World Cup Standings

(After 21 events)

1. Benjamin Raich, Austria, 706.

2. Michael Walchhofer, Austria, 600.

3. Daron Rahlves, United States, 589.

4. Bode Miller, United States, 545.

5. Giorgio Rocca, Italy, 536.

6. Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway, 529.

7. Kjetil Andre Aamodt, Norway, 498.

8. Hermann Maier, Austria, 477.

9. Fritz Strobl, Austria, 473.

10. Kalle Palander, Finland, 430.

WENGEN, Switzerland - Giorgio Rocca has etched his name alongside some of the greatest skiers of all time.

The Italian won his fifth consecutive slalom race Sunday, joining Alberto Tomba, Ingemar Stenmark and Marc Girardelli as the only men to accomplish that feat in a single season.

''It is a big honor to have my name in the history of skiing,'' said Rocca, who finished with a combined time of 1 minutes, 42.28 seconds.

Overall World Cup champion Bode Miller's day wasn't nearly as successful.

Miller was 20th in the opening run after going sideways following a tight turn, and brushing his right hip on the snow before pulling off another trademark recovery.

He switched to a different pair of skis and delivered the day's fastest second run to finish in eighth place with a time of 1:43.67.

''I still felt really awkward, but at least I won the second run,'' Miller said. ''My first run was better except for [a] huge mistake, which cost me more than a second in three gates.

''I changed skis between runs and that was great, but also tough. I had no training [on the new skis], nothing. I hadn't skied on that ski in a long time. I kicked straight out of the gate on a totally different ski.''

Rocca, who had 0.30 seconds to make up after the second run, fought back from fourth place to win.

With 11 World Cup victories, Rocca is the most successful Italian slalom specialist behind Tomba, who had 50 career World Cup wins, 35 in slalom.

Rocca's fifth win of the season also marked the fourth time World Cup overall leader Benjamin Raich of Austria squandered a first-run lead.

Raich held an advantage of 0.15 heading into the second leg, but straddled just three gates into the run.

''It's very disappointing, of course. I was in good shape today,'' said Raich, who also failed to complete his second runs at the Beaver Creek and Kranjska Gora slaloms last month. ''It was important for me to win this race.

''But, in general, Wengen was very good for me. I was first in combined, that's perfect even if today is not good. I'm in good shape. I'm increasing my overall [lead], but it's a long season.''

Finland's Kalle Palander, who was fifth after the opening run, finished runner-up in 1:42.48. Alois Vogl of Germany, the winner here last year, was third in 1:42.79.

American Ted Ligety, who has three slalom podium finishes this season but is still seeking his first career World Cup win, was third after the opening leg but dropped to fifth after committing several minor technical errors throughout his second run.

Two World Cup slaloms remain before the Olympics in Turin next month - at the Austrian resorts of Kitzbuehel and Schladming.

Raich leads the overall with 706 points after 21 races. Teammate Michael Walchhofer sits second on 600 and American Daron Rahlves, the winner of Saturday's downhill, is third with 589. Miller is fourth with 545, while Rocca is fifth on 536.