On Sunday 26th, January 2025Â the Kitzbuehel Alpine Ski World Cup Slalom will take place in the Ganslernhang. It is the eighth slalom of the 2024-2025 winter season and the last before the Saalbach Alpine World Ski Championships.
January 26th Slalom / Men 10:15 CET 1st run 13:30 CET 2nd run
Start Elevation: 1004 m
Finish Elevation: 811 m
Vertical Drop: 193 m
Length: 590 m
Max. slope: 70 %
Average slope: 35 %
With 14 wins Austria has claimed the most wins in the Hahnenkamm Slalom in World Cup history. France follows on 11 wins. The Austrians have not celebrated a victory in Slalom in Kitzbühel since Marcel Hirscher's won in 2017.
Ingemar Stenmark (5), Jean Noël Augert (3), and Marc Girardelli (3) are the only skiers to have won the Hahnenkamm World Cup Slalom more than twice.
Last season, in an Exciting race in Kitzbühel (many skiers had problems managing the icy Ganslernhang. In the first run, only 37 of a total of 70 starters made it to the finish line), German Linus Strasser claimed his third career World Cup Slalom. He finished ahead of Kristoffer Jakobsen (+0.14) and Daniel Yule (+0.20). It's his eighth podium in Slalom in the Alpine Ski World Cup. The last German winner in the Ganslernhang was Felix Neureuther on January 24, 2014. Strasser also became the first German to record a podium finish in the Kitzbühel World Cup Slalom since Fritz Dopfer finished third in 2016.
Before 2024, the previous 10 Hahnenkamm Slalom races were won by skiers from seven different countries: Marcel Hirscher for Austria in 2013 and 2017; Henrik Kristoffersen for Norway in 2016 and 2018; Daniel Yule for Switzerland in 2020 and 2023, Dave Ryding for Great Britain in 2022; Clement Noël for France in 2019; Mattias Hargin for Sweden in 2015; and Felix Neureuther for Germany in 2014.
Men's Slalom is still searching for a true dominant figure after the era of Marcel Hirscher. Competition in the Alpine Ski World Cup is fierce. Since the start of the 2021-2022 winter season, 16 skiers -Henrik Kristoffersen (5), Manuell Feller (4), Clément Noël (5), Linus Strasser (3), Daniel Yule (3), Lucas Braathen (3), Timon Haugan (2), Atle Lie McGrath (3), Ramon Zenhäusern (2), Sebastian Foss-Solevåg, Johannes Strolz, Dave Ryding, Alexander Steen Olsen, Marco Schwarz, Loic Meillard, and Albert Popov- have won at least one Alpine Ski World Cup event.
Norway secures a podium clean sweep at the Slalom Alpine Ski World Cup in Wengen, with Atle Lie McGrath claiming the top spot, Timon Haugan finishing second, and Henrik Kristoffersen coming in third in the battle for victory.
It's McGrath's fifth podium finish and first win of the 2024-2025 Alpine Ski World Cup season.
The 24-year-old Norwegian's most recent win was nearly three years ago in Courchevel on March 20, 2022.
Norway now boasts five wins and six podiums in the nine Wengen races since 2015.
Henrik Kristoffersen (435 points) is currently leading the Slalom standings ahead of Loic Meillard (370) and Clement Noel (364) in second and third respectively.
Henrik Kristoffersen has finished fourth, fifth, and third in the last four Slalom events since winning the Slalom in Val d’Isere in December. Kristoffersen, with 56 podiums, including 24 wins in this discipline, is in fourth position in the ranking of most podiums in Slalom. Only three other men have won more podium finishes in World Cup Slalom events than Kristoffersen: Ingemar Stenmark (81), Marcel Hirscher (65), and Alberto Tomba (57).
Clement Noel won the Slalom Season Opener in Levi. The Reigning Olympic Slalom Champion returned in Levi to the Top of the podium thanks to two sensational runs. After setting the best time in the first run, he maintained his lead with an impressive second run, only challenged by Henrik Kristoffersen's flawless second run. Loic Meillard completed the podium in third place.
A week after his victory in Levi, Finland, Clement Noel once again set the pace in the first run of the race in Gurgl, earning his second win of the season in the Slalom. The Frenchman successfully defended his lead against challenges from Swedish skier Kristoffer Jakobsen. In the end, he managed to hold off Jakobsen, finishing with a margin of +0.44 seconds, and Atle Lie McGrath, who finished +0.45 seconds behind.
In December, Henrik Kristoffersen achieved a remarkable victory, leading a Norwegian one-two finish on the podium at the Slalom World Cup in Val d'Isere. He beat his teammate Atle Lie McGrath by 0.52 seconds. Loic Meillard finished in third place 0.89 seconds behind.
The 30-year-old skier from Norway celebrated his 24th Slalom and his 31st Alpine Ski World Cup victory. It was his first win in Slalom in almost two years. On January 15, 2023, Kristoffersen celebrated his last Slalom World Cup victory in Wengen. He ranks fourth in the all-time Men's list for the most World Cup Slalom wins, behind Ingemar Stenmark (40), Alberto Tomba (35), and Marcel Hirscher (32).
Timon Haugan won the last Slalom of 2024 in Alta Badia, his second triumph in the Alpine Ski World Cup. Loic Meillard finished in second place, 1.13 seconds behind Haugan. Atle Lie McGrath rounded up the podium in third place 1.26 seconds off the pace.
Haugan gave Norway its 200th victory in the Alpine Ski World Cup. The Norwegian team set the pace again in the Slalom in Alta Badia. It's the Norwegians' second Slalom victory this season, after Henrik Kristoffersen's victory in Val d'Isere.
The first race of the Alpine Ski World Cup in 2025 brought another first-time winner: Albert Popov. The 27-year-old Bulgarian won the Classic Slalom race on the demanding "Canalone Miramonti" in Madonna di Campiglio ahead of Loic Meillard and Samuel Kolega. It was the second victory in the Alpine Ski World Cup for Bulgary. 45 years ago, on January 8, 1980, Petar Popangelov won the Slalom in Lenggries, Germany.
Clement Noël claimed his third World Cup victory of the season in Adelboden. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen finished in second place, just 0.02 seconds behind the Frenchman. Henrik Kristoffersen secured third place, finishing 0.14 seconds behind Noël.
Reigning Olympic Slalom Champion Clement Noël has 13 World Cup Slalom victories and 27 podiums to his name. With today's victory, Noël moves to second place, tied with Noël Augert with 13 wins on the list of France’s most successful World Cup slalom skiers. Perrine Pelen holds the record with 15 wins.