2008–09 Tour de Ski

Tour de Ski
2008–09 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Ski tour details
Venue(s)	Oberhof, Germany; Prague, Czech Republic; Nové Město, Czech Republic; Val di Fiemme, Italy
Dates	27 December 2008 – 4 January 2009
Stages	7
Results
Men
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Sprint
Women
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Sprint
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The 2008–09 Tour de Ski was the third edition of the Tour de Ski and took place from 27 December 2008 until 4 January 2009. The race kicked off in Oberhof, Germany, and concluded with the Final Climb stage in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The tour was the first tour starting in Oberhof and the second starting in Germany. The men's event was 102 km, won by Dario Cologna of Switzerland; and the women's event was 60 km, won by Virpi Kuitunen of Finland.

Overall leadership

Overall leadership by stage
Stage	Men			Ladies
Stage	Winner	Overall standings	Sprint standings	Winner	Overall standings	Sprint standings
1	Axel Teichmann	Axel Teichmann	Axel Teichmann	Claudia Nystad	Claudia Nystad	Claudia Nystad
2	Dario Cologna	Dario Cologna	Axel Teichmann	Virpi Kuitunen	Virpi Kuitunen	Claudia Nystad
3	Tor Arne Hetland		Tor Arne Hetland	Arianna Follis	Arianna Follis	Arianna Follis
4	Axel Teichmann			Virpi Kuitunen	Virpi Kuitunen
5	Petter Northug			Arianna Follis	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
6	Axel Teichmann			Virpi Kuitunen	Virpi Kuitunen	Petra Majdič
7	Ivan Babikov			Therese Johaug	Virpi Kuitunen	Petra Majdič
Final		Dario Cologna	Tor Arne Hetland	Final	Virpi Kuitunen	Petra Majdič

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the Overall standings		Denotes the winner of the Sprint standings

Overall standings

Men

Final overall standings (1–10)^[1]
Rank	Name	Time
1	Dario Cologna (SUI)	2:56:05.4
2	Petter Northug (NOR)	+59.0
3	Axel Teichmann (GER)	+1:02.8
4	Giorgio Di Centa (ITA)	+1:22.2
5	Vasily Rochev (RUS)	+1:31.0
6	Jean-Marc Gaillard (FRA)	+1:39.1
7	Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA)	+1:52.7
8	Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR)	+2:06.3
9	Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN)	+2:16.4
10	Lukáš Bauer (CZE)	+2:20.8

Final overall standings (11–54)
Rank	Name	Time
11	Jaak Mae (EST)	+2:21.6
12	Jens Filbrich (GER)	+2:41.5
13	Eldar Rønning (NOR)	+2:47.7
14	Toni Livers (SUI)	+2:49.3
15	Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS)	+3:05.2
16	Aivar Rehemaa (EST)	+3:07.2
17	Vincent Vittoz (FRA)	+3:11.0
18	Nikolay Chebotko (KAZ)	+3:40.8
19	Andrus Veerpalu (EST)	+3:45.2
20	Devon Kershaw (CAN)	+3:55.3
21	John Kristian Dahl (NOR)	+4:14.4
22	Tord Asle Gjerdalen (NOR)	+4:20.7
23	Daniel Rickardsson (SWE)	+4:26.7
24	David Hofer (ITA)	+4:33.7
25	Emmanuel Jonnier (FRA)	+4:37.9
26	Matti Heikkinen (FIN)	+4:40.7
27	Roland Clara (ITA)	+4:52.4
28	Tom Reichelt (GER)	+4:59.5
29	Curdin Perl (SUI)	+5:16.1
30	Alexandre Rousselet (FRA)	+5:18.9
31	Nikolay Pankratov (RUS)	+5:24.9
32	Valerio Checchi (ITA)	+5:28.5
33	Alexander Legkov (RUS)	+5:37.4
34	Fabio Pasini (ITA)	+6:29.8
35	Ivan Babikov (CAN)	+7:05.1
36	Jiří Magál (CZE)	+7:30.5
37	Alexander Kuznetsov (RUS)	+7:45.1
38	Yevgeniy Velichko (KAZ)	+7:51.3
39	Ivan Bátory (SVK)	+7:53.6
40	Aleš Razým (CZE)	+8:20.9
41	Algo Kärp (EST)	+8:42.4
42	Tor Arne Hetland (NOR)	+9:40.1
43	Aleksandr Ossipov (KAZ)	+10:07.1
44	Roman Leybyuk (UKR)	+10:18.4
45	Cyril Miranda (FRA)	+11:45.8
46	Janusz Krężelok (POL)	+11:57.8
47	Andrey Gridin (KAZ)	+13:30.6
48	Cristian Zorzi (ITA)	+14:15.9
49	Damien Ambrosetti (FRA)	+22:08.8
50	Roddy Darragon (FRA)	+22:37.8
51	Martin Stockinger (AUT)	+23:05.0
52	François Soulié (AND)	+23:23.5
53	Jonas Thor Olsen (DEN)	+23:51.6
54	Harald Wurm (AUT)	+28:34.1

Women

Final overall standings (1–10)^[2]
Rank	Name	Time
1	Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)	2:06:41.4
2	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)	+7.2
3	Petra Majdič (SLO)	+34.5
4	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	+1:21.1
5	Marianna Longa (ITA)	+1:36.5
6	Therese Johaug (NOR)	+2:20.0
7	Anna Haag (SWE)	+2:26.5
8	Arianna Follis (ITA)	+2:35.6
9	Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR)	+2:51.8
10	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	+3:12.4

Final overall standings (11–36)
Rank	Name	Time
11	Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN)	+3:24.6
12	Pirjo Muranen (FIN)	+3:42.3
13	Stefanie Böhler (GER)	+4:05.5
14	Valentyna Shevchenko (UKR)	+4:06.6
15	Sara Renner (CAN)	+4:51.7
16	Claudia Nystad (GER)	+5:06.5
17	Katrin Zeller (GER)	+5:23.3
18	Yevgeniya Medvedeva (RUS)	+5:27.6
19	Olga Rocheva (RUS)	+6:31.4
20	Larisa Kurkina (RUS)	+6:37.2
21	Olga Zavyalova (RUS)	+6:58.6
22	Kamila Rajdlová (CZE)	+7:18.3
23	Kateřina Smutná (AUT)	+7:45.9
24	Sara Lindborg (SWE)	+8:17.7
25	Olga Tiagai (RUS)	+8:30.5
26	Alena Procházková (SVK)	+9:01.1
27	Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina (KAZ)	+9:04.1
28	Antonella Confortola Wyatt (ITA)	+9:35.8
29	Magda Genuin (ITA)	+9:54.9
30	Natalya Ilyina (RUS)	+10:17.0
31	Yuliya Ivanova (RUS)	+10:50.0
32	Karin Moroder (ITA)	+11:43.7
33	Vesna Fabjan (SLO)	+12:27.6
34	Oxana Yatskaya (KAZ)	+13:17.2
35	Lada Nesterenko (UKR)	+13:25.0
36	Tatjana Mannima (EST)	+13:28.3

Yevgeny Dementyev finished 9th but was later disqualified after he tested positive for recombinant erythropoietin (EPO).

Sprint standings

The sprint competition was contested during the sprint races and partly during the other races. According to the position in the race, the skiers achieved bonus seconds for sprints, and bonus points for intermediate points in mass start races.^[3]

Men

Final sprint standings (1–10)^[4]
Rank	Name	Total
1	Tor Arne Hetland (NOR)	131
2	Dario Cologna (SUI)	122
3	Petter Northug (NOR)	105
4	John Kristian Dahl (NOR)	102
5	Vasily Rochev (RUS)	101
6	Eldar Rønning (NOR)	88
7	Cristian Zorzi (ITA)	86
8	Jean-Marc Gaillard (FRA)	74
9	Axel Teichmann (GER)	73
10	Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN)	70

Women

Final sprint standings (1–10)^[5]
Rank	Name	Total
1	Petra Majdič (SLO)	148
2	Arianna Follis (ITA)	130
3	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)	123
4	Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)	92
5	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	74
6	Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR)	74
7	Marianna Longa (ITA)	72
8	Vesna Fabjan (SLO)	72
9	Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN)	70
10	Claudia Nystad (GER)	67

Stages

Stage 1

27 December 2008, Oberhof - Prologue, Individual start

Men - 3.75 km Free ^[6]
Place	Name	Time
1	Axel Teichmann	7:11,8 min
2	Dario Cologna	+ 8,2 s
3	Petter Northug	+ 13,0 s
4	Aivar Rehemaa	+ 13,3 s
5	Devon Kershaw	+ 13,8 s
6	Tom Reichelt	+ 14,9 s

Women - 2.8 km Free ^[7]
Place	Name	Time
1	Claudia Nystad	6:17,2 min
2	Arianna Follis	+ 1,1 s
3	Justyna Kowalczyk	+ 2,3 s
3	Petra Majdič	+ 2,3 s
5	Marit Bjørgen	+ 7,6 s
6	Pirjo Muranen	+ 8,1 s

Stage 2

27 December 2008, Oberhof - Handicap Start

Women - 10 km Classic ^[8]
Place	Name	Time
1	Virpi Kuitunen	30:22,7 min
2	Marit Bjørgen	+ 1,9 s
3	Justyna Kowalczyk	+ 6,2 s
4	Arianna Follis	+ 8,9 s
5	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	+ 10,4 s
6	Petra Majdič	+ 29,4 s

Men - 15 km Classic ^[9]
Place	Name	Time
1	Dario Cologna	43:05,1 min
2	Axel Teichmann	+ 4,8 s
3	Devon Kershaw	+ 26,4 s
4	Sami Jauhojärvi	+ 26,4 s
5	Tobias Angerer	+ 28,3 s
6	Jaak Mae	+ 28,4 s

Women - Pursuit Time ("Winner of the Day")
Place	Name	Time
1	Virpi Kuitunen	23:56,7 min
2	Marit Bjørgen	+ 3,9 s
3	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	+ 10,4 s
4	Justyna Kowalczyk	+ 18,2 s
5	Arianna Follis	+ 26,9 s

Men - Pursuit Time ("Winner of the Day")
Place	Name	Time
1	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	35:47,9 min
2	Andrus Veerpalu	+ 2,9 s
3	Toni Livers	+ 3,5 s
4	Daniel Rickardsson	+ 4,4 s
5	Sami Jauhojärvi	+ 6,6 s

Stage 3

29 December 2008, Prague - Sprint

Men - 1.3 km Free ^[10]
Place	Name	Time
1	Tor Arne Hetland	2:34,3 min + 60 bonus seconds
2	Vasily Rochev	2:33,8 min + 56 bonus seconds
3	Jean-Marc Gaillard	2:38,0 min + 52 bonus seconds
4	Sami Jauhojärvi	2:39,0 min + 48 bonus seconds
5	John Kristian Dahl	2:36,2 min + 44 bonus seconds
6	Eldar Rønning	2:36,2 min + 42 bonus seconds

Women - 1.3 km Free ^[11]
Place	Name	Time
1	Arianna Follis	2:52,3 min + 60 bonus seconds
2	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	2:54,8 min + 56 bonus seconds
3	Petra Majdič	2:58,3 min + 52 bonus seconds
4	Pirjo Muranen	2:56,8 min + 48 bonus seconds
5	Marthe Kristoffersen	2:54,9 min + 44 bonus seconds
6	Claudia Nystad	2:54,9 min + 42 bonus seconds

Stage 4

31 December 2008, Nové Město na Moravě - Individual start

Men - 15 km Classic ^[12]
Place	Name	Time
1	Axel Teichmann	39:03,7 min
2	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	+ 5,0 s
3	Nikolay Chebotko	+ 10,5 s
4	Jaak Mae	+11,3 s
5	Lukáš Bauer	+ 13,4 s
6	Eldar Rønning	+ 14,7 s

Women - 9 km Classic ^[13]
Place	Name	Time
1	Virpi Kuitunen	24:45,4 min
2	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	+ 37,6 s
3	Marit Bjørgen	+ 49,9 s
4	Justyna Kowalczyk	+ 55,1 s
5	Petra Majdič	+ 59,5 s
6	Marianna Longa	+ 1:15,0 s

Stage 5

1 January 2009, Nové Město na Moravě - Sprint

Men - 1.2 km Free ^[14]
Place	Name	Time
1	Petter Northug	60 bonus seconds
2	Tor Arne Hetland	56 bonus seconds
3	Cristian Zorzi	52 bonus seconds
4	John Kristian Dahl	48 bonus seconds
5	Dario Cologna	44 bonus seconds
6	Nikolay Chebotko	42 bonus seconds

Women - 1.2 km Free ^[15]
Place	Name	Time
1	Arianna Follis	60 bonus seconds
2	Petra Majdič	56 bonus seconds
3	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	52 bonus seconds
4	Magda Genuin	48 bonus seconds
5	Alena Procházková	44 bonus seconds
6	Marianna Longa	42 bonus seconds

Stage 6

3 January 2009, Val di Fiemme, Italy - Mass start

Men - 20 km Classic ^[16]
Place	Name	Time
1	Axel Teichmann	55:19,2 min
2	Sami Jauhojärvi	+ 0,3 s
3	Nikolay Chebotko	+ 1,3 s
4	Dario Cologna	+ 1,8 s
5	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	+ 2,5 s
6	Maxim Vylegzhanin	+ 3,9 s

Women - 10 km Classic ^[17]
Place	Name	Time
1	Virpi Kuitunen	30:10,3 min
2	Petra Majdič	+ 13,8 s
3	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	+ 20,5 s
4	Marianna Longa	+ 24,6 s
5	Marit Bjørgen	+ 33,0 s
6	Pirjo Muranen	+ 34,7 s

Stage 7

4 January 2009, Val di Fiemme - Pursuit

Men - 10 km Free Final Climb ^[18]
Place	Name	Time
1	Ivan Babikov	33:51,2 min
2	Tom Reichelt	+ 1,5 s
3	Giorgio Di Centa	+ 3,2 s
4	Matti Heikkinen	+ 12,0 s
5	Lukáš Bauer	+ 15,2 s
6	Jean-Marc Gaillard	+ 21,7 s

Women - 9 km Free Final Climb ^[19]
Place	Name	Time
1	Therese Johaug	35:07,7 min
2	Kristin Størmer Steira	+ 8,7 s
3	Valentyna Shevchenko	+ 44,3 s
4	Justyna Kowalczyk	+ 47,1 s
5	Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova	+ 54,6 s
6	Anna Haag	+ 58,4 s

References

External links

Official website (archived)

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2008–09 Tour de Ski

Contents

Overall leadership

Final standings

Overall standings

Men

Women

Sprint standings

Men

Women

Stages

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

References

External links