The men's giant slalom in the 2025 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of nine events, including the final. The season opened in Sölden, Austria on 27 October 2024. Through the first four events of this season, the discipline had four different leaders; however, the last of that group, three-time defending champion Marco Odermatt of Switzerland, kept the lead after taking it and wrapped up the discipline title the week before finals.
The season was interrupted for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2025, this time in Saalbach, Austria during 4–16 February 2025. The championship in men's giant slalom took place on Friday, 14 February, and was won in a huge upset by Raphael Haaser of Austria, who had never won a top-level race in his career (although he had previously won a silver and a bronze medal in the World Championships).
Season summary The first giant slalom of the season, scheduled as usual on the Rettenbach glacier in Sölden, Austria in October, resulted in a Norwegian podium sweep, with Alexander Steen Olsen leading the pack. In their returns from retirement, former Norwegian star Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, now of Brazil after one year away, finished fourth, and former Austrian superstar Marcel Hirscher, now of the Netherlands after five years away, finished 23rd. Pinheiro Braathen then assumed the overall lead by one point over Steen Olsen in the second race of the season at Beaver Creek, Colorado (United States), when he narrowly finished second (for Brazil's first-ever World Cup podium finish) behind only Thomas Tumler of Switzerland in Tumler's first World Cup victory (at the same site where he had his first podium finish in 2018).
Back in Europe, at Val d'Isére (France), three-time defending discipline champion Marco Odermatt of Switzerland scored his first points of the season with a narrow victory during dark and snowy conditions, but current Norwegian star Henrik Kristoffersen took over the discipline lead from Braathen with a fifth-pace finish. The very next week, Odermatt won the giant slalom in Alta Badia and took over first place in the discipline from Kristoffersen by one point (200 to 199). Then, in the first giant slalom of 2025, Odermatt's come-from-behind effort in the second run gave him his fourth consecutive victory in the race in Adelboden, Switzerland, tying Ingmar Stenmark's consecutive-victory record, and also giving him a commanding lead in the discipline over Kristoffersen, who was in second after the first run but failed to complete the second. In the last race before the world championships, a night giant slalom in Schlamding, Austria, Alexander Steen Olsen and Kristofferson managed to pull off a Norwegian 1-2, moving each of them within 100 points of Odermatt for the discipline lead.
At the World Championships in Saalbach, Austria, the host country's Raphael Haaser, better known as a super-G racer (in which he had already won silver) and the final selection to the Austrian team for the race, came from fifth on the second run to upset the favored Swiss and win the gold medal, with Swiss skiers placing second (Tumler), third (Loïc Meillard), and fourth (Odermatt). In the first giant slalom after the worlds, Kristoffersen grabbed his first victory of the season over Braathen, with Odermatt third, leaving Kristoffersen 41 points behind in the discipline with two races to go. But the next race, in Hafjell, Norway, ended the battle, as Loïc Meillard won the race with Odermatt second, while Kristoffersen only managed to finish 16th, giving Odermatt both the discipline and overall titles for the season.
Finals The World Cup finals in the discipline took place on Wednesday, 26 March 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho, United States. Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup giant slalom discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship in the discipline (Flavio Vitale of France), plus any skiers who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, were eligible to compete in the final, and only the top 15 earned World Cup points. Four skiers with 500+ overall points who were not otherwise eligible (Alexis Monney, Franjo von Allmen, and Stefan Rogentin of Switzerland and Clément Noël of France) entered the race through points, while three eligible skiers (Alex Vinatzer and Gino Caviezel of Italy and Alexander Schmid of Germany) missed the race due to injury, leaving a starting field of 27 (including Vitale). In the actual race, Meillard established a significant time gap after the first run and then won by almost a second over his teammate Odermatt, with Kristoffersen third, and the three also finished as the top three in the discipline for the season, with Meillard snatching third from Steen Olsen.
Standings VenueWC #SkierTotal Marco OdermattDNF1DNF210010010060④6080805802 80454529DNF280⑧10015604543 Loïc Meillard DNS2029158050③401001004344 Alexander Steen Olsen10029DNS60DNF2100DNF21245DNF134655080DNF29DNF122⑭8050503416 Thomas Tumler 181006DNF25012②3260202987 Stefan BrennsteinerDNF1266018DNF145DNF15040452848 Žan Kranjec 406032361836⑪154362779 Filip ZubčićDNF24026504529⑬22321826210 Luca De Aliprandini 263240206018⑨DNF2122923711 River Radamus 243614162622⑰223616212 Timon Haugan22522454015⑦18133221213 Patrick Feurstein32DNQ80121011⑯14222420514 Atle Lie McGrath60501040DNF226⑩DNQ8019415 Léo Anguenot 718680DNF116⑮DNF1162216516 Thibaut Favrot 16249262032⑥2411016217 Marco SchwarzDNS52924⑤45184016118 Joan VerdúDNS1636DNF13240DNF229DNF1DNF215319 Sam Maes22134DNF11314㉕2629DNF212120 Luca Aerni DNS5014369DNF111DNF2DNF112021 Anton GrammelDNQDNF1DNQ2415DNQ⑫16262610722 Alex Vinatzer458DNF13213DNQ㉑DNQDNF2DNS9823 Raphael Haaser 3611DNF1DNS11①36DNF2DNF29424 Gino Caviezel 29142422DNS8925 Alexander Schmid 152216DNS5326 Alexis Pinturault DNS153822DNSNE4827 Rasmus Windingstad 11DNQ157DNF14DNSDNF110NE4728 Filippo Della ViteDNQDNF2DNQDNF1248㉔13DNF2NE4529 Tormis LaineDNQDNQ181165DNF14DNQNE4430 Fabian GratzDNQ1212DNF170⑱66NE4331 Jonas Stockinger6711DNQ13DNF1㉖DNQDNQNE3732 Giovanni Borsotti12DNF120DNF1DNF23DNSDNQDNQNE3533 Manuel Feller DNF1DNSDNF2DNQ1613DNSDNF25NE3434 Lukas FeursteinDNQDNQDNQDNS148DNS10DNQNE32 Alban Elezi CannaferinaDNS8DNQDNQDNF1DNSDNQ24NE3236 Tommy Ford10DNF113DNF1DNF2DNSNE2337 William Hansson136DNF13DNQDNF1DNF2DNF1DNQNE2238 Flavio VitaleDNQDNSDNF1DNF1DNQDNSDNQ20DNF12039 Stefan LuitzDNS9DNQDNQDNF12DNS8DNQNE1940 Noel ZwischenbruggerDNSDNQDNQ9DNQDNSDNQ9NE1841 Patrick KenneyDNQDNF2DNF1DNQ8DNQ㉜9DNQNE1742 Fadri JanutinDNF210DNQ6DNF1DNQDNSDNQDNQNE1643 Justin Murisier 14DNQDNSDNQDNSNE14 Rasmus BakkevigDNSDNF114NE1445 Andreas ŽampaDNQDNQDNQ13DNQDNQ㉘DNF1DNQNE1346 Loévan ParandDNSDNQDNQDNS57NE1247 Erik Read DNQDNQDNQ11DNQDNQ㉒DNQDNQNE1148 Diego OrecchioniDNQDNQDNF14DNF16DNSNE1049 Linus Straßer9DNSNE950 Marcel Hirscher8DNSNE851 Hannes ZingerleDNQDNQ7DNQDNSNE7 Bridger GileDNF1DNF1DNQDNQDNQDNQ⑲7DNQNE753 Victor Muffat-Jeandet 5DNQDNSNE 554 Livio Simonet 4DNQDNF1DNQDNQDNQDNSDNQDNQNE455 Cyprien Sarrazin3DNF2DNSNE3 Jesper WahlqvistDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNSDNQ3NE357 Mattias RönngrenDNQDNSDNQ2DNQDNQDNSNE 2References
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DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2 DNF1 = Did not finish run 1 DSQ1 = Disqualified run 1 DNF2 = Did not finish run 2 DSQ2 = Disqualified run 2 DNS2 = Did not start run 2
See also 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom World Cup scoring system
References
External links Alpine skiing at FIS website