ALTA BADIA, ITALY – DECEMBER 16: (FRANCE OUT) Ted Ligety of the USA takes 1st place during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men’s Giant Slalom on December 16, 2012 in Alta Badia, Italy. (Photo by Alexis Boichard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)
ALTA BADIA, ITALY – DECEMBER 16: (FRANCE OUT) Ted Ligety of the USA takes 1st place during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men’s Giant Slalom on December 16, 2012 in Alta Badia, Italy. (Photo by Alexis Boichard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)