The men's giant slalom in the 2021 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved ten events, as scheduled. Defending discipline champion

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of Norway never seriously threatened to retain his title. Instead, the season-long race for the crystal globe turned into a two-man battle between 2020 runner-up

Alexis Pinturault Alexis Pinturault () (born 20 March 1991 in Moûtiers) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist. With 34 World Cup victories, Pinturault is the most successful French skier in World Cup history. He represented France at seven ...

of France (who lost the previous year by six points after the last two giant slaloms of the year were canceled) and rising Swiss skier

Marco Odermatt Marco Odermatt (born 8 October 1997) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who races in giant slalom, super-G and downhill. He is considered the most complete alpine ski racer of his generation. In addition to the World Cup, Odermatt has comp ...

-- who were also battling each other for the overall championship. After Odermatt won the next-to-last race in

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, Slovenia, while Pintaurault finished fourth, Odermatt passed Pinturault and took a 25-point lead in the discipline with just the finals in

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, Switzerland (where Odermatt would have a home advantage) remaining. However, Pinturault himself then came from behind, winning the finals in

to pass Odermatt for the season championship in this discipline (and also to clinch the overall championship). This was Pinturault's first season title in giant slalom, becoming the first French champion in the discipline since 2002. The season was interrupted by the 2021 World Ski Championships, which were held from 8–21 February in

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, Italy. The men's giant slalom was held on 19 February 2021.

Standings

* * * *DNS = Did not start *DNF1 = Did not finish run 1 *DNQ2 = Did not qualify for run 2 *DNF2 = Did not finish run 2 Updated at 20 March 2021 after all events.

References

External links

Alpine Skiing
at FIS website {{DEFAULTSORT:2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup - Men's giant slalom Men's giant slalom FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's giant slalom discipline titles

Standings

See also

References

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