The Savoyard won the title brilliantly by taking the victory in the giant slalom in Lenzerheide (Switzerland). With 107 points ahead of the Swiss Marco Odermatt, Alexis Pinturault can no longer be joined in the World Cup standings in the last event, the slalom on Sunday.

 Second in the World Cup in 2019 and 2020, Pinturault became at 30 the fourth French skier to win the title after Jean-Claude Killy (1967 and 1968), Michèle Jacot (1970) and Luc Alphand, the last, in 1997 .

 He benefited from the cancellation, due to bad weather in the canton of Graubünden, of several events planned in Lenzerheide, including the downhill and the Super-G, which could have benefited Odermatt and his top speed. But the Swiss could not do better than 11th Saturday at 1 sec 28 from his French rival.

 Alexis Pinturault worked tirelessly, overcame several disappointments and made strong choices to flourish until he became the world No. 1 in his discipline on Saturday.