Marcel Hirscher locked up the men's World Cup giant slalom title with a race to spare on Saturday.

The Olympic GS champion from Austria dominated the penultimate event of the season, giving him an insurmountable 125-point lead in the GS standings over Norwegian rival Henrik Kristoffersen. A win is worth 100 points.

Austria's Marcel Hirscher, center, winner of an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom, poses with second placed Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen, left, and third placed France's Alexis Pinturault, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, March 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

 

Hirscher posted the fastest times in both runs and finished in 2 minutes, 20.76 seconds, beating runner-up Kristoffersen by 1.66 seconds. Alexis Pinturault of France was more than 2 ½ seconds off the pace in third.

It's Hirscher's fourth straight GS title and fifth in total, matching American Ted Ligety's tally. Only Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark won the trophy more times — eight.

France's Alexis Pinturault speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, March 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

 

Hirscher is also on the brink of an unprecedented seventh overall championship.

Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, March 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

 

Austria's Marcel Hirscher speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, March 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)