Baumann Julien Lizeroux    Carlo Janka
Christof Innerhofer		 [28]
1366 29 28 February 2009   Kranjska Gora GS 332  Ted Ligety Didier Cuche Massimiliano Blardone [29]
1367 30 1 March 2009   SL 390  Julien Lizeroux Giuliano Razzoli Felix Neureuther [30]
1368 31 [nb 3]6 March 2009   Kvitfjell DH 394  Manuel Osborne-Paradis Michael Walchhofer Aksel Lund Svindal [31]
1369 32 7 March 2009   DH 395  Klaus Kröll Michael Walchhofer Manuel Osborne-Paradis [32]
8 March 2009   SG cnx  snowstorm[6]
1370 33 11 March 2009   Åre DH 396  Aksel Lund Svindal    Didier Cuche Hans Olsson [33]
1371 34 12 March 2009   SG 146  Werner Heel Aksel Lund Svindal Christof Innerhofer [34]
1372 35 13 March 2009   GS 333  Benjamin Raich Ted Ligety    Didier Cuche [35]
1373 36 14 March 2009   SL 391  Mario Matt Julien Lizeroux Jean-Baptiste Grange [36]

Ladies

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, SC – Super combined[7]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third Details
1252 1 25 October 2008   Sölden GS 325  Kathrin Zettel Tanja Poutiainen Andrea Fischbacher [37]
1253 2 15 November 2008   Levi SL 365  Lindsey Vonn Maria Pietilä-Holmner Maria Riesch [38]
1254 3 29 November 2008   Aspen GS 326  Tessa Worley Tanja Poutiainen Elisabeth Görgl [39]
1255 4 30 November 2008   SL 366  Šárka Záhrobská Nicole Hosp Tanja Poutiainen [40]
1256 5 5 December 2008   Lake Louise DH 322  Lindsey Vonn Nadia Fanchini Maria Riesch [41]
6 December 2008   DH cnx  heavy snowfall; replaced in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 23 January 2009[8]
1257 6 7 December 2008   SG 158  Nadia Fanchini    Fabienne Suter
Andrea Fischbacher		 [42]
1258 7 13 December 2008   La Molina GS 327  Tanja Poutiainen Manuela Mölgg Nicole Hosp [43]
1259 8 14 December 2008   SL 367  Maria Riesch Lindsey Vonn Kathrin Zettel [44]
1260 9 19 December 2008   St. Moritz SC 082  Anja Pärson Nicole Hosp    Fabienne Suter [45]
1261 10 20 December 2008   SG 159     Lara Gut    Fabienne Suter Nadia Fanchini [46]
21 December 2008   DH cnx  high winds; replaced in Bansko on 27 February 2009[9]
1262 11 28 December 2008   Semmering GS 328  Kathrin Zettel Manuela Mölgg    Lara Gut [47]
1263 12 29 December 2008   SL 368  Maria Riesch Tanja Poutiainen Lindsey Vonn [48]
1264 13 4 January 2009   Zagreb SL 369  Maria Riesch Nicole Gius Šárka Záhrobská [49]
1265 14 10 January 2009   Maribor GS 329  Tina Maze Denise Karbon Kathrin Hölzl [50]
1266 15 11 January 2009   SL 370  Maria Riesch Kathrin Zettel Tanja Poutiainen [51]
1267 16 17 January 2009   Altenmarkt SC 083  Lindsey Vonn Kathrin Zettel Anja Pärson [52]
1268 17 18 January 2009   DH 323     Dominique Gisin
Anja Pärson		 Lindsey Vonn [53]
22 January 2009   Cortina d'Ampezzo SG cnx  blizzard; replaced in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 26 January 2009
23 January 2009   DH cnx  heavy snowfall
1269 18 24 January 2009   DH 324     Dominique Gisin Lindsey Vonn Anja Pärson [54]
1270 19 25 January 2009   GS 330  Kathrin Zettel Michaela Kirchgasser Elisabeth Görgl [55]
1271 20 [nb 4]26 January 2009   SG 160  Jessica Lindell-Vikarby Anna Fenninger    Andrea Dettling [56]
1272 21 30 January 2009   Garmisch-Partenkirchen SL 371  Lindsey Vonn Maria Riesch Maruša Ferk [57]
31 January 2009   SG cnx  fog: mid-course; replaced in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 1 February 2009[5]
1273 22 [nb 5]1 February 2009   SG 161  Lindsey Vonn Anja Pärson Jessica Lindell-Vikarby [58]
2009 World Championships (2–15 February)
1274 23 20 February 2009   Tarvisio SC 084  Maria Riesch Lindsey Vonn Kathrin Zettel [59]
1275 24 21 February 2009   DH 325  Gina Stechert Lindsey Vonn Anja Pärson [60]
1276 25 22 February 2009   SG 162  Lindsey Vonn    Fabienne Suter Tina Maze [61]
1277 26 [nb 6]27 February 2009   Bansko DH 326     Fabienne Suter Andrea Fischbacher Nadia Fanchini
Lindsey Vonn		 [62]
1278 27 28 February 2009   DH 327  Andrea Fischbacher Tina Maze    Fabienne Suter [63]
1279 28 1 March 2009   SG 163  Lindsey Vonn    Fabienne Suter Tina Maze [64]
1280 29 6 March 2009   Ofterschwang GS 331  Kathrin Zettel Elisabeth Görgl Tanja Poutiainen [65]
1281 30 7 March 2009   SL 372  Sandrine Aubert Frida Hansdotter Nicole Hosp [66]
1282 31 11 March 2009   Åre DH 328  Lindsey Vonn Maria Riesch Renate Götschl [67]
1283 32 12 March 2009   SG 164  Lindsey Vonn Nadia Fanchini Maria Riesch [68]
1284 33 13 March 2009   SL 373  Sandrine Aubert Fanny Chmelar Therese Borssén
Šárka Záhrobská		 [69]
1285 34 14 March 2009   GS 332  Tina Maze Tanja Poutiainen Manuela Mölgg [70]

Nations team event

Event key: SC – Super combined (super-G + slalom)
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third Details
3 1 15 March 2009   Åre SC 003   Italy
Nadia Fanchini
Nicole Gius
Daniela Merighetti
Peter Fill
Werner Heel
Manfred Mölgg
  Austria
Andrea Fischbacher
Elisabeth Görgl
Kathrin Zettel
Marcel Hirscher
Mario Matt
Hannes Reichelt
  Switzerland
Sandra Gini
Lara Gut
Fabienne Suter
Marc Berthod
Didier Cuche
Carlo Janka
 [71]

Men's standings

Ladies' standings

Nations Cup

Footnotes

  1. ^ Super combined from Beaver Creek was rescheduled to Val-d'Isère on 12 December 2008
  2. ^ Slalom from Val-d'Isère was rescheduled to Alta Badia on 22 December 2008
  3. ^ Downhill from Garmisch-Partenkirchen was rescheduled to Kvitfjell on 6 March 2009
  4. ^ Super giant slalom from Cortina d'Ampezzo was rescheduled from 22 to 26 February 2009
  5. ^ Super giant slalom from Garmisch-Partenkirchen was rescheduled from 31 January 2009 to 1 February 2009
  6. ^ Downhill from St. Moritz was rescheduled to Bansko to 27 February 2009

References

  1. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 2009 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Super combined cancelled at Beaver Creek", 4 December 2008.
  3. ^ "FIS Official Communication". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
  4. ^ "Val d'Isere: winds cancel men's slalom", 14 December 2008.
  5. ^ a b "Garmisch: Fog dooms Saturday races", 31 January 2009.
  6. ^ "Kvitfjell: Snow cancels Cup super G", 8 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  7. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 2009 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Second Louise DH cancelled by snowfall", 6 December 2008.
  9. ^ "St Moritz: High winds force DH cancellation", 21 December 2008.
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