The men's giant slalom in the 2021 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved ten events, as scheduled.
Defending discipline champion Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway never seriously threatened to retain his title. Instead, the season-long race for the crystal globe turned into a two-man battle between 2020 runner-up Alexis Pinturault of France (who lost the previous year by six points after the last two giant slaloms of the year were canceled) and rising Swiss skier Marco Odermatt -- who were also battling each other for the overall championship. After Odermatt won the next-to-last race in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, while Pintaurault finished fourth, Odermatt passed Pinturault and took a 25-point lead in the discipline with just the finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland (where Odermatt would have a home advantage) remaining.
However, Pinturault himself then came from behind, winning the finals in Lenzerheide to pass Odermatt for the season championship in this discipline (and also to clinch the overall championship). This was Pinturault's first season title in giant slalom, becoming the first French champion in the discipline since 2002.
The season was interrupted by the 2021 World Ski Championships, which were held from 8–21 February in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The men's giant slalom was held on 19 February 2021.
Standings #Skier Total Alexis Pinturault 5045451001001005060501007002 Marco Odermatt 8060100506050458010024 6493 Filip Zubčić2210060268080100184080 6064 Loïc Meillard 455050DNQ4060323680DNF1 3935 Mathieu Faivre 53211151416801004560 3786 Stefan Brennsteiner 14DNQDNQ32-560456050 2667 Žan Kranjec 36801229DNS2240922 2508 4592216294142936322369 Thibaut Favrot 29DNF118DNF18293650224023210 Justin Murisier 246860452620328022911 Luca De Aliprandini 26840DNF1184013221645 22812 Gino Caviezel 60DNF1220DNF13610222936 21513 Tommy Ford 940804526DNF1DNS 200143222361432DNF276182919615 Lucas Braathen 10022201336DNS 19116 Alexander Schmid 1624293610924DNF2241618817 DNF12916405045DNS 18018 Marco Schwarz DNS1891018222626DNS2014919 Stefan Luitz18DNF21422DNS1812262613620 Erik Read 122626121520DNF1DNQ15DNF2 12621 Atle Lie McGrath DNQ182480DNF1DNS 12022 Roland LeitingerDNF151492432DNF11520DNF111923 Manuel FellerDNSDNF2DNQDNF2DNF124401132010724 Adam Zampa33632DNQDNQ812105010625 Giovanni Borsotti2010DNQDNQ918916418104References
DNS = Did not start DNF1 = Did not finish run 1 DNQ2 = Did not qualify for run 2 DNF2 = Did not finish run 2
Updated at 20 March 2021 after all events.
See also 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's parallel World Cup scoring system
References
External links Alpine Skiing at FIS website