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The Men's Overall World Cup 2020/2021 involved 35 events in 5 disciplines: downhill, Super-G, giant slalom, slalom, and parallel. The sixth discipline, Alpine combined, had all of its events in the 2020–21 season cancelled due to the schedule disruption cased by the
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. In the next-to-last event during the season finals, French skier
Alexis Pinturault Alexis Pinturault () (born 20 March 1991) 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 six World Champion ...
clinched the overall season championship and the crystal globe that goes with it. The last four events of the season were scheduled to take place at the final, Wednesday, 17 March through Sunday, 21 March in
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. Only the top 25 in each specific discipline for the season and the winner of the Junior World Championship are eligible to compete in the final, with the exception that athletes who have scored at least 500 points in the overall classification are eligible to participate in any discipline, regardless of standing in that discipline for the season. However, on 17 March, the downhill final had to be cancelled after three days of heavy snowfall. On 18 March, the Super-G final was also cancelled, eliminating events in which runner-up
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of Switzerland had a perceived edge over Pinturault. When Pinturault won the giant slalom held on 20 March, he gained an insurmountable lead over Odermatt.


Standings

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See also

* 2020–21 World Cup – Men's rankings *
2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill The Men's Downhill World Cup 2020/2021 involved seven events. Swiss skier Beat Feuz won his fourth consecutive season title in this discipline. The final had been scheduled for Wednesday, 17 March in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, and Austrian skier ...
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2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Super-G The Men's Super-G World Cup 2020/2021 involved six events. Austrian skier Vincent Kriechmayr won the crystal globe in this specialty for the season. Going into the finals, only Marco Odermatt retained a slim mathematical chance of surpassing Kr ...
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2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom The Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 2020/2021 involved ten events. Alexis Pinturault of France came from behind in the season-long race for the crystal globe, winning the season final in Lenzerheide, Switzerland to pass Marco Odermatt of Switzerla ...
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2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Slalom The Men's Slalom 2020–21 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup 2020/2021 involved 11 events including the final. Austrian skier Marco Schwarz clinched the discipline title for 2021 after the tenth event. The final was held on 21 March 2021 in Le ...
* 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Parallel


References


External links


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