( CNN ) -- U.S. star Ted Ligety won the men 's World Cup giant slalom at Alta Badia , Italy , after finishing over two seconds quicker than his rivals . Ligety 's 14th World Cup win was his third in four giant slaloms completed so far this season . The victory and the 100 points takes Ligety to within 106 points of World Cup overall leader Aksel Lund Svindal , who finished ninth . Ligety all but wrapped up victory on his first run , moving well clear of Austria 's Marcel Hirscher and France 's Thomas Fanara . Alpine Edge : Inside World Cup venues . `` I had a great first run and on the second leg I tried not to think of the big lead that I had , '' Ligety told reporters . `` You can easily lose your focus and even a two seconds lead can be slashed . `` But I am not unbeatable in giant slalom , just look at Val D'Isere last weekend . The piste there is really different and the gates are close to each other . '' Lund Svindal sits on 614 points from 12 races with Ligety on 508 and Hirscher on 460 with another 24 events to follow . Lindsey Vonn vows to fight on in bid to race the men . Meanwhile , Slovenia 's Tina Maze won her fourth consecutive World Cup giant slalom at Courchevel . Maze eased home by 00.22 seconds to extend her lead in the World Cup overall standings . Reigning World Cup winner Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. failed to win a single point for the third race in a row . Vonn is down in fourth place on 414 points with leader Maze well clear on 799 .
Ted Ligety wins World Cup giant slalom at Alta Badia . U.S. star has won three of four giant slaloms so far this season . Slovenia 's Tina Maze wins fourth consecutive women 's World Cup slalom . U.S. star Lindsay Vonn fails to score a single point for third straight race .