2008–09 Tour de Ski

The 2008–09 Tour de Ski took place from 27 December 2008 until 4 January 2009. The race kicked off in Oberhof, Germany, and finished in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The men's event was 102 km, won by Dario Cologna of Switzerland; and the woman's event was 60 km, won by Virpi Kuitunen of Finland.

Final results

Men Place Name Time 1  Dario Cologna (SUI) 2:56:05.4 2  Petter Northug (NOR) 2:57:04.4 3  Axel Teichmann (GER) 2:57:08.2 4  Giorgio Di Centa (ITA) 2:57:27.2 5  Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev (RUS) 2:57:36.4 6  Jean-Marc Gaillard (FRA) 2:57:44.5 7  Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) 2:57:58.1 8  Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) 2:58:11.7 9  Eugeni Dementiev (RUS) 2:58:19.2 10  Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN) 2:58:21.8 11  Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 2:58:26.2 12  Jaak Mae (EST) 2:58:27.0 13  Jens Filbrich (GER) 2:58:46.9 14  Eldar Rønning (NOR) 2:58:53.1 15  Toni Livers (SUI) 2:58:54.7 16  Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) 2:59:10.6 17  Aivar Rehemaa (EST) 2:59:12.6 18  Vincent Vittoz (FRA) 2:59:16.4 19  Nikolay Chebotko (KAZ) 2:59:46.2 20  Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2:59:50.6

Women Place Name Points 1  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 2:06:41.4 2  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 2:06:48.6 3  Petra Majdič (SLO) 2:07:15.9 4  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2:08:02.5 5  Marianna Longa (ITA) 2:08:17.9 6  Therese Johaug (NOR) 2:09:01.4 7  Anna Haag (SWE) 2:09:07.9 8  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) 2:09:33.2 9  Arianna Follis (ITA) 2:09:17.0 10  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2:09:53.8 11  Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN) 2:10:06.0 12  Pirjo Muranen (FIN) 2:10:23.7 13  Stefanie Böhler (GER) 2:10:45.9 14  Valentina Shevchenko (UKR) 2:10:48.0 15  Sara Renner (CAN) 2:11:33.1 16  Claudia Nystad (GER) 2:11:47.9 17  Katrin Zeller (GER) 2:12:04.7 18  Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova (RUS) 2:12:09.0 19  Olga Rocheva (RUS) 2:13:12.8 20  Larisa Kurkina (RUS) 2:13:18.6

Sprint

The sprint event 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 intermediary points in mass start races .

Sprint standings

Women Place Name Bonus 1  Petra Majdič (SLO) 148s 2  Arianna Follis (ITA) 130s 3  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 123s 4  Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 92s 5  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 74s

Men Place Name Bonus 1  Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) 131s 2  Dario Cologna (SUI) 122s 3  Petter Northug (NOR) 105s 4  John Kristian Dahl (NOR) 102s 5  Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev (RUS) 101s

Stages

Stage 1

27 December 2008, Oberhof - Prologue, Individual start

Men - 3,75 km Free Place Name Time 1 Dario Cologna 6:17,2 min 2 Axel Teichmann + 1,1 s 3 Devon Kershaw + 2,3 s 3 Sami Jauhojärvi + 2,3 s 5 Tobias Angerer + 7,6 s

Women - 2,8 km Free Place Name Time 1 Virpi Kuitunen 7:11,8 min 2 Marit Bjørgen + 8,2 s 3 Justyna Kowalczyk + 13 s 4 Arianna Follis + 13,3 s 5 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen + 13,8 s

Stage 2

27 December 2008, Oberhof - Handicap start

Women - 10 km Classic 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 - 15 km Classic 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 Place Name Time 1 Tor Arne Hetland 2:34,3 min + 60 Bonus Seconds 2 Vasily Vasilyevich 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

Women - 1,3 km Free 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

Stage 4

31 December 2008, Nové Město na Moravě - Individual start

Men - 15 km Classic 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

Women - 9 km Classic 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

Stage 5

1 January 2009, Nové Město na Moravě - Sprint

Men - 1,2 km Free 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

Women - 1,2 km Free 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

Stage 6

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

Men - 20 km Classic 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

Women - 10 km Classic 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

Stage 7

4 January 2009, Val di Fiemme - Pursuit

Men - 20 km Free 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

Women - 10 km Free Place Name Time 1 Therese Johaug 35:07,7 min 2 Kristin Størmer Steira + 8,7 s 3 Valentina Shevchenko + 44,3 s 4 Justyna Kowalczyk + 47,1 s 5 Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova + 54,6 s

External links

• Official website