German skiing ace Felix Neureuther recorded his 10th World Cup victory on Monday with victory in the men's slalom at the Italian resort of Madonna di Campiglio.
The 30-year-old, second in the World Cup slalom standings in the past two seasons, won in a time of 1min 40.57sec.
His compatriot Fritz Dopfer was second, 82 hundreths of a second adrift, with Sweden's Jens Byggmark third, 86 hundreths slower.
Austria's triple overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher could finish only seventh to remain second in the overall World Cup standings, 36 points behind Norwegian Kjetil Jansrud.
Neureuther was third after the first leg but he produced a superb second leg mastering the course despite it showing signs of wear and tear.
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He is the son of former ski champions Christian Neureuther, who won six World Cup slalom races, and Rosi Mittermaier - the 1976 Olympic gold winner in both the downhill and slalom as well as silver in the giant slalom.
"It was a perfect second leg," beamed Neureuther, who this year failed for a third successive Olympics to win a medal, although his chances weren't aided when he was involved in a car crash before the Sochi Games.
"I attacked, relaxed and took it lightly. I even had time to think of Christmas."
With this win, Neureuther replaces Hirscher on top of the slalom World Cup standings.
