Ivica Kostelić gets the Alta Badia

Croatian Ivica Kostelić got his second podium in the World Cup in two days to prevail in the disputed station in Alta Badia in Italy, where he excels at Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Grange and Austrian Benjamin Raich, Olympic champion in the field.

The French

Grange, winner of the first this season in Levi (Finland), came in second despite the best mark in the final time trial (50.24) to add 1:40.03, while enabling it to retain the leadership of the overall with 180 points, and Austrian Benjamin Raich, Olympic champion in , was third with 1:40.63.

American Bode Miller, who was second in Levi, was disqualified after shooting down a door, and the leader of the World Cup, Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal was left out of the second tour after finishing first in the post 34.

Nor

Qualified for the second sleeve the world champion Mario Matt and also Austrian Reinfried Herbst and Manfred Prange, near the German Felix Neureuther, runner-up last year, and the American Jimmy Cochran.

Disputed scheduled to be held there earlier this month at the French Val d'Isere, but was postponed until this day by bad weather.