Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal celebrates his men's super-G triumph at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Kitzbühel ©Getty Images

Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal claimed his seventh victory of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup season after topping the men’s super-G podium in Kitzbühel in Austria.

Svindal posted a time of 1min 11.79sec to finish 0.31 seconds ahead of the United States’ Andrew Weibrecht, who bagged only his second-ever podium place, while home favourite Hannes Reichelt was 0.42 behind in third.

Victory earned the Vancouver 2010 Olympic super-G gold medallist 100 points in his battle with Austria’s Marcel Hirscher, tied for 23rd alongside Switzerland’s Thomas Tumler, in the World Cup standings.

"With the ice and the sun, it's a good day to ski Kitzbühel," Svindal, whose victory was Norway's 13th win so far this season, told Agence France-Presse.

"I made a slight mistake on the traverse, but if you want to win, you have to take maximum risk.

"I'll savour this victory and work so it continues like that, even if you must respect [rivals]."

As well as serving as a stand-alone World Cup race, the super-G was also the first half of today's Alpine combined with the slalom due to take place later today.

Svindal was aiming for a second career Alpine combined win but it was Alexis Pinturault who led a French sweep of the podium ahead of Victor Muffat-Jeandet and Thomas Mermillod Blondin to notch a third consecutive victory in the discipline.

Pinturault came 13th in the super-G, 1.22 seconds behind Svindal going into the slalom race under the floodlights.

The 24-year-old’s aggressive style paid dividends as he clocked a combined time of 2:03.70 to edge Muffat-Jeandet, 0.89 back, and Mermillod Blondin, 0.92 off the pace.

France's Alexis Pinturault came out on top in the men's alpine combined event
France's Alexis Pinturault came out on top in the men's alpine combined event ©Getty Images

"Today was a real test, a very hard one," Pinturault said of the slalom.

"For me or any skier, winning in Kitzbühel is a dream."

Svindal had the opportunity to break France’s monopolisation but did not finish his second run.

Hirscher completed the course with an impressive lead but was disqualified after being seen to have straddled a gate.

It leaves the Austrian, who skied out of last week’s slalom in the Swiss village of Wengen, 107 points behind Svindal in the overall standings.

Svindal has 916 points to Hirscher’s 809, while Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen is in third with 671.   

Action in Kitzbühel is scheduled to continue tomorrow with a men’s downhill race.