The 2016/17 Men’s Alpine Skiing World Cup gets underway at Levi in Finland in the next couple of weeks and continues through to the middle of March next year – the final round being staged at Aspen, Colorado this season.
Several betting firms have odds on the overall winner in the Men’s World Cup but only a few bookmakers have also priced up the Women’s World Cup, which is already under way.
BetWay and Betfred are the only two major layers currently betting on both competitions and are in agreement that Marcel Hirscher is a short-priced favourite for a sixth overall win in the Men’s World Cup. The Austrian looked as good as ever last season, winning four Giant Slaloms, two slaloms and the Super G at Beaver Creek. He finished on the podium a total of 19 times – his best so far – and, if he stays injury-free, it’s difficult to see who can beat the 27-year-old from Salzburg (a best 6/5), a four-times World Championship gold medallist.
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Aksel Lund Svindal was leading the World Cup standings in January but his hopes were ended when he crashed out in spectacular fashion at Kitzbhehel. It remains to be seen how well he’s recovered from surgery on his anterior cruciate ligament and is likely to miss the first few weeks of the new season at least – even the 7/1 with BetWay looks poor value for the Norwegian at this juncture.
Americans Mikaela Schifrin and Lindsay Vonn are among a trio dominating the overall betting for the Women’s World Cup, along with Switzerland’s Lara Gut. The latter won’t compete in slalom this season but she won the overall title last season without doing anything in that discipline and has already won the Giant Slalom at Solden this season – BetWay’s 7/1 is too big.
