The 44th World Cup season began on 24 October 2009, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 14 March 2010, at the World Cup finals in Garmisch, Germany.
No World Cup events were scheduled in February because of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada; the Olympic alpine events were scheduled for 13–27 February at Whistler Mountain.
The overall titles were won by Carlo Janka of Switzerland and Lindsey Vonn of the U.S., her third consecutive.
The 2010 season also marked the end to a long and successful career for Liechtenstein skier Marco Büchel.
FIS standards require that three events be completed in a discipline for a discipline trophy to be awarded. During this season, there were only three combined races (all super-combined) scheduled for the women. Because the third race was cancelled on 5 March, FIS had to make a decision about whether an official trophy would be awarded for the discipline. Ultimately, FIS decided to award the discipline trophy to the leader after two events, Lindsey Vonn, giving her four crystal globes for the year (overall, downhill, Super G and combined).
Calendar
Men + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, KB – Classic Combined, SC – Super combinedDatePlaceWinnerSecondThirdDetails1374 1 25 October 2009 Sölden GS 334 Didier Cuche Ted Ligety Carlo Janka 1375 2 15 November 2009 Levi SL 392 Reinfried Herbst Ivica Kostelić Jean-Baptiste Grange 1376 3 28 November 2009 Lake Louise DH 397 Didier Cuche Werner Heel Carlo Janka 1377 4 29 November 2009 SG 147 Manuel Osborne-Paradis Benjamin Raich Michael Walchhofer 1378 5 4 December 2009 Beaver Creek SC 105 Carlo Janka Didier Défago Natko Zrnčić-Dim 1379 6 5 December 2009 DH 398 Carlo Janka Didier Cuche Aksel Lund Svindal 1380 7 6 December 2009 GS 335 Carlo Janka Benjamin Raich Aksel Lund Svindal 1381 8 11 December 2009 Val d'Isère SC 106 Benjamin Raich Marcel Hirscher Manfred Mölgg Romed Baumann 1382 9 12 December 2009 SG 148 Michael Walchhofer Ted Ligety Werner Heel 1383 10 13 December 2009 GS 336 Marcel Hirscher Massimiliano Blardone Benjamin Raich 1384 11 18 December 2009 Val Gardena SG 149 Aksel Lund Svindal Carlo Janka Patrick Staudacher 1385 12 19 December 2009 DH 399 Manuel Osborne-Paradis Mario Scheiber Johan Clarey Ambrosi Hoffmann 1386 13 20 December 2009 Alta Badia GS 337 Massimiliano Blardone Davide Simoncelli Cyprien Richard 1387 14 21 December 2009 SL 393 Reinfried Herbst Silvan Zurbriggen Manfred Pranger 1388 15 29 December 2009 Bormio DH 400 Andrej Jerman Didier Défago Michael Walchhofer 1389 16 6 January 2010 Zagreb SL 394 Giuliano Razzoli Manfred Mölgg Julien Lizeroux 9 January 2010 Adelboden GS cnx fog; 1st run incomplete; replaced in Kranjska Gora on 26 January 2010 1390 17 10 January 2010 SL 395 Julien Lizeroux Marcel Hirscher Ivica Kostelić 1391 18 15 January 2010 Wengen SC 107 Bode Miller Carlo Janka Silvan Zurbriggen 1392 19 16 January 2010 DH 401 Carlo Janka Manuel Osborne-Paradis Marco Büchel 1393 20 17 January 2010 SL 396 Ivica Kostelić André Myhrer Reinfried Herbst 1394 21 22 January 2010 Kitzbühel SG 150 Didier Cuche Michael Walchhofer Georg Streitberger 1395 22 23 January 2010 DH 402 Didier Cuche Andrej Šporn Werner Heel 1396 23 24 January 2010 SL 397 Felix Neureuther Julien Lizeroux Giuliano Razzoli 1397 24 24 January 2010 KB 108 Ivica Kostelić Silvan Zurbriggen Benjamin Raich 1398 25 26 January 2010 Schladming SL 398 Reinfried Herbst Silvan Zurbriggen Manfred Pranger 1399 26 29 January 2010 Kranjska Gora GS 338 Ted Ligety Marcel Hirscher Kjetil Jansrud 1400 27 30 January 2010 GS 339 Marcel Hirscher Kjetil Jansrud Ted Ligety 1401 28 31 January 2010 SL 399 Reinfried Herbst Marcel Hirscher Julien Lizeroux 2010 Winter Olympics (14–26 February)1402 29 6 March 2010 Kvitfjell DH 403 Didier Cuche Aksel Lund Svindal Klaus Kröll 1403 30 7 March 2010 SG 151 Erik Guay Hannes Reichelt Aksel Lund Svindal Tobias Grünenfelder 1404 31 10 March 2010 Garmisch-Partenkirchen DH 404 Carlo Janka Mario Scheiber Erik Guay Patrick Küng 1405 32 11 March 2010 SG 152 Erik Guay Ivica Kostelić Aksel Lund Svindal 1406 33 12 March 2010 GS 340 Carlo Janka Davide Simoncelli Philipp Schörghofer Ted Ligety 1407 34 13 March 2010 SL 400 Felix Neureuther Manfred Pranger André Myhrer
Ladies + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, SC – Super combinedDatePlaceWinnerSecondThirdDetails1286 1 24 October 2009 Sölden GS 333 Tanja Poutiainen Kathrin Zettel Denise Karbon 1287 2 14 November 2009 Levi SL 374 Maria Riesch Lindsey Vonn Tanja Poutiainen 1288 3 28 November 2009 Aspen GS 334 Kathrin Hölzl Kathrin Zettel Federica Brignone 1289 4 29 November 2009 SL 375 Šárka Záhrobská Marlies Schild Kathrin Zettel 1290 5 4 December 2009 Lake Louise DH 329 Lindsey Vonn Emily Brydon Maria Riesch 1291 6 5 December 2009 DH 330 Lindsey Vonn Maria Riesch Emily Brydon 1292 7 6 December 2009 SG 165 Elisabeth Görgl Lindsey Vonn Ingrid Jacquemod 1293 8 12 December 2009 Åre GS 335 Tessa Worley Tina Maze Kathrin Zettel 1294 9 13 December 2009 SL 376 Sandrine Aubert Maria Riesch Susanne Riesch 1295 10 18 December 2009 Val d'Isère SC 085 Lindsey Vonn Maria Riesch Elisabeth Görgl 19 December 2009 DH cnx snowfall & wind; replaced in Haus im Ennstal 8 January 20101296 11 20 December 2009 SG 166 Fränzi Aufdenblatten Nadia Styger Lindsey Vonn 1297 12 28 December 2009 Lienz GS 336 Kathrin Hölzl Manuela Mölgg Taïna Barioz 1298 13 29 December 2009 SL 377 Marlies Schild Sandrine Aubert Kathrin Zettel 1299 14 3 January 2010 Zagreb SL 378 Sandrine Aubert Kathrin Zettel Susanne Riesch 1300 15 8 January 2010 Haus im Ennstal DH 331 Lindsey Vonn Anja Pärson Maria Riesch 1301 16 9 January 2010 DH 332 Lindsey Vonn Nadja Kamer Ingrid Jacquemod 1302 17 10 January 2010 SG 167 Lindsey Vonn Anja Pärson Nadia Fanchini Martina Schild 1303 18 12 January 2010 Flachau SL 379 Marlies Schild Maria Riesch Kathrin Zettel 1304 19 16 January 2010 Maribor GS 337 Kathrin Zettel Maria Riesch Anja Pärson 1305 20 17 January 2010 SL 380 Kathrin Zettel Tina Maze Maria Riesch 1306 21 22 January 2010 Cortina SG 168 Lindsey Vonn Fabienne Suter Anja Pärson 1307 22 23 January 2010 DH 333 Lindsey Vonn Maria Riesch Anja Pärson Nadja Kamer 1308 23 24 January 2010 GS 338 Tanja Poutiainen Viktoria Rebensburg Kathrin Hölzl 1309 24 29 January 2010 St. Moritz SC 086 Anja Pärson Michaela Kirchgasser Lindsey Vonn 1310 25 30 January 2010 DH 334 Maria Riesch Ingrid Jacquemod Fabienne Suter 1311 26 31 January 2010 SG 169 Lindsey Vonn Andrea Fischbacher Marie Marchand-Arvier 2010 Winter Olympics (14–26 February) 5 March 2010 Crans-Montana SC cnx high winds 1312 27 6 March 2010 DH 335 Lindsey Vonn Johanna Schnarf Marianne Abderhalden 1313 28 7 March 2010 SG 170 Dominique Gisin Lindsey Vonn Julia Mancuso 1314 29 10 March 2010 Garmisch-Partenkirchen DH 336 Maria Riesch Lindsey Vonn Anja Pärson 1315 30 11 March 2010 GS 339 Tina Maze Kathrin Hölzl Maria Riesch 1316 31 12 March 2010 SG 171 Lindsey Vonn Elisabeth Görgl Nadia Styger 1317 32 13 March 2010 SL 381 Marlies Schild Kathrin Zettel Maria Riesch
Nation team event + Event key: PG – Parallel giant slalom DatePlaceWinnerSecondThirdDetails4 1 14 March 2010 Garmisch-Partenkirchen PG 001
Men's standings
Overall Rankafter all 34 racesFIS: Alpine World Cup 2010 men's overall standingsPoints 1 Carlo Janka 1197 2 Benjamin Raich 1091 3 Didier Cuche 952 4 Aksel Lund Svindal 883 5 Ivica Kostelić 805
Downhill Rankafter all 8 racesFIS: Alpine World Cup 2010 men's downhill standingsPoints 1 Didier Cuche 528 2 Carlo Janka 448 3 Werner Heel 292 4 Manuel Osborne-Paradis 281 5 Mario Scheiber 273
Super G Rankafter all 6 racesFIS: Alpine World Cup 2010 men's super giant slalom standingsPoints 1 Erik Guay 331 2 Michael Walchhofer 316 3 Aksel Lund Svindal 314 4 Benjamin Raich 210 5 Mario Scheiber 199
Giant slalom Rankafter all 7 racesFIS: Alpine World Cup 2010 men's giant slalom standingsPoints 1 Ted Ligety 412 2 Carlo Janka 341 3 Benjamin Raich 331 4 Davide Simoncelli 311 5 Massimiliano Blardone 309
Slalom Rankafter all 9 racesFIS: Alpine World Cup 2010 men's slalom standingsPoints 1 Reinfried Herbst 534 2 Julien Lizeroux 512 3 Silvan Zurbriggen 365 4 Ivica Kostelić 360 5 Felix Neureuther 329
Super combined Rankafter all 4 racesFIS: Alpine World Cup 2010 men's combined standingsPoints 1 Benjamin Raich 246 2 Carlo Janka 216 3 Ivica Kostelić 172 4 Silvan Zurbriggen 166 5 Bode Miller 145
Ladies' standings
Overall Rankafter all 32 racesFIS: Alpine World Cup 2010 ladies' overall standingsPoints 1 Lindsey Vonn 1671 2 Maria Riesch 1516 3 Anja Pärson 1047 4 Tina Maze 943 5 Kathrin Zettel 938
Downhill Rankafter all 8 racesFIS: Alpine World Cup 2010 ladies' downhill standingsPoints 1 Lindsey Vonn 725 2 Maria Riesch 556 3 Anja Pärson 385 4 Ingrid Jacquemod 271 5 Nadja Kamer 266
Super G Rankafter all 7 racesFIS: Alpine World Cup 2010 ladies' super giant slalom standingsPoints 1 Lindsey Vonn 620 2 Elisabeth Görgl 300 3 Nadia Styger 291 4 Fabienne Suter 266 5 Andrea Fischbacher 239
Giant slalom Rankafter all 7 racesFIS: Alpine World Cup 2010 ladies' giant slalom standingsPoints 1 Kathrin Hölzl 471 2 Kathrin Zettel 394 3 Tina Maze 372 4 Viktoria Rebensburg 271 5 Tanja Poutiainen 263
Slalom Rankafter all 8 racesFIS: Alpine World Cup 2010 ladies' slalom standingsPoints 1 Maria Riesch 493 2 Kathrin Zettel 490 3 Marlies Schild 420 4 Sandrine Aubert 406 5 Šárka Záhrobská 347
Super combined Rankafter all 2 racesFIS: Alpine World Cup 2010 ladies' combined standingsPoints 1 Lindsey Vonn 160 2 Anja Pärson 150 3 Michaela Kirchgasser 130 4 Elisabeth Görgl 110 5 Maria Riesch 80
Nations Cup
Overall Rankafter all 66 racesFIS: Alpine World Cup 2010 overall nations' cup standingsPoints 1 9207 2 Switzerland 7263 3 5093 4 4428 5 4131
Men Rankafter all 34 racesFIS: Alpine World Cup 2010 men's nations cup standingsPoints 1 5467 2 Switzerland 4502 3 2903 4 2024 5 1852
Ladies Rankafter all 32 racesFIS: Alpine World Cup 2010 ladies nations' cup standingsPoints 1 3740 2 2761 3 Switzerland 2601 4 2599 5 2404
Footnotes
References
External links FIS-ski.com – World Cup standings Ski Racing.com - U.S.-based magazine - alpine racing news U.S. Ski Team.com - alpine news