The 40th

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season began in October 2005 and concluded at the World Cup finals in

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, Sweden, in March 2006. The schedule included a nearly month-long break in February for the 2006 Winter Olympics in

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Benjamin Raich Benjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is an Austrian former World Cup champion alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories (in ...

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won his first overall title after finishing third in

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and second in

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. He added his second consecutive

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discipline globe, and Michael Walchhofer also repeated as

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champion.

Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal (born 26 December 1982) is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Svindal is a two-time overall World Cup champion (2007 and 2009), an Olympic gold medalist in super-G at the 20 ...

and

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were each first-time winners in super G and slalom respectively. Svindal edged

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by only 2 points, denying the "Herminator" a sixth super G crown. On the women's side,

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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

's 2000 points in

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. Although

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failed to win her third straight overall crown, she won 8 races while capturing her third

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,

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secured her second

and super G titles.

Calendar

Men

Ladies

Nations team event

Men

Overall

Downhill

'' see complete table'' In Men's Downhill World Cup 2005/06 all results count.

Super-G

'' see complete table'' In Men's Super G World Cup 2005/06 all results count.

Giant slalom

'' see complete table'' In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 2005/06 all results count.

Slalom

'' see complete table''

Super combined

'' see complete table''

Women

Overall

Downhill

Super-G

Giant slalom

Slalom

Super combined

Nations Cup

Overall

Footnotes

References

External links

FIS-ski.com
- World Cup standings - 2006 {{Wintersport season 2005–06 2005–06