Alpine Skiing WC - Men's Giant Slalom - Beaver Creek (USA) - 24th WC win of US-Boy Ted Ligety !

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Ted Ligety wins Beaver Creek giant Slalom ! Ted Ligety won his first World Cup race this season, coming from behind to take a giant slalom in Beaver Creek, Colo., on Sunday. The Olympic giant slalom champion, fourth after the first run, clocked a two-run time of 2 minutes, 34.07 seconds. He was .25 behind Austrian Benjamin Raich after the morning run and ended up winning by .18 over France’s Alexis Pinturault following the afternoon run. Austrian Marcel Hirscher was third. Ligety, who won a Beaver Creek giant slalom for a fifth straight year, was skiing with four screws in his left hand after breaking his wrist in training Nov. 23. He was off to a slow start this season before the injury, finishing 10th in the season-opening giant slalom in Soelden, Austria, on Oct. 26. Ligety had won in Soelden the previous three seasons. That 10th was Ligety’s best finish in four races this season before Sunday. Ligety now has 24 World Cup wins, with 23 of them in giant slalom. He’s tied for the second-most World Cup giant slalom wins ever. Leader Ingemar Stenmark, the retired Swede, won twice as many. Mit gebrochenem Handgelenk zum Sieg US-Star Ted Ligety hat am Sonntag den Riesentorlauf in Beaver Creek gewonnen und seinen ersten Saisonsieg gefeiert. Der 30-Jährige schnappte sich mit einer spektakulären Fahrt im zweiten Durchgang noch den Sieg vor dem Franzosen Alexis Pinturault (+ 0,18) und Sölden-Sieger Marcel Hirscher (0,60). Benjamin Raich fiel als Führender nach dem ersten Lauf auf Platz vier zurück. Pinturault 2e, Ligety au top Deuxième podium en deux jours pour Alexis Pinturault : après sa troisième place en super-G, le Français a fini deuxième du géant dimanche, seulement battu par le champion olympique et champion du monde Ted Ligety. Victor Muffat-Jeandet, 13e après la première manche, a occupé la tête du classement provisoire du géant de Beaver Creek jusqu'au passage de Ted Ligety, impressionnant sur le haut du tracé avant de perdre quelques dixièmes sur le bas. Qu'importe puisque personne, ensuite, n'a pu aller chercher l'Américain, champion du monde et champion olympique en titre de la spécialité. Result: 1 7 534562 LIGETY Ted 1984 USA 1:15.95 1:18.12 2:34.07 0.00 2 3 194364 PINTURAULT Alexis 1991 FRA 1:15.71 1:18.54 2:34.25 +0.18 1.14 3 1 53831 HIRSCHER Marcel 1989 AUT 1:15.94 1:18.73 2:34.67 +0.60 3.82 4 2 50625 RAICH Benjamin 1978 AUT 1:15.70 1:19.24 2:34.94 +0.87 5.53 5 12 193967 MUFFAT-JEANDET Victor 1989 FRA 1:17.17 1:17.84 2:35.01 +0.94 5.98 6 5 191750 FANARA Thomas 1981 FRA 1:16.87 1:18.27 2:35.14 +1.07 6.81 7 22 511313 JANKA Carlo 1986 SUI 1:17.68 1:17.47 2:35.15 +1.08 6.87 8 4 201702 NEUREUTHER Felix 1984 GER 1:16.18 1:19.03 2:35.21 +1.14 7.25 9 20 534959 JITLOFF Tim 1985 USA 1:17.19 1:18.18 2:35.37 +1.30 8.27 10 6 202462 DOPFER Fritz 1987 GER 1:16.83 1:18.63 2:35.46 +1.39 8.84 11 13 194495 FAIVRE Mathieu 1992 FRA 1:16.69 1:18.78 2:35.47 +1.40 8.91 12 15 421669 HAUGEN Leif Kristian 1987 NOR 1:17.14 1:18.35 2:35.49 +1.42 9.03 13 38 180666 TORSTI Samu 1991 FIN 1:17.85 1:17.66 2:35.51 +1.44 9.16 14 8 294890 NANI Roberto 1988 ITA 1:16.86 1:18.67 2:35.53 +1.46 9.29 15 16 421483 JANSRUD Kjetil 1985 NOR 1:16.48 1:19.31 2:35.79 +1.72 10.94 16 23 51159 NOESIG Christoph 1985 AUT 1:17.38 1:18.43 2:35.81 +1.74 11.07 17 66 534508 CHODOUNSKY David 1984 USA 1:18.03 1:18.01 2:36.04 +1.97 12.53 18 43 511852 CAVIEZEL Gino 1992 SUI 1:17.88 1:18.17 2:36.05 +1.98 12.59 19 28 292967 EISATH Florian 1984 ITA 1:18.00 1:18.20 2:36.20 +2.13 13.55 19 21 292120 SIMONCELLI Davide 1979 ITA 1:17.39 1:18.81 2:36.20 +2.13 13.55 21 34 100558 COOK Dustin 1989 CAN 1:18.06 1:18.18 2:36.24 +2.17 13.80 22 11 501324 OLSSON Matts 1988 SWE 1:17.82 1:18.62 2:36.44 +2.37 15.07 23 19 51007 SCHOERGHOFER Philipp 1983 AUT 1:17.59 1:18.90 2:36.49 +2.42 15.39 24 17 53902 MAYER Matthias 1990 AUT 1:17.67 1:18.98 2:36.65 +2.58 16.41 25 31 50742 REICHELT Hannes 1980 AUT 1:17.39 1:19.28 2:36.67 +2.60 16.54 26 42 511638 TUMLER Thomas 1989 SUI 1:17.74 1:19.35 2:37.09 +3.02 19.21 27 9 422304 KRISTOFFERSEN Henrik 1994 NOR 1:16.60 1:20.72 2:37.32 +3.25 20.67 28 18 180534 SANDELL Marcus 1987 FIN 1:17.56 1:19.81 2:37.37 +3.30 20.99