Baumann wins super-combined; title goes to Janka

Romed BaumannSestriere, France  - Romed Baumann of Austria won the last men's super-combined of the alpine ski World Cup season in Sestriere, France as the title went to Switzerland's Carla Janka on Sunday.

Baumann, 23, who led after the super-g leg, posted a combined time of 2 minutes 25.73 seconds following the slalom for his first World Cup victory.

The discipline's title and the first crystal globe of the season went to 22-year-old Janka thanks to a third-place finish behind Julien Lizeroux of France.

Janka overtook Swiss team-mate Silvan Zurbriggen, who led the discipline's standings going into the race, but finished 10th.

Lizeroux was 0.32 seconds behind Baumann with Janka, who won the giant slalom at the world championships in Val d'Isere, and Austria's Christof Innerhofer sharing third place, 0.68 seconds behind.

Baumann's only previous podium finish was a second place in super-combined in Reiteralm, Austria in December 2006.

Overall leader Ivica Kostelic of Croatia was seventh and now has 802 points, ahead of Jean-Baptiste Grange of France (771) and Benjamin Raich (769).

Grange finished joint fifth along with Marcel Hirscher of Austria, while Raich was ninth.

The men's World Cup moves to Kranjska Gora, Slovenia next weekend with giant slalom and slalom races. dpa

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