GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AFP) - - Germany's Felix Neureuther won the men's slalom at the World Cup finals in his home town on Saturday, followed by Austria's Manfred Pranger in second and Sweden's Andre Myhrer third. With a ninth place in the final slalom of the season, Austria's four-time season winner Reinfried Herbst claimed the discipline World Cup trophy.

Neureuther, clocked a combined total of 1 minute 43.63 seconds for his second career win, two months after his first in the prestigious Kitzbuehel slalom.

Neureuther's combined time was 1:43.63 with Pranger finishing second 0.29sec back and Myhrer third trailing by 0.35sec.

The son of two-time Olympic champion Rosi Mittermaier and former slalom great Christian Neureuther claimed his second career victory, two months after his first in the prestigious Kitzbuehel slalom. After a terrible start into the season, the German even pondered retirement but has now established himself among the slalom elite.

Julien Lizeroux who finished a respectable fourth at 0.45 seconds just missed out on taking the overall slalom title. In the end, Lizeroux finished the season with 512 points, just 22 points behind the Austrian Herbst with 534 points. Switzerland's Silvan Zubriggen ended up third on 365 having finished seventh in Garmisch-Partenkirchen at 1.03 seconds back.

"This is a childhood dream," said Herbst after winning the only 2010 World Cup globe for ski power Austria. "It was a dream season with a lucky end ... I am so relieved now."

The final overall standings remained unchanged as World Cup winner Carlo Janka (1,197) of Switzerland and third-placed teammate Didier Cuche (952) did not race the slalom and number two Benjamin Raich of Austria (1,091) crashed out.

The Nations team event will wrap up the World Cup Finals series in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Sunday.

FISalpine.com
13 March 2010

Place   Garmisch Partenkirchen (GER)   Discipline   Slalom
Date   13.03.2010   Category   FIS World Cup
Race codex   1906   Gender   M
Valid for FIS Points   YES   TD Name   Stocker Rudolf (AUT)

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Run 1 Run 2 Total Time FIS Points
 1  3  201702 NEUREUTHER Felix  1984  GER   50.50  53.13  1:43.63  0.00
 2  11  50624 PRANGER Manfred  1978  AUT   49.85  54.07  1:43.92  1.68
 3  10  501017 MYHRER Andre  1983  SWE   50.08  53.90  1:43.98  2.03
 4  7  191459 LIZEROUX Julien  1979  FRA   50.90  53.18  1:44.08  2.61
 5  13  102435 JANYK Michael  1982  CAN   50.34  53.84  1:44.18  3.18
 6  9  102239 COUSINEAU Julien  1981  CAN   49.94  54.39  1:44.33  4.05
 7  6  510890 ZURBRIGGEN Silvan  1981  SUI   50.85  53.81  1:44.66  5.96
 8  12  292491 MOELGG Manfred  1982  ITA   50.76  54.16  1:44.92  7.47
 9  1  50605 HERBST Reinfried  1978  AUT   50.92  54.45  1:45.37  10.07
 10  5  380260 KOSTELIC Ivica  1979  CRO   51.72  53.71  1:45.43  10.42
 11  24  301312 SASAKI Akira  1981  JPN   51.21  54.49  1:45.70  11.98
 11  20  910000 IMBODEN Urs  1975  MDA   51.67  54.03  1:45.70  11.98
 13  21  534040 COCHRAN Jimmy  1981  USA   51.79  54.08  1:45.87  12.97
 14  17  192506 MISSILLIER Steve  1984  FRA   51.23  54.90  1:46.13  14.47
 15  2  53831 HIRSCHER Marcel  1989  AUT   51.61  54.57  1:46.18  14.76
 16  15  501111 HARGIN Mattias  1985  SWE   51.55  54.72  1:46.27  15.29
 17  19  501223 BAECK Axel  1987  SWE   52.31  54.10  1:46.41  16.10
 18  25  102912 SPENCE Brad  1984  CAN   57.36  53.77  1:51.13  43.42
Did not finish 2nd run
   26  511908 SCHMIDIGER Reto  1992  SUI         
   18  421400 MYHRE Lars Elton  1984  NOR         
   16  534562 LIGETY Ted  1984  USA         
   14  560355 VALENCIC Mitja  1978  SLO         
   4  50625 RAICH Benjamin  1978  AUT         
Did not finish 1st run
   23  301709 YUASA Naoki  1983  JPN         
   22  511127 GINI Marc  1984  SUI         
   8  293098 RAZZOLI Giuliano  1984  ITA