CHAMONIX, France (AP) – Bode Miller showed some of his old power Sunday, finishing third in a World Cup slalom won by Italy’s Giorgio Rocca.

Rocca had a combined time of 1 minute, 29.09 seconds for the third World Cup slalom victory of his career. France’s Pierrick Bourgeat was second in 1:29.17.

“My coach told me to attack like a maniac on the second run,” Rocca said. “That’s what I did, and it worked.”

Miller finished in 1:29.52 in the French Alps race, with U.S. teammate Chip Knight in 19th place and Tom Rothrock 20th.

Until Sunday, Miller had not scored points in a slalom since the end of last February when he was sixth in South Korea. He had failed to finish many slaloms, struggling with equipment and execution.

“I’m more than relieved,” Miller said. “I always knew I had the potential to ski well. And if I do well in the next few races, who knows what can happen in the overall standings?”

Miller won the season’s opening combined race, with his times from Saturday’s downhill added to those from Sunday’s slalom. He was 34th in the downhill. The Franconia, N.H., skier was the combined champion in 2003.

Miller also advanced from 10th place to fourth in the overall standings.

Norway’s Lasse Kjus leads the overall standings with 581 points, one ahead of Austria’s Benjamin Raich. Austria’s Hermann Maier is third with 555.

Rocca jumped to first in the slalom standings with 290 points after four races. Austria’s Manfred Pranger is second with 240. Finland’s Kalle Palander, who was 16th Sunday, is third with 215 and Schoenfelder is fourth with 170.

Austria’s Rainer Schoenfelder finished fourth after posting fastest first leg. French Olympic slalom champion Jean-Pierre Vidal was fifth.

Germany’s Gerg wins super-G

VEYSONNAZ, Switzerland – Germany’s Hilde Gerg won a World Cup super giant slalom Sunday for her first victory of the season, boosting her confidence after a knee injury.

Gerg was timed in 1 minute, 21.34 seconds on a forest-lined course covered with soft snow.

“It’s a big day for me after my injury last season in Lake Louise,” she said. “As usual, you need to be at your limit and that’s what I did.”

Austria’s Michaela Dorfmeister was runner-up in 1:21.58. On Saturday, she shared second place with Gerg in a downhill.

Austria’s Silvia Berger was third, 0.76 behind. The top U.S. finishers were Caroline Lalive in 11th place and Libby Ludlow in 14th.

Gerg has struggled with consistency since shredding a ligament in her left knee 14 months ago. The 1998 slalom Olympic champion has 17 World Cup wins, including seven in the super-G.

Her previous victory came at a downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta, in November 2002.

Gerg is second in the super-G standings with 205 points, just 15 points behind Dorfmeister. Austria’s Renate Goetschl is third with 180.

Anja Paerson of Sweden finished 18th but still holds a strong lead in the overall rankings with 752 points, 179 ahead of Goetschl.

Goetschl, who won Saturday’s downhill, crashed near the top of the course. She slightly sprained her thumb when she hit the netting.

“You have to go to the limit and maybe I took too much risk,” she said. “But it happens. It’s skiing.”

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