In his first ever World Cup victory, Austria's Romed Baumann won the men's super-combined at Sestriere, Italy, on Sunday. France's Julien Lizeroux took second place, while Switzerland's Carlo Janka and Italy's Christof Innerhofer shared third.
Swiss veteran Didier Cuche won the World Cup Sestriere giant slalom on Saturday while Austria's Stephan Goergl came in second and compatriot Benjamin Raich made it third.
Austria's Reinfried Herbst stormed to victory in Schladming's World Cup slalom, a few days after Frenchmen Julien Lizeroux and Jean-Baptiste Grange achieved a stunning one-two in Kitzbuhel. Neither finished Tuesday's race.
France's Jean-Baptiste Grange has won the second men's World Cup slalom, pipping local favourite Ivica Kostelic. The French skiier now leads the slalom and general championships less than one month before the World Cup in Val d'Isere.
German Maria Riesch, 24, clinched the women's World Cup slalom in La Molina, Spain with America's Lindsey Vonn coming second and Austrian Kathrin Zettel in third place. Riesch clocked the best time in each of the two runs.
Two Swiss skiers filled up the two first places of the World Cup's men's opening grand slalom. Winner Daniel Albrecht already enjoyed two major victories in last season's World Cup in the giant slalom and the super-G races.
Kathrin Zettel won the women's giant slalom to record Austria's first victory in this competition since 2002. The event was also the opening competition for this year's World Cup season.
