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KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia - Julien Lizeroux of France won a men's World Cup slalom Sunday for his second victory of the season, and Ivica Kostelic of Croatia finished 11th and remained the overall leader.
Lizeroux finished in a combined time of 1 minute, 40.11 seconds to beat Giuliano Razzoli of Italy, who led after the opening run, by 0.34 seconds. Felix Neureuther of Germany was 0.56 back in third.
The 29-year-old Lizeroux never had a World Cup podium finish until he earned his maiden win in Kitzbuehel, Austria, in January.
"Getting my first win was great, but to get another one so soon makes it an unbelievable season for me," said Lizeroux, who won silver in slalom at the world championships in his native Val d'Isere last month.
Lizeroux, fourth after the opening leg, had a near-perfect second run. He almost lost balance by leaning backward too much at the steep final part of the Podkoren course but quickly found back to the right line.
"The most difficult thing is to get that second win, so it's an amazing feeling," the Frenchman said. "My coach told me before the second run that it would all come down to confidence. 'You are the strongest in the head, so go for it,' he said."
Kostelic posted the fastest second-run time to climb from 26th to 11th, which earned him just enough points to stay in the overall lead with 837 points. Benjamin Raich of Austria, who was fourth, trails the Croat by only two points.
Jean-Baptiste Grange of France, who leads the slalom standings, fell after misjudging a turn but quickly got up again to finish the race in 29th. Grange is third in the overall standings with 777 points.
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"Obviously you want to win a race you lead after the first run," said Razzoli, whose best result so far was third at a slalom in Zagreb, Croatia, in January. "But to get two podium finishes in less than two months just makes me very happy."
Reinfried Herbst, who was second going into the final run, straddled a gate and went out. Fellow Austrian and slalom world champion Manfred Pranger was 0.69 back in sixth.
Ted Ligety of the United States, who won Saturday's giant slalom, was 0.08 seconds faster than the leader at the first intermediate time of the opening run but went out as he straddled a gate.
"I knew I was skiing well. That's how I have been feeling in training," Ligety said. "It's just that it hasn't happened in the race in a while. Too bad I couldn't make it to the finish. At least I know I am fast. I guess there is some confidence to be gained out of that."
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"To qualify for the second run was already huge for me, but this result is really awesome," Spence said.
Defending overall champion Bode Miller skipped the races in Slovenia to rest and to recover from a persistent ankle injury. He was expected to return to the World Cup circuit in Kvitfjell, Norway, next week, where two downhills and a super-G race are scheduled.
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