Schladming Alpine Ski World Cup Races Preview
- Raúl Revuelta
- Jan 28
- 4 min read
Every year after Kitzbühel, Schladming stages the traditional Alpine Ski World Cup Night Slalom. This season again Schladming will also host a Giant Slalom.
Schladming (AUT)
January 28th Giant Slalom / Men (Night Event) 17:45 CET 1st run 20:45 CET 2nd run
January 29th Slalom / Men (Night Event) 17:45 CET 1st run 20:45 CET 2nd run
Planai Racecourse facts:
Start Elevation: 958 m (Slalom) 1148 m (Giant Slalom)
Finish Elevation: 744 m (Slalom) 758 (Giant Slalom)
Vertical Drop: 214 m (Slalom) 390 (Giant Slalom)
Length: 582 m
Max. slope: 52 %
Schladming is a small former mining town in the northwest of the Austrian state of Styria.
The ski resort named Planai is the main mountain in the Schladming area. It is one of four adjoining mountains, which include Hauser Kaibling, Hochwurzen, and Reiteralm, connected under the name Schladminger 4-Berge-Schaukel a ski area of 123 km of beautifully prepared pistes.
The Schladming-Dachstein World Championship Region has held various skiing competitions, most notably the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 1982 and the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 2013.
Schladming-Dachstein is part of the Ski Amadé ski domain, a network of 28 ski areas and towns that make up Europe's second-largest ski area. With only one lift pass you can ski on 760 kilometers of slopes served by 270 modern lifts, spread out throughout the top five ski regions of Salzburger Sportwelt, Schladming-Dachstein (including the Dachstein Glacier at 2,700 m), Gastein, Hochkönig, and Grossarltal.
In 2020, the first year without Marcel Hirscher, was again the time for Henrik Kristoffersen who earned his fourth World Cup win in Schladming, over his contenders Alexis Pinturault (second +0.34) and Daniel Yule (third +0.83).
In 2021 in an exciting race in Schladming Austrian Marco Schwarz claimed his second career World Cup slalom victory. He finished ahead of the French duo of Clement Noel and Alexis Pinturault.
In 2022 in a thrilling race under the floodlights, German Linus Strasser won the Night Slalom in Schladming. He finished ahead of Atle Lie McGrath by a mere +0.03 seconds.
Manuel Feller finished +0.39 seconds behind Strasser. Feller who was 28th in the first run made up 25 positions overcoming a 1.95 seconds deficit and thus clinched his second podium of the season in Slalom after a dream second run.
In 2023, in a thrilling race under the floodlights, in front of a 45,000 ski fans crowd, French Clement Noël won the Night Slalom in Schladming. He finished ahead of Ramon Zenhäusern by a mere +0.07 seconds. Lucas Braathen finished +0.38 seconds behind Noël.
In the Giant Slalom, despite the great absence of Marco Odermatt, the Swiss Party continued in Schladming with a 1-2 podium.
In a demanding racecourse, even more in the second run under the fog, Loic Meillard claimed his first World Cup victory of the season, his second one in the World Cup.
Gino Caviezel finished in second place 0.59 seconds behind his teammate.
Marco Schwarz rounded out the podium 0.81 seconds off the pace.
Last season, Marco Odermatt won the Night Giant Slalom in Schladming. Even though he made a big mistake in the first run that relegated him to eleventh place, he could climb back to first position in the second run after setting the fastest time. Manuel Feller finished in second place +0.05 seconds behind Odermatt. Zan Kranjec rounded out the podium 0.29 seconds off the pace.
In another exciting Salom race in Schladming, just three days after his victory in the classic in Kitzbühel, Linus Strasser won his fourth career World Cup Slalom. He finished ahead of Timon Haugan (+0.28) and Clement Noël (+1.02).
The 31-year-old German skier became the first German to achieve the double of Kitzbühel and Schladming. Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen was the last one to achieve the double in 2016.
Schladming List of Winners
2024 Slalom Linus Strasser
2024 Giant Slalom Marco Odermatt
2023 Giant Slalom Loic Meillard
2023 Slalom Clement Noel
2022 Slalom Linus Strasser
2021 Slalom Marco Schwarz
2020 Slalom Henrik Kristoffersen
2019 Slalom Marcel Hirscher
2018 Slalom Marcel Hirscher
2017 Slalom Henrik Kristoffersen
2016 Slalom Henrik Kristoffersen
2015 Slalom Alexander Khoroshilov
2014 Slalom Henrik Kristoffersen
2012 Slalom Andre Myhrer
2012 Giant Slalom Marcel Hirscher
2012 Slalom Marcel Hirscher
2011 Slalom Jean-Baptiste Grange
2010 Slalom Reinfried Herbst
2009 Slalom Reinfried Herbst
2008 Slalom Mario Matt
2007 Slalom Benjamin Raich
2006 Slalom Kalle Palander
2005 Slalom Manfred Pranger
2004 Slalom Benjamin Raich
2003 Slalom Kalle Palander
2002 Slalom Bode Miller
2001 Slalom Benjamin Raich
2000 Slalom Mario Matt
1999 Slalom Benjamin Raich
1998 Slalom Alberto Tomba
1997 Slalom Alberto Tomba
1990 Slalom Armin Bittner
1988 Giant Slalom Rudolf Nierlich
1985 Giant Slalom Thomas Burgler
1981 Giant Slalom Ingemar Stenmark
1978 Giant Slalom Ingemar Stenmark
1975 Slalom Hans Hinterseer