xKristoffersen beat Odermatt and his compatriot Lucas Braathen, tied for second at 33/100 behind the winner.
There are two giants left this season, a Sunday still in Slovenia then a last one on March 19 in Méribel, but Odermatt has a 207-point lead in the specialty classification (the victory is worth 100 points) and has therefore secured the first globe of her career.
The Swiss, Olympic champion in China last month, has been intractable this winter as a giant on the world circuit, with four victories and two second places in six races.
He is also almost certain to win the general classification of the World Cup, where he now has 269 points more than the Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, absent in Slovenia this weekend, five races from the end of winter. .
Best time of the first heat, Alexis Pinturault collapsed on the second track (28th time out of 30) to finally finish 11th at 1 sec 55/11 from the winner.
A new disappointment at the heart of a failed season for the world No.1 last year, which has no victory and left without an Olympic medal.
Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen during the 1st round of the Kranjska Gora giant slalom on March 12, 2022 in Slovenia Jure Makovec AFP
World champion Mathieu Faivre took 20th place.
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