Vitranc Cup

Podkoren
Place:	Kranjska Gora , Slovenia
Mountain:	Vitranc
Giant slalom
Begin:	1,248 meters
Target:	836 meters
Height difference:	442 meters
slalom
Begin:	1,035 meters
Target:	836 meters
Height difference:	199 meters

The Vitranc Cup (or Vitranc Cup ) is a traditional event in men's alpine skiing that has been held in Kranjska Gora in Slovenia since 1961 . It is named after Mount Vitranc , on which the races take place. A giant slalom and a slalom are usually held every winter . As early as 1968 , in the second World Cup season, Kranjska Gora appeared on the calendar of the Alpine Ski World Cup for the first time . Until 1980, however, the races for the Vitranc Cup were mostly carried out as part of the European Cup or as an FIS race .

The Kranjska Gora races have been held on the Podkoren slope since the 1983/84 season . This is located south of the district of the same name and is one of the most demanding slopes in the World Cup circuit. The start of the giant slalom is 1,248 meters above sea level , that of the slalom is 1,035 meters. The goal for both disciplines is at an altitude of 836 meters. Despite the relatively low altitude, the Podkoren ski area is very snow reliable. Again and again canceled races were added here in other places, including the women's world cup competitions for the Golden Fox of Maribor.

Ted Ligety from the USA and Marcel Hirscher from Austria are the most successful participants in Kranjska Gora with six wins each; Ligety won six giant slaloms, including a substitute race, Hirscher four giant slaloms and two slaloms. Slalom record winner is the Italian Alberto Tomba with three victories. The Slovene Bojan Križaj also won three slaloms here - but only two of them in the World Cup.

Podium placements

World Cup & International FIS 1A races

Giant slalom

season date winner 2nd place 3rd place 1961  Josef Stiegler  Sepp Behr  Helmuth Gartner 1962 Race not held. 1963  Georges Mauduit  Robert Grünenfelder  Jean-Claude Killy 1964  Jean-Claude Killy  Willy Favre  Beat von Allmen 1965  Edmund Bruggmann  Felice De Nicolo  Michel Arpin 1966  Werner Bleiner  Guy Périllat  Karl Schranz 1967  Eberhard Riedel  Ernst Scherzer  Harald Stuefer 1968 Not in the World Cup calendar. 1968/69 02/16/1969  Reinhard Tritscher  Alfred Matt  Franz Digruber 1969/70 01/20/1970  Dumeng Giovanoli  Patrick Russel  Georges Mauduit 1970/71 - 1977/78 Not in the World Cup calendar. 1978/79 12/22/1978  Ingemar Stenmark  Peter Lüscher  Bojan Križaj 1979/80 Not in the World Cup calendar. 1980/81 03/28/1981 Race canceled due to lack of snow. 1981/82 03/19/1982  Phil Mahre  Hans Enn  Marc Girardelli 1982/83 01/29/1983  Hans Enn  Max Julen  Ingemar Stenmark 1983/84 Not in the World Cup calendar. 1984/85 02/15/1985  Thomas Bürgler  Pirmin Zurbriggen  Marc Girardelli 1985/86 December 20, 1985  Joël Gaspoz  Robert Erlacher  Hubert Strolz 03/01/1986  Joël Gaspoz  Hubert Strolz  Markus Wasmeier 1986/87 December 19, 1986  Joël Gaspoz  Robert Erlacher  Richard Pramotton 1987/88 December 19, 1987  Helmut Mayer  Pirmin Zurbriggen  Hubert Strolz 1988/89 Not in the World Cup calendar. 1989/90 01/06/1990 Race canceled due to lack of snow. 1990/91 December 21, 1990  Alberto Tomba  Urs Kälin  Marc Girardelli 1991/92 01/04/1992  Sergio Bergamelli  Hans Pieren  Alberto Tomba 1992/93 12/20/1992  Marc Girardelli  Leave kjus  Fredrik Nyberg 1993/94 01/08/1994  Fredrik Nyberg  Matteo Belfrond  Tobias Barnerssoi 1994/95 01/06/1995  Alberto Tomba  Mitja Kunc H. C. Strand Nilsen   1995/96 December 21, 1995  Leave kjus  Michael von Grünigen  Mario Reiter 1996/97 01/05/1997  Michael von Grünigen  Siegfried Voglreiter  Kjetil André Aamodt 1997/98 03/01/1998  Christian Mayer  Hermann Maier  Michael von Grünigen 1998/99 01/05/1999  Patrick Holzer  Christian Mayer  Hans Knauß 1999/00 March 8, 2000  Christian Mayer  Joël Chenal  Marco Büchel 2000/01 December 20, 2000 Race canceled due to lack of snow. 2001/02 12/20/2001  Fredrik Nyberg  Benjamin Raich  Uroš Pavlovčič 12/21/2001  Benjamin Raich  Bode Miller  Didier Cuche 2002/03 01/04/2003  Bode Miller  Christian Mayer  Sami Uotila 2003/04 02/28/2004  Bode Miller  Alberto Schieppati  Fredrik Nyberg Alexander Ploner   2004/05 02/26/2005  Benjamin Raich  Hermann Maier  Kalle Palander 2005/06 12/21/2005  Benjamin Raich  Massimiliano Blardone  Thomas Grandi 2006/07 03/03/2007  Benjamin Raich  François Bourque  Massimiliano Blardone 2007/08 03/08/2008  Ted Ligety  Manfred Mölgg  Massimiliano Blardone 2008/09 02/28/2009  Ted Ligety  Didier Cuche  Massimiliano Blardone 2009/10 01/29/2010  Ted Ligety  Marcel Hirscher  Kjetil Jansrud 01/30/2010  Marcel Hirscher  Kjetil Jansrud  Ted Ligety 2010/11 05.03.2011  Carlo Janka  Alexis Pinturault  Ted Ligety 2011/12 03/10/2012  Ted Ligety  Alexis Pinturault  Marcel Hirscher 2012/13 03/09/2013  Ted Ligety  Marcel Hirscher  Alexis Pinturault 2013/14 03/08/2014  Ted Ligety  Benjamin Raich  Henrik Kristoffersen 2014/15 03/14/2015  Alexis Pinturault  Marcel Hirscher  Thomas Fanara 2015/16 03/04/2016  Alexis Pinturault  Philipp Schörghofer  Marcel Hirscher 05.03.2016  Marcel Hirscher  Alexis Pinturault  Henrik Kristoffersen 2016/17 04.03.2017  Marcel Hirscher  Leif Kristian Haugen  Matts Olsson 2017/18 03.03.2018  Marcel Hirscher  Henrik Kristoffersen  Alexis Pinturault 2018/19 09.03.2019  Henrik Kristoffersen  Rasmus Windingstad  Marco Odermatt 2019/20 March 14, 2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

slalom

season	date	winner	2nd place	3rd place
	1961	Ernst Falch	Josef Stiegler	Helmut Schranz
	1962	Race not held.
	1963	Josef Stiegler	Jean-Claude Killy	Mathias Leitner
	1964	Michel Arpin	Franz Digruber	Ernst Scherzer
	1965	Michel Arpin	Franz Digruber	Georges Mauduit
	1966	Guy Périllat	Karl Schranz	Ludwig Leitner
	1967	Alain Blanchard	Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś	Patrick Russel
1968	03/01/1968	Patrick Russel	Franz Digruber	Stefan Kälin
1968/69	02/17/1969	Edmund Bruggmann	Alain Penz	Herbert Huber
1969/70 - 1977/78		Not in the World Cup calendar.
1978/79	December 21, 1978	Ingemar Stenmark	Paul Frommelt	Leonardo David
1979/80	Not in the World Cup calendar.
1980/81	Not in the World Cup calendar.
1981/82	03/20/1982	Bojan Križaj	Ingemar Stenmark	Franz Gruber
1982/83	01/30/1983	Franz Gruber	Stig beach	Michel Canac
1983/84	02.12.1983	Andreas Wenzel	Petar Popangelov	Paul Frommelt
1984/85	02/16/1985	Marc Girardelli	Ingemar Stenmark	Paul Frommelt Jonas Nilsson
1985/86	December 21, 1985	Rok Petrovič	Jonas Nilsson	Thomas Stangassinger
1986/87	December 20, 1986	Bojan Križaj	Rok Petrovič	Ingemar Stenmark
1987/88	December 20, 1987	Alberto Tomba	Richard Pramotton	Günther Mader
1988/89	December 17, 1988	Marc Girardelli	Armin Bittner	Alberto Tomba
1989/90	01/06/1990	Jonas Nilsson	Hubert Strolz	Michael Tritscher
	07/01/1990	Armin Bittner	Bernhard Gstrein	Paul Accola
1990/91	12/22/1990	Ole Kristian Furuseth	Thomas Fogdö	Thomas Stangassinger
1991/92	01/05/1992	Alberto Tomba	Armin Bittner	Finn Christian Jagge
1992/93	12/19/1992	Thomas Fogdö	Alberto Tomba	Peter Roth
1993/94	01/09/1994	Finn Christian Jagge	Ole Kristian Furuseth	Thomas Fogdö
1994/95	Not in the World Cup calendar.
1995/96	12/22/1995	Alberto Tomba	Jure Košir	Sébastien Amiez
1996/97	01/06/1997	Thomas Sykora	Sébastien Amiez	Thomas Stangassinger
1997/98	01/04/1998	Thomas Sykora	Pierrick Bourgeat	Thomas Stangassinger
1998/99	01/06/1999	Jure Košir	Thomas Stangassinger	Benjamin Raich
1999/00	December 21, 1999	Didier Plaschy	Benjamin Raich	Thomas Stangassinger
2000/01	December 21, 2000	Race canceled due to lack of snow.
2001/02	12/22/2001	Jean-Pierre Vidal	Mario Matt	Ivica Kostelić
2002/03	05/01/2003	Ivica Kostelić	Rainer Schönfelder	Jean-Pierre Vidal
2003/04	02/29/2004	Truls Ove Karlsen	Tom Stiansen	Mario Matt
2004/05	02/27/2005	Giorgio Rocca	André Myhrer	Benjamin Raich
2005/06	12/22/2005	Giorgio Rocca	Thomas Grandi	Ted Ligety
2006/07	03/04/2007	Mario Matt	Benjamin Raich	Manfred Mölgg
2007/08	03/09/2008	Manfred Mölgg	Ivica Kostelić	Marcel Hirscher
2008/09	03/01/2009	Julien Lizeroux	Giuliano Razzoli	Felix Neureuther
2009/10	01/31/2010	Reinfried Herbst	Marcel Hirscher	Julien Lizeroux
2010/11	03/06/2011	Mario Matt	Axel Back Nolan Kasper
2011/12	03/11/2012	André Myhrer	Cristian Deville	Alexis Pinturault
2012/13	03/10/2013	Ivica Kostelić	Marcel Hirscher	Mario Matt
2013/14	03/09/2014	Felix Neureuther	Fritz Dopfer	Henrik Kristoffersen
2014/15	03/15/2015	Henrik Kristoffersen	Giuliano Razzoli	Mattias Hargin
2015/16	03/06/2016	Marcel Hirscher	Henrik Kristoffersen	Stefano Gross
2016/17	05.03.2017	Michael Matt	Stefano Gross	Felix Neureuther
2017/18	04.03.2018	Marcel Hirscher	Henrik Kristoffersen	Ramon Zen houses
2018/19	03/10/2019	Ramon Zen houses	Henrik Kristoffersen	Marcel Hirscher
2019/20	03/15/2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leaderboards

Updated March 15, 2020

Giant slalom

	Surname	winner	2nd place	3rd place	Top 3
1	Ted Ligety	6th	0	2	8th
2	Marcel Hirscher	4th	3	2	9
3	Benjamin Raich	4th	2	0	6th
4th	Joël Gaspoz	3	0	0	3
5	Alexis Pinturault	2	3	2	7th
6th	Christian Mayer	2	2	0	4th
7th	Bode Miller	2	1	0	3
8th	Fredrik Nyberg	2	0	2	4th
9	Alberto Tomba	2	0	1	3
10	Henrik Kristoffersen	1	1	2	4th

slalom

	Surname	winner	2nd place	3rd place	Top 3
1	Alberto Tomba	3	1	1	5
2	Marcel Hirscher	2	2	2	6th
3	Mario Matt	2	1	2	5
4th	Ivica Kostelić	2	1	1	4th
5	Thomas Sykora	2	0	0	2
5	Giorgio Rocca	2	0	0	2
5	Bojan Križaj	2	0	0	2
5	Marc Girardelli	2	0	0	2
5	Michel Arpin	2	0	0	2
10	Henrik Kristoffersen	1	3	1	5

total

	Surname	winner	2nd place	3rd place	Top 3
1	Marcel Hirscher	6th	5	4th	15th
2	Ted Ligety	6th	0	3	9
3	Alberto Tomba	5	1	2	8th
4th	Benjamin Raich	4th	4th	2	10
5	Marc Girardelli	3	0	3	6th
6th	Joël Gaspoz	3	0	0	3
7th	Henrik Kristoffersen	2	4th	3	9
8th	Alexis Pinturault	2	3	3	8th
9	Ingemar Stenmark	2	2	2	6th
10	Christian Mayer	2	2	0	4th

Web links

• Vitranc Cup / Pokal Vitranc (English, Slovenian)
• Overview of all World Cup races in Kranjska Gora on fis-ski.com (English)