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Gran Risa

Gran Risa is a World Cup giant slalom ski course in Italy at Alta Badia. On Piz La Ila mountain in the Dolomites, it hosted its first World Cup event in 1985.

This slope is considered one of the top three GS courses on the circuit, along with Kranjska Gora (SLO) and Adelboden (SUI).

Course

The men's World Cup giant slalom was held on the Gran Risa for the first time in 1985, and every year since 1990 (usually in mid-December). From 2006 to 2011, World Cup slaloms also took place on the Gran Risa.

Since 2015, the Gran Risa has also been the venue for World Cup parallel giant slaloms. Women's giant slaloms have only been held twice so far, in 1994 and 2003. The record winner is Marcel Hirscher with six giant slalom victories, with additional wins in slalom and parallel giant slalom.

Sections

  • Pump Station, Col Frata, La sTreta, La Curva Calait, Plans

World Cup

This course hosted a total of 49 men's World Cup events (11th of all-time) and total 2 for ladies (108th of all-time).

The elevation at the start of the men's giant slalom is 1,868 metres (6,129 ft), with a vertical drop of 448 m (1,470 ft). It has a maximum incline of 34.6 degrees (69%) and the average gradient is 19.8 degrees (36%).

Men

Marcel Hirscher (AUT) won
a record 6 giant slaloms
on the Gran Risa
No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
529 GS 1985/86 15 December 1985   Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Austria Hubert Strolz Italy Roberto Erlacher
530 KB 14 December 1985  
Val Gardena (DH)  
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15 December 1985  
Alta Badia (GS)  
Luxembourg Marc Girardelli Sweden Niklas Henning Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen
576 GS 1986/87 14 December 1986   Italy Richard Pramotton Italy Alberto Tomba Italy Oswald Totsch
577 GS 15 December 1986   Switzerland Joël Gaspoz Italy Richard Pramotton West Germany Markus Wasmeier
607 GS 1987/88 13 December 1987   Italy Alberto Tomba Austria Rudolf Nierlich Switzerland Joël Gaspoz
Switzerland Hans Pieren
679 GS 1989/90 14 January 1990   Austria Richard Kröll Austria Günther Mader Austria Hubert Strolz
Austria Rudolf Nierlich
705 GS 1990/91 16 December 1990   Italy Alberto Tomba Switzerland Urs Kälin Luxembourg Marc Girardelli
734 GS 1991/92 15 December 1991   Italy Alberto Tomba Switzerland Steve Locher Switzerland Paul Accola
766 GS 1992/93 13 December 1992   Luxembourg Marc Girardelli France Alain Feutrier Italy Alberto Tomba
803 GS 1993/94 19 December 1993   Switzerland Steve Locher Italy Alberto Tomba Austria Christian Mayer
838 GS 1994/95 22 December 1994   Italy Alberto Tomba Switzerland Urs Kälin Austria Christian Mayer
871 GS 1995/96 17 December 1995   Austria Hans Knauß  Switzerland  Michael von Grünigen Italy Alberto Tomba
906 GS 1996/97 22 December 1996    Switzerland  Michael von Grünigen  Switzerland  Steve Locher Italy Matteo Nana
942 GS 1997/98 21 December 1997   Austria Christian Mayer  Switzerland  Michael von Grünigen Austria Hermann Maier
980 GS 1998/99 20 December 1998    Switzerland  Michael von Grünigen Italy Patrick Holzer Austria Andreas Schifferer
1015 GS 1999/00 19 December 1999   France Joël Chenal Austria Hermann Maier Austria Rainer Salzgeber
GS 2000/01 17 December 2000   cancelled
1087 GS 2001/02 16 December 2001   France Frédéric Covili Switzerland Michael von Grünigen Finland Sami Uotila
1125 GS 2002/03 22 December 2002   United States Bode Miller Italy Davide Simoncelli Austria Christian Mayer
1158 GS 2003/04 14 December 2003   Finland Kalle Palander Italy Davide Simoncelli France Frédéric Covili
1201 GS 2004/05 19 December 2004   Canada Thomas Grandi Austria Benjamin Raich Switzerland Didier Cuche
Austria Hermann Maier
1237 GS 2005/06 18 December 2005   Italy Massimiliano Blardone Italy Davide Simoncelli Canada François Bourque
1272 GS 2006/07 17 December 2006   Finland Kalle Palander United States Bode Miller Switzerland Didier Défago
1273 SL 18 December 2006   Sweden Markus Larsson United States Ted Ligety Croatia Ivica Kostelić
1310 GS 2007/08 16 December 2007   Finland Kalle Palander Austria Benjamin Raich Switzerland Marc Berthod
1311 SL 17 December 2007   France Jean-Baptiste Grange Germany Felix Neureuther United States Ted Ligety
1349 GS 2008/09 21 December 2008    Switzerland  Daniel Albrecht Croatia Ivica Kostelić Austria Hannes Reichelt
1350 SL 22 December 2008   Croatia Ivica Kostelić France Jean-Baptiste Grange Austria Benjamin Raich
1386 GS 2009/10 20 December 2009   Italy Massimiliano Blardone Italy Davide Simoncelli France Cyprien Richard
1387 SL 21 December 2009   Austria Reinfried Herbst  Switzerland  Silvan Zurbriggen Austria Manfred Pranger
1417 GS 2010/11 19 December 2010   United States Ted Ligety France Cyprien Richard France Thomas Fanara
1453 GS 2011/12 18 December 2011   Italy Massimiliano Blardone Austria Hannes Reichelt Austria Philipp Schörghofer
1454 SL 19 December 2011   Austria Marcel Hirscher Italy Giuliano Razzoli Germany Felix Neureuther
1499 GS 2012/13 16 December 2012   United States Ted Ligety Austria Marcel Hirscher France Thomas Fanara
1533 GS 2013/14 22 December 2013   Austria Marcel Hirscher France Alexis Pinturault United States Ted Ligety
1567 GS 2014/15 21 December 2014   Austria Marcel Hirscher United States Ted Ligety France Thomas Fanara
1603 GS 2015/16 20 December 2015   Austria Marcel Hirscher Norway Henrik Kristoffersen France Victor Muffat-Jeandet
1604 PG 21 December 2015   Norway Kjetil Jansrud Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Sweden André Myhrer
1646 GS 2016/17 18 December 2016   Austria Marcel Hirscher France Mathieu Faivre Italy Florian Eisath
1647 PG 19 December 2016   France Cyprien Sarrazin  Switzerland  Carlo Janka Norway Kjetil Jansrud
1683 GS 2017/18 17 December 2017   Austria Marcel Hirscher Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Slovenia Žan Kranjec
1684 PG 18 December 2017   Sweden Matts Olsson Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Austria Marcel Hirscher
1718 GS 2018/19 16 December 2018   Austria Marcel Hirscher France Thomas Fanara France Alexis Pinturault
1719 PG 17 December 2018   Austria Marcel Hirscher France Thibaut Favrot France Alexis Pinturault
1756 GS 2019/20 22 December 2019   NorwayHenrik Kristoffersen France Cyprien Sarrazin Slovenia Žan Kranjec
1757 PG 23 December 2019   NorwayRasmus Windingstad Germany Stefan Luitz Austria Roland Leitinger
1791 GS 2020/21 20 December 2020   France Alexis Pinturault NorwayAtle Lie McGrath  Switzerland  Justin Murisier
1792 SL 21 December 2020    Switzerland  Ramon Zenhäusern Austria Manuel Feller Austria Marco Schwarz
1828 GS 2021/22 19 December 2021   Norway Henrik Kristoffersen  Switzerland  Marco Odermatt Austria Manuel Feller
1829 GS 20 December 2021    Switzerland  Marco Odermatt Italy Luca De Aliprandini Germany Alexander Schmid
1864 GS 2022/23 18 December 2022   Norway Lucas Braathen Norway Henrik Kristoffersen  Switzerland  Marco Odermatt
1865 GS 19 December 2022    Switzerland  Marco Odermatt Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Slovenia Žan Kranjec

Women

No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
838 GS 1994/95 21 December 1994   Italy Sabina Panzanini Austria Anita Wachter Italy Deborah Compagnoni
1084 GS 2003/04 13 December 2003   Italy Denise Karbon Austria Nicole Hosp Austria Elisabeth Görgl

Club5+

In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.

Later over the years other classic long-term organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St.Moritz and Åre.

References

  1. ^ "The slope: Adrenaline and Technology". skiworldcup.it. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Srečko Medven predsednik elitnega združenje (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Naše novice. June 2010.
  3. ^ "Club5+ workshop in Adelboden". saslong.org. 23 October 2021.

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