SCHLADMING, Austria, Jan 27 - Switzerland's Loic Meillard carved to victory in a floodlit World Cup giant slalom race on Tuesday as his illustrious teammate Marco Odermatt finished just off the podium.

Meillard trailed first-run leader Lucas Pinheiro Braathen by 0.06 seconds but turned it around with a brilliant second run on the glistening icy slope in the Austrian resort.