# 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom

Men's giant slalom World Cup 2004/2005

## Calendar

| Round | Race No | Place | Country | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1 | 1 | Sölden | Austria | October 24, 2004 | Bode Miller | Massimiliano Blardone | Kalle Palander |
| 2 | 6 | Beaver Creek | United States | December 4, 2004 | Lasse Kjus | Hermann Maier | Benjamin Raich |
| 3 | 9 | Val d'Isère | France | December 12, 2004 | Bode Miller | Lasse Kjus | Hermann Maier |
| 4 | 13 | Alta Badia | Italy | December 19, 2004 | Thomas Grandi | Benjamin Raich | Hermann Maier Didier Cuche |
| 5 | 14 | Flachau | Austria | December 21, 2004 | Thomas Grandi | Didier Cuche | Bode Miller |
| 6 | 19 | Adelboden | Switzerland | January 11, 2005 | Massimiliano Blardone | Bode Miller | Kalle Palander |
| 7 | 29 | Kranjska Gora | Slovenia | February 26, 2005 | Benjamin Raich | Hermann Maier | Kalle Palander |
| 8 | 35 | Lenzerheide | Switzerland | March 12, 2005 | Stephan Görgl | Bode Miller | Benjamin Raich |

## Final point standings

In Men's giant slalom World Cup 2004/05 all results count.
| Place | Name | Country | Total Points | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 29 | 35 |
| 1 | Benjamin Raich | Austria | 423 | 20 | 60 | 3 | 80 | 50 | 50 | 100 | 60 |
| 2 | Bode Miller | United States | 420 | 100 | - | 100 | - | 60 | 80 | - | 80 |
| 3 | Thomas Grandi | Canada | 366 | 36 | 20 | 24 | 100 | 100 | 22 | 40 | 24 |
| 4 | Hermann Maier | Austria | 362 | 16 | 80 | 60 | 60 | 3 | 13 | 80 | 50 |
| 5 | Massimiliano Blardone | Italy | 345 | 80 | 18 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 100 | 50 | 29 |
| 6 | Kalle Palander | Finland | 303 | 60 | 15 | 40 | - | 32 | 60 | 60 | 36 |
| 7 | Lasse Kjus | Norway | 258 | - | 100 | 80 | - | 11 | 45 | 22 | - |
| 8 | Davide Simoncelli | Italy | 207 | 5 | 36 | 50 | 22 | 40 | 18 | 36 | - |
| 9 | Stephan Görgl | Austria | 206 | 3 | 45 | 26 | 6 | - | - | 26 | 100 |
| 10 | Fredrik Nyberg | Sweden | 203 | 32 | - | 18 | 15 | 24 | 40 | 29 | 45 |
| 11 | Didier Cuche | Switzerland | 198 | 29 | - | 29 | 60 | 80 | - | - | - |
| 12 | Daron Rahlves | United States | 178 | - | - | 16 | 32 | 45 | - | 45 | 40 |
| 13 | Joël Chenal | France | 164 | 50 | 7 | 32 | 29 | - | 26 | - | 20 |
| 14 | Didier Défago | Switzerland | 153 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 26 | 36 | - | 14 | - |
| 15 | Manfred Mölgg | Italy | 142 | - | 9 | - | 24 | 29 | 26 | 32 | 32 |
| 16 | Erik Schlopy | United States | 108 | 14 | 40 | - | 11 | 20 | - | 5 | 18 |
| 17 | Aksel Lund Svindal | Norway | 96 | 1 | 50 | - | 9 | - | 12 | 24 | - |
| 18 | Aleš Gorza | Slovenia | 88 | - | - | 2 | - | 45 | 29 | 16 | 26 |
| 19 | Mirko Deflorian | Italy | 85 | - | - | 45 | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | Dane Spencer | United States | 83 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 4 | - |
| 21 | Rainer Schönfelder | Austria | 77 | 40 | 11 | 13 | - | 13 | - | - | - |
| 22 | Marco Büchel | Liechtenstein | 70 | 10 | 26 | 6 | - | - | 15 | 13 | - |
| 23 | Frédéric Covili | France | 67 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 9 | - | - | - |
| 24 | Jean-Philippe Roy | Canada | 64 | - | - | 9 | 45 | 10 | - | - | - |
| 25 | Arnold Rieder | Italy | 60 | 24 | 18 | - | - | 18 | - | - | - |
| | Michael Walchhofer | Austria | 60 | 15 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| 27 | Christoph Gruber | Austria | 58 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 36 | - | 22 |
| 28 | Andreas Schifferer | Austria | 52 | 29 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 18 | - |
| 29 | Gauthier de Tessières | France | 51 | 13 | 14 | - | - | 16 | 8 | - | - |
| 30 | Lucas Senoner | Italy | 50 | - | - | - | 16 | 14 | - | 20 | - |
| 31 | Alberto Schieppati | Italy | 49 | 22 | - | 14 | - | - | - | 13 | - |
| 32 | Bruno Kernen | Switzerland | 47 | - | 10 | 7 | 4 | - | 26 | - | - |
| 33 | Hans Knauß | Austria | 45 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 34 | Niklas Rainer | Sweden | 43 | - | - | 24 | - | 8 | - | 11 | - |
| 35 | Marc Berthod | Switzerland | 36 | - | - | - | - | 36 | - | - | - |
| 36 | Peter Fill | Italy | 32 | - | - | 12 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| | Truls Ove Karlsen | Norway | 32 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 11 | 15 | - |
| 38 | Bjarne Solbakken | Norway | 31 | - | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | - | 6 | - |
| 39 | Kjetil Jansrud | Norway | 30 | 8 | - | - | 12 | - | 10 | - | - |
| 40 | Kjetil André Aamodt | Norway | 28 | - | - | 15 | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| 41 | Andreas Nilsen | Norway | 26 | - | - | - | - | 26 | - | - | - |
| 42 | James Cochran | United States | 25 | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | 7 | - |
| 43 | Daniel Albrecht | Switzerland | 24 | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 44 | Sami Uotila | Finland | 20 | 2 | - | - | 8 | - | - | 10 | - |
| 45 | Alexander Ploner | Italy | 18 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Freddy Rech | France | 18 | - | 12 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - |
| 47 | Alessandro Roberto | Italy | 16 | - | - | - | 10 | 6 | - | - | - |
| 48 | Ondřej Bank | Czech Republic | 14 | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| | Mitja Valenčič | Slovenia | 14 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | - | - |
| 50 | Giorgio Rocca | Italy | 12 | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 51 | Ambrosi Hoffmann | Switzerland | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 52 | Bernard Vajdič | Slovenia | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - |
| | François Bourque | Canada | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| 54 | Thomas Fanara | France | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| 55 | Akira Sasaki | Japan | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 56 | Christian Mayer | Austria | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 57 | Tobias Grünenfelder | Switzerland | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
Note:
In the last race only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.

## Men's giant slalom team results

bold = highest score italics = race wins
| Place | Country | Total Points | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 29 | 35 | Racers | Wins |
| 1 | Austria | 1288 | 168 | 225 | 111 | 151 | 66 | 95 | 224 | 248 | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Italy | 1016 | 153 | 89 | 141 | 148 | 119 | 154 | 151 | 61 | 11 | 1 |
| 3 | United States | 814 | 120 | 64 | 126 | 64 | 147 | 94 | 61 | 138 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Norway | 201 | 9 | 161 | 103 | 41 | 42 | 78 | 67 | - | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 473 | 49 | 66 | 72 | 90 | 120 | 62 | 14 | - | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Canada | 439 | 36 | 20 | 33 | 145 | 110 | 22 | 49 | 24 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Finland | 323 | 62 | 15 | 40 | 8 | 32 | 60 | 70 | 36 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | France | 308 | 75 | 46 | 43 | 51 | 25 | 40 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Sweden | 246 | 32 | - | 42 | 15 | 32 | 40 | 40 | 45 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Slovenia | 111 | - | - | 2 | - | 22 | 45 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Liechtenstein | 70 | 10 | 26 | 6 | - | - | 15 | 13 | - | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Czech Republic | 14 | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Japan | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |