Alpine Ski European Cup 1997/98

The 1997/1998 season of the Alpine Skiing Europe Cup began on December 7, 1997 in Piancavallo (ITA) and ended on March 13, 1998 in Bardonecchia (ITA). 33 races were held for the men (7 downhill runs , 5 super-G , 10 giant slaloms , 11 slaloms ). For women, however, there were 31 races (6 downhill runs, 6 super-G, 9 giant slaloms, 10 slaloms).

European Cup ratings

Overall rating

Men's rank Surname country Points 1 Benjamin Raich  Austria 1292 2 Patrick Wirth  Austria 0882 3 Didier Plaschy  Switzerland 0611 4th Christoph Gruber  Austria 0555 5 Jeff Piccard  France 0439 6th Peter Rzehak  Austria 0418 7th Gaëtan Llorach  France 0416 8th Ludwig Sprenger  Italy 0412 9 Rainer Schönfelder  Austria 0397 100 Norbert Holzknecht  Austria 0384

Ladies rank Surname country Points 1 Marianna Salchinger  Austria 681 2 Karin Blaser  Austria 555 3 Anja Pärson  Sweden 538 4th Tanja Schneider  Austria 484 5 Karin Köllerer  Austria 472 6th Kristine Kristiansen  Norway 468 7th Henna Raita  Finland 466 8th Riitta Pitkanen  Finland 457 9 Eveline Rohrgger  Austria 445 100 Tanja Poutiainen  Finland 415

Departure

Men's rank Surname country Points 1 Norbert Holzknecht  Austria 320 2 Ludwig Sprenger  Italy 282 3 Peter Rzehak  Austria 248 4th Patrick Wirth  Austria 226 5 Heinrich Rupp  Switzerland 207

Ladies rank Surname country Points 1 Marianna Salchinger  Austria 429 2 Kristine Kristiansen  Norway 380 3 Grete Ström  Norway 263 4th Veronika Thanner  Austria 211 5 Marta Antonioli  Italy 181 Eveline Rohrgger  Austria 181

Super G

Men's rank Surname country Points 1 Christoph Gruber  Austria 300 2 Patrick Wirth  Austria 255 3 Sébastien Fournier-Bidoz  France 180 Kenneth Sivertsen  Norway 180 5 Peter Rzehak  Austria 170

Ladies rank Surname country Points 1 Tanja Schneider  Austria 280 2 Marianna Salchinger  Austria 252 3 Karin Blaser  Austria 245 4th Marta Antonioli  Italy 206 5 Alexandra Morallet  France 202

Giant slalom

Men's rank Surname country Points 1 Benjamin Raich  Austria 820 2 Patrick Wirth  Austria 401 3 Sami Uotila  Finland 368 4th Arnold Rieder  Italy 332 5 Jeff Piccard  France 253

Ladies rank Surname country Points 1 Anja Pärson  Sweden 469 2 Karin Köllerer  Austria 247 3 Katarina Breznik  Slovenia 245 4th Petra Kritzinger  Italy 234 5 Anna Ottosson  Sweden 230

slalom

Men's rank Surname country Points 1 Benjamin Raich  Austria 472 2 Didier Plaschy  Switzerland 471 3 Gaëtan Llorach  France 394 4th Andrei Miklavc  Slovenia 372 5 Pierre Violon  France 367

Ladies rank Surname country Points 1 Henna Raita  Finland 466 2 Riitta Pitkanen  Finland 457 3 Nataša Bokal  Slovenia 293 4th Petra Olamo  Finland 289 5 Kristina Andersson  Sweden 265

Podium placements men

Departure

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
12/17/1997	Piancavallo ( ITA )	Bjarne Solbakken ( NOR )	Ludwig Sprenger ( ITA )	Heinrich Rupp ( SUI )
01/12/1998	Altenmarkt-Zauchensee ( AUT )	Peter Pen ( SLO )	Patrick Wirth ( AUT )	Norbert Holzknecht ( AUT )
01/12/1998	Altenmarkt-Zauchensee ( AUT )	Norbert Holzknecht ( AUT )	Maurizio Feller ( ITA )	Patrick Wirth ( AUT )
01/29/1998	Megève ( FRA )	Jeff Piccard ( FRA )	Ludwig Sprenger ( ITA )	Norbert Holzknecht ( AUT )
01/30/1998	Megève ( FRA )	Norbert Holzknecht ( AUT )	Roland Fischnaller ( ITA )	Ludwig Sprenger ( ITA )
02/17/1998	Sierra Nevada ( ESP )	Stefan Krauss ( GER )	Ambrosi Hoffmann ( SUI )	David Pretot ( FRA )
02/18/1998	Sierra Nevada ( ESP )	Stefan Krauss ( GER )	Christian Greber ( AUT )	Ambrosi Hoffmann ( SUI )

Super G

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
12/12/1997	Obereggen ( ITA )	Christoph Gruber ( AUT )	Chad Gulevich ( CAN )	Patrick Wirth ( AUT )
01/13/1998	Altenmarkt-Zauchensee ( AUT )	Christoph Gruber ( AUT )	Jürg Grünenfelder ( SUI )	Patrick Wirth ( AUT )
01/25/1998	Les Menuires ( FRA )	Christoph Gruber ( AUT )	Sébastien Fournier-Bidoz ( FRA )	Peter Rzehak ( AUT )
02/20/1998	Sierra Nevada ( ESP )	Sébastien Fournier-Bidoz ( FRA )	Kenneth Sivertsen ( NOR )	Christian Greber ( AUT )
02/20/1998	Sierra Nevada ( ESP )	Kenneth Sivertsen ( NOR )	Tobias Barnerssoi ( GER )	Christian Greber ( AUT )

Giant slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 8, 1997	Valloire ( FRA )	Benjamin Raich ( AUT )	Ian Piccard ( FRA )	Vincent Millet ( FRA )
12/09/1997	Valloire ( FRA )	Benjamin Raich ( AUT )	Patrick Wirth ( AUT )	Ian Piccard ( FRA )
12/22/1997	Kreischberg ( AUT )	Benjamin Raich ( AUT )	Vincent Millet ( FRA )	Sami Uotila ( FIN )
01/05/1998	Kranjska Gora ( SLO )	Benjamin Raich ( AUT )	Sami Uotila ( FIN )	Jeff Piccard ( FRA )
01/20/1998	Grimentz ( SUI )	Sami Uotila ( FIN )	Marco Büchel ( LIE )	Rainer Schönfelder ( AUT )
01/24/1998	Les Menuires ( FRA )	Ian Piccard ( FRA )	Arnold Rieder ( ITA )	Benjamin Raich ( AUT )
02/10/1998	St. Moritz ( SUI )	Benjamin Raich ( AUT )	Heinz Schilchegger ( AUT )	Patrick Wirth ( AUT )
02/13/1998	Sella Nevea ( ITA )	Rainer Salzgeber ( AUT )	Benjamin Raich ( AUT )	Heinz Schilchegger ( AUT )
02/14/1998	Sella Nevea ( ITA )	Rainer Salzgeber ( AUT )	Benjamin Raich ( AUT )	Arnold Rieder ( ITA )
03/11/1998	Bardonecchia ( ITA )	Benjamin Raich ( AUT )	Arnold Rieder ( ITA )	Sami Uotila ( FIN ) Sergio Bergamelli ( ITA )

slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
12/13/1997	Obereggen ( ITA )	Benjamin Raich ( AUT )	Mika Marila ( FIN )	Kristinn Björnsson ( ISL )
December 21, 1997	Kreischberg ( AUT )	Gaëtan Llorach ( FRA )	Pierre Violon ( FRA )	Marco Casanova ( SUI )
01/06/1998	Kranjska Gora ( SLO )	Richard Gravier ( FRA )	Andrej Miklavc ( SLO )	Benjamin Raich ( AUT )
01/09/1998	Donnersbachwald ( AUT )	Kristinn Björnsson ( ISL )	Didier Plaschy ( SUI )	Rainer Schönfelder ( AUT )
01/10/1998	Donnersbachwald ( AUT )	Gaëtan Llorach ( FRA )	Andrej Miklavc ( SLO )	Didier Plaschy ( SUI )
01/20/1998	Grimentz ( SUI )	Didier Plaschy ( SUI )	Gaku Hirasawa ( JPN )	Angelo Weiss ( ITA )
01/23/1998	Les Menuires ( FRA )	Gaku Hirasawa ( JPN )	Pierre Violon ( FRA )	Didier Plaschy ( SUI )
02/07/1998	Todtnau ( GER )	Andrej Miklavc ( SLO )	Markus Eberle ( GER )	Benjamin Raich ( AUT )
02/08/1998	Todtnau ( GER )	Matteo Belfrond ( ITA )	Simone Vicquery ( ITA )	Gaëtan Llorach ( FRA )
02/11/1998	St. Moritz ( SUI )	Benjamin Raich ( AUT )	Gerhard Speiser ( GER )	Yves Dimier ( FRA )
03/13/1998	Bardonecchia ( ITA )	Didier Plaschy ( SUI )	Andrej Miklavc ( SLO )	Simone Vicquery ( ITA )

Podium placements women

Departure

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
12/18/1997	Altenmarkt-Zauchensee ( AUT )	Kristine Kristiansen ( NOR )	Marianna Salchinger ( AUT )	Ylvie Runggaldier ( ITA )
12/19/1997	Altenmarkt-Zauchensee ( AUT )	Marianna Salchinger ( AUT )	Kristine Kristiansen ( NOR )	Eveline Rohrgger ( AUT )
01/05/1998	Tignes ( FRA )	Kristine Kristiansen ( NOR )	Marianna Salchinger ( AUT )	Anna Larionova ( RUS )
01/07/1998	Tignes ( FRA )	Kristine Kristiansen ( NOR )	Marta Antonioli ( ITA )	Marianna Salchinger ( AUT )
02/01/1998	Pra-Loup ( FRA )	Grete Strøm ( NOR )	Veronika Thanner ( AUT )	Karin Blaser ( AUT )
02/02/1998	Pra-Loup ( FRA )	Martina Lechner ( AUT )	Marianna Salchinger ( AUT )	Grete Strøm ( NOR )

Super G

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
12/20/1997	Altenmarkt-Zauchensee ( AUT )	Alexandra Morallet ( FRA )	Kristine Kristiansen ( NOR )	Pia Käyhkö ( FIN )
01/07/1998	Tignes ( FRA )	Varvara Zelenskaya ( RUS )	Anja Kalan ( SLO )	Nathalie Robert ( FRA )
02/03/1998	Pra-Loup ( FRA )	Marianna Salchinger ( AUT )	Tanja Schneider ( AUT )	Alexandra Morallet ( FRA )
02/04/1998	Pra-Loup ( FRA )	Marta Antonioli ( ITA )	Karin Blaser ( AUT )	Tanja Schneider ( AUT )
02/07/1998	Castelrotto ( ITA )	Elisabeth Brandner ( GER )	Karin Blaser ( AUT )	Tanja Schneider ( AUT )
02/08/1998	Castelrotto ( ITA )	Sylviane Berthod ( SUI )	Tanja Schneider ( ITA )	Daniela Ceccarelli ( ITA )

Giant slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
12/15/1997	St. Sebastian ( AUT )	Tanja Poutiainen ( FIN )	Sonia Vierin ( ITA )	Nicole Gius ( ITA )
12/16/1997	St. Sebastian ( AUT )	Tanja Poutiainen ( FIN )	Anna Ottosson ( SWE )	Carrie Sheinberg ( USA )
01/23/1998	Schönried ( GER )	Christiane Mitterwallner ( AUT )	Edith Rozsa ( CAN )	Anja Pärson ( SWE )
01/25/1998	Rogla ( SLO )	Anja Pärson ( SWE )	Katarina Breznik ( SLO )	María José Rienda ( ESP )
01/28/1998	Falcade ( ITA )	Caroline Lalive ( USA )	Corina Hossmann ( SUI )	Anja Pärson ( SWE )
02/06/1998	Welschnofen / Castelrotto ( ITA )	Tanja Schneider ( AUT )	Karin Köllerer ( AUT )	Sylviane Berthod ( SUI )
02/20/1998	Abetone ( ITA )	Erika Hansson ( SWE )	Karin Köllerer ( AUT )	Ingrid Jacquemod ( FRA ) Petra Kritzinger ( ITA )
02/21/1998	Abetone ( ITA )	Anja Pärson ( SWE )	Karin Köllerer ( AUT )	Petra Kritzinger ( ITA )
03/12/1998	Nevis Range ( GBR )	Anna Ottosson ( SWE )	Anja Pärson ( SWE )	Alenka Dovžan ( SLO )

slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
07/12/1997	Piancavallo ( ITA )	Zali Steggall ( AUS )	Urška Hrovat ( SLO )	Nataša Bokal ( SLO )
December 8, 1997	Piancavallo ( ITA )	Laure Pequegnot ( FRA )	Sandra Hälldahl ( SWE )	Urška Hrovat ( SLO )
01/14/1998	Falcade ( ITA )	Henna Raita ( FIN )	Nataša Bokal ( SLO )	Edith Rozsa ( CAN )
01/15/1998	Falcade ( ITA )	Henna Raita ( FIN )	Tanja Poutiainen ( FIN )	Stefanie Wolf ( GER )
01/22/1998	Schönried ( GER )	Kristina Andersson ( SWE )	Ingrid Salvenmoser ( AUT )	Stefanie Wolf ( GER )
01/26/1998	Rogla ( SLO )	Henna Raita ( FIN )	Riitta Pitkanen ( FIN )	Julie Parisien ( USA )
01/29/1998	Falcade ( ITA )	Henna Raita ( FIN )	Riitta Pitkanen ( FIN )	Petra Olamo ( FIN )
02/14/1998	Missen ( GER )	Petra Haltmayr ( GER )	Karin Köllerer ( AUT )	Riitta Pitkanen ( FIN )
02/15/1998	Missen ( GER )	Karin Köllerer ( AUT )	Kristina Andersson ( SWE )	Barbara Milani ( ITA )
03/13/1998	Bardonecchia ( ITA )	Riitta Pitkanen ( FIN )	Sandra Hälldahl ( SWE )	Petra Olamo ( FIN )

Web links

European Cup Men

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

European Cup women

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables