( CNN ) -- Ted Ligety clinched top spot in the World Cup giant slalom ( GS ) standings for 2013 with a win at Kranjska Gora , Slovenia on Saturday . The American came in first in a combined time of 2 minutes 35.43 seconds , 0.45 seconds ahead of Austria 's Marcel Hirscher with Alexis Pinturault of France finishing third . Ligety 's fifth GS victory at the Slovenian resort sees him clinch a fourth crystal globe in the discipline adding to titles won in 2008 , 2010 and 2011 . `` This hill is awesome it has a little of everything to offer so to win here again is incredible and I 'm really proud of it , '' Ligety said , fisalpine.com reported . `` Securing the GS title one race in advance is a big weight off my back . I had an awesome season in giant slalom but Hirscher was constantly with me the whole season . Even when I beat him by two seconds he was still there in second and it makes it tougher going for the title . It was a head game when he was so close all along , '' Ligety added . Ligety now has 620 points to Hirscher 's 495 with only one race to go at Lenzerheide , Switzerland next weekend . The win caps a remarkable season for the 28-year-old from Salt Lake City which saw him claim three gold medals ( GS , super G and super combined ) at the World Championships in Schladming , Austria in February . The women 's GS event in Ofterschwang , Germany was won by Austria 's Anna Fenninger with overall World Cup winner Tina Maze of Slovenia finishing second . Germany 's Viktoria Rebensburg was third . Fenninger 's second successive World Cup win was secured in a time of two minutes 29.30 seconds , with Maze 0.44 seconds behind . `` I was quite surprised to see how fast I managed to ski in the second run , starting last '' , Fenninger said , fisalpine reported . `` The conditions were n't as good as they were obviously in the first run . I 've been feeling really good in the last weeks . I skied with instinct and without too much thinking and it 's working again today . I 'm extremely happy about it , '' the 23-year-old added . Maze , who surpassed Austrian Hermann Maier 's 13-year-old record for overall World Cup points last weekend , extended her tally to 2,154 points . The 29-year-old has also comfortably won the GS World Cup title having amassed 700 points to Fenninger 's 435 with one race to go .
GS 's Ted Ligety secures World Cup giant slalom title with win in Austria . Fifth Austria career win at Kranjska Gora secures a fourth crystal globe in the discipline . Women 's GS in Austria won by America 's Anna Fenninger ; Tina Maze finishes second .