2006–07 Tour de Ski
The 2006–07 Tour de Ski was the first Tour to take place, from 31 December 2006 until 7 January 2007. It was won by German Tobias Angerer for men, while Finn Virpi Kuitunen won the first women's Tour.
Modelled on the Tour de France of cycling.[1] The first edition of the tour was held in Germany and Italy, with six races spread out over eight days, including two separate days of rest.[2] The prize money for the event amounted to 750,000 Swiss francs,[3] shared out on both men and women. Men's and women's events were held together on the same days.
Ranking
The overall results are based on the aggregate time for all events, as well as bonus seconds awarded on sprint and mass start stages.
The two sprint races carry bonus seconds for the finish, which are subtracted from the overall time, as follows:
Finishing position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
Seconds deducted | 50 | 40 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
In mass start competitions, intermediate points carry bonus seconds; 15 to the winner, 10 to number two, and 5 to number three. The same amount of seconds are awarded at the finish. In the 30 km race there are two intermediate points, in the 15 km race one intermediate point.
Stages
Date | Place | Country | Women's distance | Men's distance | Description | Women's winner | Men's winner |
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| | | | Interval start, classical style, prologue - cancelled | Not available | Not available | |
| | | | Free style pursuit, starting intervals according to results in prologue - cancelled | Not available | Not available | |
December 31 | Munich | Germany | 1100 m | 1100 m | Sprint, free style | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | Christoph Eigenmann (SUI) |
January 2 | Oberstdorf | Germany | 5+5 km | 10+10 km | Double pursuit, starting in classical and ending in free style | Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) | Vincent Vittoz (FRA) |
January 3 | Oberstdorf | Germany | 10 km | 15 km | Interval start, classical style | Petra Majdič (SLV) | Franz Göring (GER) |
January 5 | Asiago | Italy | 1200 m | 1200 m | Sprint, free style | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) |
January 6 | Cavalese | Italy | 15 km | 30 km | Mass start, classical style | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Eldar Rønning (NOR) |
January 7 | Cavalese | Italy | 10 km | 15 km | Free style pursuit. Starting intervals according to time differences in overall ranking. Hill climb finish | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Tobias Angerer (GER) |
Favourites
Dagbladet's Brynjar Skjærli listed Finland's Virpi Kuitunen as the main favourite in the women's event, with Marit Bjørgen the main challenger. Justyna Kowalczyk, Petra Majdič, Kateřina Neumannová, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle, Claudia Künzel-Nystad, Aino Kaisa Saarinen, Vibeke Skofterud and Kristina Šmigun were listed as "outsiders" or dark horses.[4] In the men's event, Tobias Angerer was the favourite, with Yevgeny Dementiev, Tor Arne Hetland, Petter Northug, Eldar Rønning, Anders Södergren, Jens Arne Svartedal and Axel Teichmann all listed as challengers. Frode Estil was named as an outsider.
Stage 1: Sprint Munich, 31 December
This was held at Munich Olympic Stadium in front of 6,500 spectators.[5]
- Women's event, 822 m[6]
The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.
Final A
Final B
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Tour de Ski standings
Sprint standings
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- Men's event, 1200 m[7]
The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.
Northug fell in the first curve of the final, taking Pettersen and Fredriksson with him.
Final A
Final B
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Sprint standings
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Stage 2: Pursuit Oberstdorf, 2 January
- Women's event, 5 km classical + 5 km free[8]
Bonus seconds earned during the race:
Seconds | Point 1 | Finish |
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15 | Aino Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) | Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) |
10 | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Valentina Shevchenko (UKR) |
5 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | Olga Savialova (RUS) |
- Men's event, 10 km classical + 10 km free[9]
Neither Christoph Eigenmann nor Roddy Darragon, number one and three in the overall standings before the race, finished, and were thus eliminated from the overall competition.
Bonus seconds earned during the race:
Seconds | Point 1 | Finish |
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15 | Simen Østensen (NOR) | Vincent Vittoz (FRA) |
10 | Björn Lind (SWE) | Alexander Legkov (RUS) |
5 | Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN) | Tobias Angerer (GER) |
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Sprint standings
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Stage 3: Individual Start Oberstdorf, 3 January
- Women's event, 10 km classical[10]
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- Men's event, 15 km classical[11]
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Stage 4: Sprint Asiago, 5 January
- Women's event, 1.2 km[12]
The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.
Final A
Final B
Eliminated before finals
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- Men's event, 1.2 km[13]
The listed times were achieved in the qualification race.
Final A
Final B
Eliminated before finals
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Sprint standings
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Stage 5: Mass Start Cavalese, Val di Fiemme, 6 January
The sprint jersey was awarded after this stage; Virpi Kuitunen of Finland earned 45 bonus points and won the women's jersey, while Tor Arne Hetland from Norway successfully defended the men's jersey.
- Women's event, 15 km[14]
Bonus seconds earned during the race:[15]
Seconds | Point 1 | Point 2 | Finish |
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15 | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) |
10 | Aino Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) | Aino Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) | Aino Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) |
5 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) |
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- Men's event, 30 km[16]
Bonus seconds earned during the race:[17]
Seconds | Point 1 | Point 2 | Finish |
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15 | Sergey Shiriaev (RUS) | Simen Østensen (NOR) | Eldar Rønning (NOR) |
10 | Frode Estil (NOR) | Frode Estil (NOR) | Ivan Alypov (RUS) |
5 | Eldar Rønning (NOR) | Eldar Rønning (NOR) | Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN) |
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Stage 6: Final Climb Cavalese, Val di Fiemme, 7 January
Athletes started in order of the aggregate standings, and the first athlete to reach the finish won. After the first 15 athletes, the remainder were released in a "wave start" five minutes behind Kuitunen, the leader, but their total time behind Kuitunen was added to the final time.
- Women's event, 10 km[18]
Rank | Name | Nation | Stage time | Stage rank | Total time |
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1 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | 36:36.7 | 31 | 2:20.15.3 |
2 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | 35:44.4 | 16 | +1:17.5 |
3 | Valentina Shevchenko | UKR | 34:30.2 | 3 | +1:20.8 |
4 | Aino Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | 36:19.0 | 24 | +1:21.8 |
5 | Kateřina Neumannová | CZE | 34:24.0 | 1 | +1:23.8 |
6 | Petra Majdič | SLO | 35:48.4 | 17 | +1:52.0 |
7 | Kristin Størmer Steira | NOR | 34:25.3 | 2 | +1:53.8 |
8 | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | GER | 35:25.4 | 10 | +1:58.2 |
9 | Vibeke Skofterud | NOR | 35:59.7 | 20 | +2:23.7 |
10 | Viola Bauer | GER | 35:18.8 | 9 | +2:41.5 |
11 | Justyna Kowalczyk | POL | 35:33.1 | 13 | +3:08.5 |
12 | Karine Philippot | FRA | 34:56.2 | 6 | +3:20.4 |
13 | Riitta-Liisa Roponen | FIN | 35:39.2 | 14 | +3:22.0 |
14 | Olga Savialova | RUS | 35:27.0 | 11 | +3:36.0 |
15 | Marianna Longa | ITA | 36:32.7 | 29 | +3:41.1 |
Top stage times | |||||
34 | Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova | RUS | 34:44.7 | 4 | |
18 | Sabina Valbusa | ITA | 34:50.7 | 5 | |
30 | Oxana Jatskaja | KAZ | 34:56.2 | 7 | |
35 | Svetlana Malahova | KAZ | 35:28.8 | 12 | |
- Men's event, 11 km[19]
A wave start was also employed in the men's event, but the first 30 started according to the time differences in the overall Tour standings. The remainder started six minutes behind Angerer.
Rank | Name | Nation | Stage time | Stage rank | Total time |
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1 | Tobias Angerer | GER | 33:39.5 | 18 | 3:29:49.7 |
2 | Alexander Legkov | RUS | 32:12.8 | 2 | +46.4 |
3 | Simen Østensen | NOR | 34:14.5 | 33 | +50.2 |
4 | Petter Northug | NOR | 34:08.1 | 30 | +1:07.0 |
5 | Tor Arne Hetland | NOR | 33:43.1 | 20 | +1:09.4 |
6 | Franz Göring | GER | 33:41.4 | 19 | +1:18.7 |
7 | Sami Jauhojärvi | FIN | 33:46.9 | 22 | +1:24.3 |
8 | Evgeny Dementiev | RUS | 32:55.6 | 7 | +1:32.2 |
9 | Jens Filbrich | GER | 33:36.6 | 16 | +1:34.8 |
10 | Nikolay Pankratov | RUS | 33:07.5 | 9 | +1:46.1 |
11 | Frode Estil | NOR | 34:12.8 | 32 | +1:56.9 |
12 | Sergey Shiriaev | RUS | 32:08.4 | 1 | +2:18.5 |
13 | Jiří Magál | CZE | 33:46.0 | 21 | +2:38.1 |
14 | Mathias Fredriksson | SWE | 33:30.8 | 14 | +2:53.9 |
15 | René Sommerfeldt | GER | 32:54.0 | 5 | +3:05.2 |
Top stage times | |||||
20 | Giorgio Di Centa | ITA | 32:49.7 | 3 | |
26 | Emmanuel Jonnier | FRA | 32:51.8 | 4 | |
34 | Martin Bajčičák | SVK | 32:55.3 | 6 | |
32 | Christian Hoffmann | AUT | 32:56.8 | 8 | |
36 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | FRA | 33:12.7 | 10 | |
19 | Vincent Vittoz | FRA | 33:23.9 | 11 | |
16 | Anders Södergren | SWE | 33:28.3 | 12 | |
See also
References
- ↑ (Norwegian) Tour-favoritter i kø, Tor Kise Karlsen, ANB, published 10 November 2006
- ↑ (Norwegian) Neppe full kvote til Tour de Ski, Kjetil Skaufel, Trønder-Avisa, published 29 November 2006
- ↑ Tour Facts, from tour-de-ski.com
- ↑ (Norwegian)Sorry Norge - utlendingene vinner, Dagbladet, 30 December 2006, pg. 34
- ↑ FIS COMPETITION FACTS – Viessmann FIS World Cup Cross-Country, from tour-de-ski.com
- ↑ Ladies 0.8 km Free Sprint - Results, fis-ski.com, retrieved 2 January 2007
- ↑ Mens 1.2 km Free Sprint - Results, fis-ski.com, retrieved 2 January 2007
- ↑ Ladies 5 km Classical + 5 km Free Pursuit - Results, fis-ski.com, retrieved 2 January 2007
- ↑ Men's 10 km Classical + 10 km Free Pursuit - Results, fis-ski.com, retrieved 2 January 2007
- ↑ Ladies' 10 km Classical Individual - Results, fis-ski.com, retrieved 3 January 2007
- ↑ Men's 15 km Classical Individual - Results, fis-ski.com, retrieved 3 January 2007
- ↑ Ladies 1.2 km Free Sprint - Results, fis-ski.com, retrieved 2 January 2007
- ↑ Mens 1.2 km Free Sprint - Results, fis-ski.com, retrieved 2 January 2007
- ↑ Ladies 15 km Classical Sprint - Results, fis-ski.com, retrieved 6 January 2007
- ↑ Tour de Ski - Sprint Ranking Ladies, fis-ski.com, retrieved 9 January 2007
- ↑ Mens 30 km Classical Mass Start - Results, fis-ski.com, retrieved 6 January 2007
- ↑ FIS Tour De Ski - Sprint Ranking Men, fis-ski.com, retrieved 6 January 2007
- ↑ FIS Tour De Ski - Overall Ranking Ladies, fis-ski.com, retrieved 8 January 2007
- ↑ FIS Tour De Ski - Overall Ranking Men, fis-ski.com, retrieved 6 January 2007