Vitranc Cup: Hirscher wins G-slalom, Kranjec 5th

Kranjska Gora, 3 March - Double Olympic champion and overall World Cup leader Marcel Hirscher from Austria clinched his 56th career World Cup victory in Saturday's giant slalom event in Slovenia's Kranjska Gora on Saturday, while the home favourite Žan Kranjec had to settle for the fifth spot, his best in the Vitranc Cup.

Kranjska Gora.
Austria's Marcel Hirscher wins the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
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Kranjska Gora
Austria's Marcel Hirscher (right) wins the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup ahead of Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen (left).
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Kranjska Gora
Austria's Marcel Hirscher (centre) wins the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup ahead of Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen (left) and France's Alexis Pinturault (right).
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora
Austria's Marcel Hirscher (centre) wins the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup ahead of Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen (left) and France's Alexis Pinturault (right).
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora.
Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen second in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
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Kranjska Gora.
Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen second in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora
Slovenia's Žan Kranjec fifth in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora.
France's Alexis Pinturault finishes third in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora.
France's Alexis Pinturault finishes third in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora.
France's Alexis Pinturault finishes third in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora.
Austria's Marcel Hirscher wins the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora.
Austria's Marcel Hirscher wins the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora.
Austria's Marcel Hirscher wins the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora
Norway's Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
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Kranjska Gora
Norway's Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
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Kranjska Gora
Slovenia's Žan Kranjec fifth in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora
Slovenia's Žan Kranjec fifth in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora
Slovenia's Žan Kranjec fifth in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora
Slovenia's Žan Kranjec fifth in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora
Slovenia's Žan Kranjec fifth in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora
Austria's Manuel Feller in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
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Kranjska Gora
Austria's Manuel Feller in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora.
Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen second in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora.
Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen second in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora.
Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen second in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora.
France's Alexis Pinturault finishes third in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora.
France's Alexis Pinturault finishes third in the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora.
Austria's Marcel Hirscher wins the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora.
Austria's Marcel Hirscher wins the World Cup giant slalom for the 57th Vitranc Cup.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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