Zagreb  - Jean-Baptiste Grange of France won the men's slalom under floodlights in Zagreb Tuesday to take the overall lead in the alpine ski World Cup.

Grange posted a combined time of 1 minute 53.31 seconds for the two runs to edge Croatian home favourite Ivica Kostelic by five hundredths of a second.

Italy's Giuliano Razzoli was third in 1:53.66 for the first World Cup podium place of his career.

Grange now has 466 points in the overall standings, ahead of Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway (444) and Benjamin Raich of Austria (433). (dpa)