Hinterstoder, Austria – The World Cup returned to Hinterstoder on Friday for the first time in five years as France’s Alexis Pinturault won his second Audi FIS Ski World Cup giant slalom race of the season.
“This win was unexpected,“ said Pinturault. “Especially after the big mistake I did right before the flat part. It’s never good to do mistakes before flats! I wasn’t sure it would be enough, but in the end, I was pleasantly surprised with my time.”
To the delight of 11,000 Austrian fans watching from the finish area, Marcel Hirscher finished second and extended his overall World Cup lead to 103 points over Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen, who finished fourth. Thomas Fanara of France finished third.
Tommy Ford, of Bend, Ore., was the top U.S. finisher in 29th. Friday’s giant slalom replaced the cancelled event from Adelboden.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
Hinterstoder, Austria – Feb. 26, 2016
Men’s Giant Slalom
| Rank | Nation | Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Diff. |
| 1 | FRA | PINTURAULT Alexis | 1:20.56 | 1:23.32 | 2:43.88 | |
| 2 | AUT | HIRSCHER Marcel | 1:21.12 | 1:23.90 | 2:45.02 | +1.14 |
| 3 | NOR | KRISTOFFERSEN Henrik | 1:21.11 | 1:24.03 | 2:45.14 | +1.26 |
| 4 | FRA | FAIVRE Mathieu | 1:22.07 | 1:23.92 | 2:45.99 | +2.11 |
| 5 | FRA | FANARA Thomas | 1:21.38 | 1:24.76 | 2:46.14 | +2.26 |
| 6 | GER | NEUREUTHER Felix | 1:21.03 | 1:25.19 | 2:46.22 | +2.34 |
| 7 | SUI | JANKA Carlo | 1:22.61 | 1:23.70 | 2:46.31 | +2.43 |
| 8 | ITA | EISATH Florian | 1:22.48 | 1:23.89 | 2:46.37 | +2.49 |
| 9 | GER | LUITZ Stefan | 1:21.33 | 1:25.25 | 2:46.58 | +2.70 |
| 10 | ITA | TONETTI Riccardo | 1:22.78 | 1:23.87 | 2:46.65 | +2.77 |