2011–12 Tour de Ski

The 2011–12 Tour de Ski took place from 29 December 2011 to 7 January 2012. The race started in Oberhof, Germany, and ended in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The defending champions were Dario Cologna of Switzerland for the men and Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk (2-time defending champion) for the women. Both Cologna and Kowalczyk were able to defend their titles as Tour de Ski champions and became the first athletes ever to win the Tour three times.

Schedule

Stage	Venue	Date	Event	Distance		Start time (CET)
Stage	Venue	Date	Event	Women	Men	Women	Men
1	Oberhof (GER)	29 December 2011	Prologue Free technique, individual start	3.1 km	4.0 km	14:15	15:15
2	Oberhof (GER)	30 December 2011	Pursuit Classical technique, 'handicap' start	10 km	15 km	14:15	15:15
3	Oberstdorf (GER)	31 December 2011	Sprint Classical technique, qualification and finals	1.2 km	1.2 km	13:30 Q 14:30 F
4	Oberstdorf (GER)	1 January 2012	Skiathlon Classical/Free technique, Mass Start	5+5 km	10+10 km	13:00	15:45
5	Toblach (ITA)	3 January 2012	Distance Classical technique, individual start	3 km	5 km	15:45	12:45
6	Toblach (ITA)	4 January 2012	Sprint Free technique, qualification and finals	1.3 km	1.3 km	10:45 Q 12:15 F
7	Cortina d'Ampezzo - Toblach (ITA)	5 January 2012	Distance Free technique, handicap start	15 km	32 km	15:30	13:00
8	Val di Fiemme (ITA)	7 January 2012	Distance Classical technique, mass start	10 km	20 km	15:45	12:30
9	Val di Fiemme (ITA)	8 January 2012	Final Climb Free technique, 'handicap' start	9 km	9 km	12:30	14:30

Standings

Men

^[1]

Place	Name	Time
1	Dario Cologna (SUI)	4:33:17.2
2	Marcus Hellner (SWE)	+1:02.3
3	Petter Northug (NOR)	+1:44.6
4	Devon Kershaw (CAN)	+2:09.4
5	Alexander Legkov (RUS)	+2:59.1
6	Lukáš Bauer (CZE)	+3:22.3
7	Maurice Manificat (FRA)	+3:43.7
8	Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS)	+4:12.4
9	Martin Jaks (CZE)	+4:20.2
10	Ilia Chernousov (RUS)	+4:29.1

Women

^[2]

Place	Name	Time
1	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	2:52:45.0
2	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	+28.2
3	Therese Johaug (NOR)	+3:57.8
4	Krista Lähteenmäki (FIN)	+6:48.6
5	Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR)	+6:55.1
6	Katrin Zeller (GER)	+7:09.7
7	Charlotte Kalla (SWE)	+8:01.2
8	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR)	+8:32.7
9	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)	+8:34.2
10	Kikkan Randall (USA)	+8:55.8

Stages

Stage 1

29 December 2011, Oberhof, Germany - prologue

**Men - 4.0 km freestyle** ^[3]
Place	Name	Time
1	Petter Northug (NOR)	7:58.3
2	Dario Cologna (SUI)	+0.7
3	Maurice Manificat (FRA)	+4.0
4	Marcus Hellner (SWE)	+5.6
5	Ilia Chernousov (RUS)	+6.8

**Women - 3.1 km freestyle** ^[4]
Place	Name	Time
1	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	7:03.7
2	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	+0.4
3	Hanna Brodin (SWE)	+4.0
4	Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja (FIN)	+4.1
5	Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR)	+4.2

Stage 2

30 December 2011, Oberhof - pursuit (handicap start)

**Men - 15 km classical (pursuit)** ^[5]
Place	Name	Time
1	Axel Teichmann (GER)	46:03.3
2	Petter Northug (NOR)	+2.3
3	Dario Cologna (SUI)	+2.9
4	Alexander Legkov (RUS)	+4.2
5	Eldar Rønning (NOR)	+5.3

**Women - 10 km classical (pursuit)** ^[6]
Place	Name	Time
1	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	32:04.4
2	Therese Johaug (NOR)	+0.2
3	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	+7.1
4	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)	+16.3
5	Krista Lähteenmäki (FIN)	+53.4

**Men - 15 km classical (stage)** ^[5]
Place	Name	Time
1	Eldar Rønning (NOR)	37:42.2
2	Giorgio di Centa (ITA)	+5.3
3	Lukáš Bauer (CZE)	+8.6
4	Axel Teichmann (GER)	+9.1
5	Sami Jauhojärvi (FIN)	+10.5

**Women - 10 km classical (stage)** ^[6]
Place	Name	Time
1	Therese Johaug (NOR)	24:48.7
2	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)	+21.8
3	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	+27.0
4	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	+28.7
5	Masako Ishida (JPN)	+49.7

Stage 3

31 December 2011, Oberstdorf, Germany - sprint

**Men - sprint classical** ^[7]
Place	Name	Time
1	Nikita Kriukov (RUS)	2:28.6
2	Alexey Petukhov (RUS)	+0.7
3	Nikolay Morilov (RUS)	+1.2
4	Dmitriy Japarov (RUS)	+1.7
5	Dario Cologna (SUI)	+3.7

**Women - sprint classical** ^[8]
Place	Name	Time
1	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	2:45.3
2	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	+3.2
3	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR)	+6.3
4	Natalya Matveyeva (RUS)	+8.0
5	Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE)	+13.1

Stage 4

1 January 2012, Oberstdorf - skiathlon

**Men - 10+10 km** ^[9]
Place	Name	Time
1	Petter Northug (NOR)	50:27.3
2	Dario Cologna (SUI)	+0.3
3	Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS)	+0.6
4	Marcus Hellner (SWE)	+1.5
5	Kristian Tettli Rennemo (NOR)	+1.7

**Women - 5+5 km** ^[10]
Place	Name	Time
1	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	27:16.0
2	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	+1.6
3	Therese Johaug (NOR)	+1.8
4	Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR)	+35.3
5	Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja (FIN)	+45.3

Stage 5

3 January 2012, Toblach, Italy - distance

**Men - 5.0 km classical** ^[11]
Place	Name	Time
1	Alexander Legkov (RUS)	13:49.5
2	Eldar Rønning (NOR)	+1.7
3	Dario Cologna (SUI)	+2.0
4	Lukáš Bauer (CZE)	+3.5
5	Ilia Chernousov (RUS)	+4.0

**Women - 3.3 km classical** ^[12]
Place	Name	Time
1	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	10:49.2
2	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	+3.9
3	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR)	+15.1
4	Nicole Fessel (GER)	+17.0
5	Stefanie Böhler (GER)	+17.2

Stage 6

4 January 2012, Toblach, Italy - sprint

**Men - sprint freestyle** ^[13]
Place	Name	Time
1	Nikolay Morilov (RUS)	3:03.4
2	Petter Northug (NOR)	+0.0
3	Dario Cologna (SUI)	+0.3
4	David Hofer (ITA)	+0.9
5	Alexey Petukhov (RUS)	+1.8

**Women - sprint freestyle** ^[14]
Place	Name	Time
1	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	3:17.6
2	Kikkan Randall (USA)	+0.5
3	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	+2.3
4	Denise Herrmann (GER)	+4.7
5	Vesna Fabjan (SLO)	+6.1

Stage 7

5 January 2012, Cortina d'Ampezzo-Toblach - distance (handicap start)

**Men - 32 km freestyle (pursuit)** ^[15]
Place	Name	Time
1	Dario Cologna (SUI)	1:09:25.2
2	Petter Northug (NOR)	+1:15.8
3	Alexander Legkov (RUS)	+1:16.4
4	Devon Kershaw (CAN)	+1:16.8
5	Marcus Hellner (SWE)	+1:17.2

**Women - 15 km freestyle (pursuit)** ^[16]
Place	Name	Time
1	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	39:01.1
2	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	+2.0
3	Therese Johaug (NOR)	+3:16.9
4	Krista Lähteenmäki (FIN)	+4:42.2
5	Kikkan Randall (USA)	+4:48.3

Stage 8

7 January 2012, Val di Fiemme, Italy - distance (mass start)

**Men - 20 km classical mass start** ^[17]
Place	Name	Time
1	Eldar Rønning (NOR)	1:00:02.2
2	Alex Harvey (CAN)	+1.1
3	Dario Cologna (SUI)	+1.3
4	Petter Northug (NOR)	+1.5
5	Sergey Turychev (RUS)	+2.3

**Women - 10 km classical mass start** ^[18]
Place	Name	Time
1	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	25:49.8
2	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	+7.5
3	Charlotte Kalla (SWE)	+31.0
4	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN)	+33.6
5	Julia Ivanova (RUS)	+42.3

Stage 9

8 January 2012, Val di Fiemme - distance (handicap start)

**Men - 9 km freestyle** ^[19]
Place	Name	Time
1	Alexander Legkov (RUS)	30:38.2
2	Maurice Manificat (FRA)	+0.1
3	Marcus Hellner (SWE)	+1.7
4	Roland Clara (ITA)	+16.2
5	Thomas Moriggl (ITA)	+30.7

**Women - 9 km freestyle** ^[20]
Place	Name	Time
1	Therese Johaug (NOR)	34:17.7
2	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	+51.3
3	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	+1:08.0
4	Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR)	+1:10.8
5	Valentina Shevchenko (UKR)	+1:13.9

References

↑ "Tour de Ski Overall Standing Men" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "Tour de Ski Overall Standing Women" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "Prologue Men 4.0 km Free Individual Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "Prologue Ladies 3.1 km Free Individual Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
1 2 "Men 15 km Classic Pursuit Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
1 2 "Ladies 10 km Classic Pursuit Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "FIS Tour de Ski 2011/2011 Stage 3 Sprint - Men Finals". International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "FIS Tour de Ski 2011/2011 Stage 3 Sprint - Women Finals". International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "Men's Skiathlon 10 km Classic + 10 km Free Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "Ladies' Skiathlon 5 km Classic + 5 km Free Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "Men 5.0 km Classic Individual Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "Ladies 3.3 km Classic Individual Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "FIS Tour de Ski 2011/2011 Stage 6 Sprint - Men Finals". International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "FIS Tour de Ski 2011/2011 Stage 6 Sprint - Ladies Finals". International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "Men 32 km Free Pursuit Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "Ladies 15 km Free Pursuit Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "Men 20 km Classic Mass Start Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "Ladies 10 km Classic Mass Start Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "Men 9 km Free Final Climb Pursuit Start Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ "Ladies 9 km Free Final Climb Pursuit Start Results" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved January 8, 2012.

External links

Official website

Tour de Ski

Seasons

Winners

Men	2006–07: Tobias Angerer (GER) 2007–08: Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 2008–09: Dario Cologna (SUI) 2009–10: Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 2010–11: Dario Cologna (SUI) 2011–12: Dario Cologna (SUI) 2012–13: Alexander Legkov (RUS) 2013–14: Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) 2015: Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) 2016: Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR)

Women	2006–07: Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 2007–08: Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 2008–09: Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 2009–10: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2010–11: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2011–12: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2012–13: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2013–14: Therese Johaug (NOR) 2015: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2016: Therese Johaug (NOR)

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